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  1. Six Spas Where You Can Tune Out the World

    Whether you want to sink into a geothermal bath or indulge in some serious skin care, these destinations offer a place to get away from it all.

    By Adam H. Graham

    A private plunge pool outside a villa at Aarunya Nature Resort in Kandy, Sri Lanka.
    A private plunge pool outside a villa at Aarunya Nature Resort in Kandy, Sri Lanka.
    CreditCourtesy of Aarunya Nature Resort

    3. These Hotels Are Made for Walking

      Five luxury retreats around the world with hiking and cycling trails that start right at your doorstep.

      By Kevin Doyle

      As part of the Shakti Prana retreat in India’s northern Himalayan region, guests are led on walking tours through villages in the mountains.
      As part of the Shakti Prana retreat in India’s northern Himalayan region, guests are led on walking tours through villages in the mountains.
      CreditCourtesy of Shakti Himalaya

  1. In a Historic Kyoto Neighborhood, a New Hotel Channels the Past

    Plus: black sesame pastries, a Roy Lichtenstein exhibition in New York and more recommendations from T Magazine.

    By John Wogan

    Left: a guest room at Capella Kyoto in Japan. Right: the hotel’s architecture, by Kengo Kuma, was inspired by the city’s machiya townhouses, some of which date back to the late 1860s.
    CreditCourtesy of Capella Kyoto
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  2. Resorts That Are Family Friendly and Actually Cool

    Luxury travel with children? At places like these, it’s highly possible.

    By Sara Clemence

    The marble-edged oval pool at Sugar Beach in Soufrière, St. Lucia, where England’s Princess Margaret spent time in the 1960s and ’70s.
    CreditCourtesy of Sugar Beach/Viceroy Resorts.

  3. A Floating Sauna With Mountain Views

    Plus: tree houses on a Danish island, a New York gallery that highlights South Asian design and more recommendations from T Magazine.

    Left: the indoor-outdoor sauna Watershed is part of a new wellness movement in Queenstown, which is more commonly known for its adventure tourism. Right: Watershed’s private north sauna has uninterrupted views across the lake to Walter Peak.
    CreditLauren Murray Wildfolk
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  4. Little Houses on the Icelandic Prairie

    Plus: Martin Parr’s visual memoir, a deep dive into macaroni and cheese and more recommendations from T Magazine.

    Harmony, a nature retreat on Iceland’s southern coast, consists of two small cabins with unobstructed views of the surrounding mountains.
    CreditZsophia Bodnar
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  5. Italy’s Occult Capital Keeps Its Secrets Hidden

    Turin has Baroque architecture, ‘light-as-an-angel’ pizza and a flourishing contemporary art scene.

    By Martha Cheng

    Turin, Piedmont’s provincial capital, as seem from the Duomo. Located in the foothills of the western Alps, the city is Italy’s fourth largest.
    CreditEnea Arienti
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  1. Is This the Ultimate Winter Sun Destination?

    Puerto Escondido, set on a stunning sweep of Mexico’s Pacific Coast, draws both big-wave surfers and starchitects.

    By Sara Clemence

    Mirador Las Tortugas, a scenic overlook, in the town of Puerto Escondido on Mexico’s Oaxacan coast.
    CreditAna Topoleanu

  2. The Brazilian City Where the Festivities Stretch From the Cliff Top to the Sea

    Salvador, the Afro-Brazilian heartland, is a hub of music, food and tradition.

    By Michael Snyder

    São Marcelo Fort, at center, a 17th-century fortress, sits in the old port of Salvador, Brazil. At right is the Mercado Modelo.
    CreditKristin Bethge

  3. The Spanish Coastline That Feels Like a Dream

    Much of Salvador Dalí’s work was inspired by the Costa Brava’s natural splendor. This less-explored stretch of the Mediterranean is as bewitching as ever.

    By Kate Maxwell

    Cadaqués, one of the most popular summer destinations along Spain’s Costa Brava, is equally scenic but far quieter in the fall.
    CreditMikel Bastida

  4. An Art Hub Surrounded by Fjords and Forests

    Four insiders share their favorite things in Trondheim, Norway, including a waterfront sauna, a hidden beach hotel and a world-class orchestra.

    By Gisela Williams

    Trondheim, Norway, a capital during the Viking era, has recently become a hub for contemporary art.
    CreditEivind H. Natvig

  5. The New Mexico Town That’s Still a Beacon for Artists

    Where to find the best small inns, chile relleno and secluded hot springs in and around Taos.

    By Sara Clemence

    The West Rim Trail, along the Rio Grande Gorge in Taos, N.M.
    CreditJames Jackman

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  1. There’s Nothing Like Watching Vietnam’s Waterlily Harvest

    In the Mekong Delta, farmers and locals still gather the flowers on wooden boats. Now, the ritual’s also become a photo op.

    By Jess McHugh and George Steinmetz

    The day-blooming Nymphaea nouchali emit a plummy, soapy fragrance.
    CreditGeorge Steinmetz

  2. Food, Offering, Medicine, Political Symbol: What the Lotus Means in Sri Lanka

    The flower has developed a deep national importance, but what exactly it signifies depends on whom you ask.

    By Aatish Taseer and Alex Majoli

    The lotus, both the physical flower and the decorative motif often carved into stone, is a ubiquitous sight at temples in Sri Lanka and has long signified purity, divinity and wisdom in both Buddhism and Hinduism. The 20th-century Sri Lankan historian Ananda K. Coomaraswamy wrote that the lotus pool, where the buds open and close repeatedly, evokes the ebb and flow of human life. Nelumbo nucifera, also commonly referred to as the sacred lotus flower, in Sri Lanka’s Anuradhapura District. Photographed on July 6, 2024.
    CreditAlex Majoli

  3. The Flowers Celebrated in Festivals Across Japan

    The colorful blooms of azaleas light up public spaces and private gardens.

    By Jess McHugh and Rinko Kawauchi

    The gardens at Hôtel de Yama in Hakone, Japan, a hot spring town with views of Mount Fuji, are planted with 84 varieties of azalea bush. Photographed on May 10, 2024.
    CreditRinko Kawauchi

  4. A Trip Through the Pink, Fragrant Rose Fields of Oman

    The damask variety, valued for its sweet scent, is responsible for the country’s renowned rose water.

    By Meara Sharma and Maxime Fossat

    The cousins Abdulah Mohamed al-Riami and Hilal Salim al-Riami (right) and Nawaf al-Wahaibi, a local guide (left), picking damask roses on the al-Riami farm in Al-Alayn, a village in Oman’s Jabal Akhdar mountain range. Photographed on April 8, 2024.
    CreditMaxime Fossat

  5. How the World’s Most Expensive Spice Is Grown

    A glimpse at Kashmir’s saffron harvest.

    By Jenny Comita

    Paper replicas of saffron flowers, which are harvested in mid-autumn (past our press time), made for T by the artist Sourabh Gupta.
    CreditPhotograph by Esther Choi. Set design by Suzy Kim

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  1. How to Be Cultured

    A highly idiosyncratic compendium of what you need to know right now.

    By T Magazine

  5. Travel 101

    Your Guide to Amsterdam

    From the top attractions to the most frequently asked questions, our guide has all you need to plan your next visit.

    By Noëlle de Leeuw

  6. At Cape Town’s Stunning Gardens, Change Is in Bloom

    Visits to three green spaces in and around the South African city reveal a shift in the country’s botanical world, which has long been seen as the province of the white population.

    By Paula Deitz and Lee-Ann Olwage

  9. Is the T.S.A. Ordeal Really Over?

    Security lines are shorter, but the shutdown continues and pay is unresolved. With the World Cup around the corner, T.S.A. agents are tempering their expectations.

    By Ceylan Yeğinsu

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