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EDITOR’S LETTER

CONTRIBUTORS • WE ASKED OUR WANDERERS TO TELL US ABOUT THEIR FAVOURITE FAMILY HOLIDAY

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A fresh look • JOHANNESBURG VISIONARY TREVOR STUURMAN IS SPEARHEADING A NEW AFRICAN AESTHETIC

LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR • HOMEGROWN FOUNDERS ARE BENT ON REVIVING A FORGOTTEN CORNER OF JAPAN’S TOYAMA PREFECTURE

Interior motive • TWO BOUTIQUE HOTELS ARE TURBO-CHARGING CYPRUS’S INLAND RENAISSANCE

HUSH HUSH • WHY “SOFT MINIMALISM” IS SET TO RULE THE HOTEL SCENE, GENTLY

JACK SAVORETTI • THE MUSICIAN GIVES HIS LOWDOWN ON THE ITALIAN HARBOUR TOWN, A HOME FROM HOME SINCE HE WAS A BOY

PRIVATE EYE • OUR PICK OF THE WORLD’S BEST NEW VILLAS

SMALL BUT MIGHTY • AMID A CONSTELLATION OF NEWBIES ON THE SPANISH CAPITAL’S RAPIDLY EVOLVING HOTEL SCENE, THE BOUTIQUE SPIRIT OF BRACH MADRID TWINKLES BRIGHTLY. BY LYDIA BELL

THE WEEKENDER ESKFIELD, PENICUIK ESTATE, MIDLOTHIAN

A SEAT AT THE TABLE • IN A CORK-FORESTED CORNER OF ANDALUCÍA, A CREATIVE DYNASTY HAS CARVED OUT A FREEWHEELING SCENE OF FARM FEASTING AND CULTURAL SALONS

LA ANDALUCÍA DE LA GIOCONDA

SPICE ROUTE • A LOVE LETTER TO THE FIERY SYLHETI SOUL FOOD OF LONDON’S BRICK LANE

SWAN SONG

SHOPPING IN KIGALI • NOT JUST A PIT STOP EN ROUTE TO MOUNTAIN GORILLAS, RWANDA’S CAPITAL IS A HIVE OF ART, COFFEE AND TAILORING

POSTCARD FROM PARIS • THE CREATIVE DIRECTOR OF BALMAIN, OLIVIER ROUSTEING, SHARES HIS TIPS ON WHERE TO FIND THE MOST PEACEFUL PARKS, LIVE MUSIC HOTSPOTS AND HIDDEN RESTAURANTS IN THE CITY OF LIGHTS

SHOOTS AND LEAVES • AN ICONIC ASIAN PLANT IS HAVING A PRECIOUS MOMENT – PREPARE TO BE BAMBOO-ZLED

A TWIST IN TIME • SINUOUS DESIGNS RULE IN THE CHINESE YEAR OF THE SNAKE

FRANCIS KURKDJIAN • THE FRENCH ARMENIAN PERFUMER SPILLS HIS TRAVEL SECRETS, FROM HIS LOVE OF CONCORDE TO THE SMELL OF THE PARIS MÉTRO

THE BEST OF FAMILY TRAVEL 2025 • FROM RIDING IN KYRGYZSTAN TO NEW LONDON KIDS’ CLUBS

QUEEN OF THE CASTLE • JEMIMA SISSONS AND HER TODDLER TRY OUT THE LATEST SCOTT DUNN EXPLORERS KIDS CLUB, AT THE PARKLANE RESORT IN CYPRUS

HOW WOULD SIR LIKE HIS MILK? • THE MOST IN-DEMAND MEMBERS’ CLUBS NOW COME WITH A HEIGHT LIMIT

THE WAY WE WERE • DRAWN BY THE HAZY MEMORIES OF HER ADOLESCENCE, MICHELLE JANA CHAN SHOWS HER CHILDREN AROUND SYDNEY AND THE NORTHERN BEACHES

ALL-AGES SYDNEY • BUSHWALKS, BOOGIE BOARDS AND OTHER OUTDOOR THRILLS

THE STUFF OF LEGENDS • SURROUNDED BY THE GHOSTS OF ANCIENT CIVILISATIONS IN THE INTERIOR OF TURKEY’S BODRUM PENINSULA, A FAMILY-RUN VILLA HAS ITS OWN SAGA TO TELL. BY SEVIL DELIN

HIGH SOBRIETY • TRAVELLING ALCOHOL-FREE WITH HER CHILDREN FOR THREE YEARS, AUTHOR CLOVER STROUD HAS FOUND FAMILY LIFE MORE VIVID AND MEMORABLE

ALL THE PRETTY HORSES • A RIDING ADVENTURE THROUGH CENTRAL ASIA PUT KYRGYZSTAN’S FLORAL-SCENTED, VERDANT MOUNTAINS ON THE MAP FOR LUCY KELAART. A QUARTER OF A CENTURY LATER, WOULD HER CHILDREN ALSO FALL FOR THE COUNTRY’S LANDSCAPE AND PEOPLE?

CONNECT FOUR • TWO SINGLE MUMS AND THEIR CHILDREN PLUS ONE PICTURESQUE DEVON CABIN IN A SECLUDED COVE EQUALS AN IDEAL FAKE NUCLEAR FAMILY HOLIDAY

EVERYONE’S TALKING ABOUT

DON’T WORRY, BE HAPPY • THE CASTAWAY ISLES, ANCIENT FORESTS AND MOKEN PEOPLE OF THE ANDAMAN COAST REMIND US HOW THAILAND USED TO BE WORDS AND PHOTOGRAPHS BY CHRIS SCHALKX

ALMOST FAMOUS • LONG OVERSHADOWED BY ITS...