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Why wealthy Nairobi residents are moving to the bucolic Tigoni neighbourhood

The Nairobi neighbourhood of Tigoni is only 200km south of the equator but its refreshing altitude of 2,000 metres above sea level offers some breezy relief from the heat. A cool morning mist is slowly clearing as, under the watchful gaze of a bemused colobus monkey, Monocle struggles to locate the Rewildings building site. The residential project is the work of architect couple Carolina Larrazábal and James Mitchell. While their studio is n...

Robert Smith in Travel 2026-04-20 11:05

The ultimate roadtrip across northern Galicia, Spain

Wild and windswept, Galicia’s landscapes are steeped in Celtic history, relating a story of Spain that reads rather differently from the more-often told Mediterranean tale. A wander along the footpaths that snake atop 600-metre-high sea cliffs facing the Atlantic, among prickly heather and mossy rocks, offers a literal and figurative breath of fresh air.Galicia’s coastline is pocked with jaggedrías, or estuaries, where sea and land intermingle an...

Jennifer Johnson in Travel 2026-04-18 11:13

In defence of the last-minute dash: travel shouldn’t punish late-arrivers

You know the type: the one who’s bolting through the airport or train station, complaining that there was traffic or public-transport delays, or that they couldn’t find their keys. Meanwhile those of you early-arrival types, sipping your cappuccinos or beers in a café, mulling the shops or magazines in the departure hall, shake your heads and wonder, “Didn’t they leave a buffer?”Yes, I’m one of those who often forgets the buffer, though I have be...

Robert Miller in Travel 2026-04-17 11:39

How a remote Swedish vineyard became a must-visit winery, hotel and spa

Daniel Carlsson was right to act on his dream of creating something unexpected in the middle of the countryside in southwest Sweden. With his siblings Linda and Mattias, he has transformed his grandparents’ organic milk farm (which was among the first in the country) into Ästad Vingård, a spa and hotel with an organically certified vineyard and a Michelin-starred restaurant called Äng. “This is the kind of place that I love to visit whe...

Robert Johnson in Travel 2026-04-16 11:19

Meet the team behind The Marbella Club, the Costa del Sol’s most illustrious hotel

The Marbella Club, the Costa del Sol’s first luxury hotel, was largely responsible for the Andalusian city’s transition from sleepy fishing town to glitzy enclave. But the hotel retains an air of quiet elegance that can be traced back to its origins as a farmhouse, which prince and businessman Alfonso Hohenlohe bought in 1947.Here, at the tip of southern Europe, 700 members of staff look after 131 rooms, 16 villas, nine restaurants, three swimmin...

Sarah Brown in Travel 2026-04-11 18:00

Paradise regained: Sustainable hospitality on Santorini

Markos Chaidemenos grew up near the sunny cliffs of Santorini, where he helped to run his parents’ hotel, Canaves Oia. “I used to work the afternoon shift, go out at night, come back to take a shower and then go straight to the morning shift,” he tells Monocle. He took over the family business in 2010 and turned it into the Canaves Collection, a luxury-resort brand comprising five properties across Santorini. Despite having plans to expand across...

Jane Williams in Travel 2026-04-10 18:44

From pizza in the Alps to Japanese fine-dining in Helsinki: Where to eat next

1.Alto PizzaBolzanoParkhotel Mondschein has opened a pizzeria in the former dining hall of the South Tyrol region’s first inn. Brothers Moritz and Klaus Dissertori decided against a Neapolitan concept. Instead, they use a light spelt and wholewheat dough and incorporate locally sourced ingredients: the charcuterie comes from butcher shop Alter Keller in Trentino and the vegetables are from the restaurant’s garden.The interior design was overseen ...

Jane Jones in Travel 2026-04-08 18:14

In a world of food fads, this is why the real French baguette reigns supreme

The baguette is a unique French icon. It would be gauche, however, to compare this humble yet noble loaf to a film star, a king or a celebrated artist because its appeal lies in its perfection of ordinariness. In this way this stick of bread, which typically measures about 65cm in length, is also a design classic in a slender pantheon.It is a robust and unchanging doughy redoubt in a world in which fads and fashion have eagerly sought to reinvent...

Michael Jones in Travel 2026-04-07 11:31

Beirut’s beach clubs are back and buzzing with optimism

On a Saturday afternoon in June, the soundtrack at the newly opened Katia beach club in Monsef, north of Beirut, is mellow. Sunshades flutter, cocktails sweat in the sun and the sea sparkles. All of this would be unremarkable around much of the Mediterranean but it wasn’t long ago that Lebanon was staring into an abyss of instability. Katia’s founder, Nabil Massoud, surveys the scene from the edge of the terrace. “We’ve been fully booked since we...

Sarah Johnson in Travel 2026-04-06 11:47

A new wave of young Singaporean chefs is shooting for Michelin stars with hawker fare

As chefs and restaurateurs in the Philippines get ready for the Southeast Asian country’s first Michelin guide to be published this month, everyone is holding their breath: will restaurants serving Filipino food clinch the coveted stars? Can pioneers such as Toyo Eatery and Metiz convince clandestine inspectors about the value ofkinilaw(tangy, marinated raw fish) andsisig(grilled pork)? In Singapore, which in 2016 became the first country in...

Jennifer Smith in Travel 2026-04-04 11:01

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