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Marbella's Golden Mile: Puerto Banús, the Marbella Club and the making of a legend
A guide to Marbella's Golden Mile: the history of the Marbella Club and Puerto Banús, the landmark hotels, and how to enjoy the Costa del Sol's…
The Douro Valley: a guide to Portugal's terraced wine country
A guide to Portugal's Douro Valley: the world's first demarcated wine region, its three subregions, the quintas to visit, when to go and how to get…
Brown's Hotel, Mayfair – where Kipling spent his wedding night
Brown's Hotel on Albemarle Street, Mayfair: founded in the 1830s, Kipling's wedding-night hotel, with Charlie's, the Donovan Bar and afternoon tea in…
Hôtel Barrière Le Majestic – the art deco palace facing the steps
Le Majestic on the Croisette, opposite the Palais des Festivals: the art deco hotel of 1926, its 349 rooms and suites, Beefbar Cannes, the Ciro's…
The Stafford, St James's – the hotel above London's old wine cellars
The Stafford on St James's Place: three 17th-century houses made a hotel in 1912, with wartime cellars holding 8,000 bottles, the American Bar and…
DUKES London – the martini, the courtyard and Ian Fleming
DUKES London on St James's Place: a hotel of 90 rooms since 1908, with the bar where Ian Fleming chose Bond's martini, a drawing room and the…
Rosewood London – an insurance palace of 1914 on High Holborn
Rosewood London on High Holborn: the 1914 Pearl Assurance headquarters, restored for £85 million, with Scarfes Bar, Holborn Dining Room and a suite…
Milan's grand hotels – six addresses and the stories behind them
Six of Milan's great hotels compared: Grand Hotel et de Milan, Excelsior Gallia, Four Seasons, Bulgari, Palazzo Parigi and Mandarin Oriental …
The Peninsula Paris – the Majestic, restored to its original purpose
The Peninsula Paris: the 1908 Hôtel Majestic on avenue Kléber, restored over four years, with 200 rooms and the two-Michelin-starred L'Oiseau Blanc…
Berns, Stockholm – a hotel inside the city's house of entertainment
Berns on Berzelii Park in Stockholm: the boutique hotel in the 1863 salons, the Clock Suite, Berns Asiatiska, Strindberg's Red Room and the stage.
L'Hôtel, Paris – twenty rooms and Oscar Wilde's last address
L'Hôtel on rue des Beaux-Arts in Saint-Germain-des-Prés: the former Hôtel d'Alsace where Oscar Wilde died, now twenty rooms by Jacques Garcia and a…
Prince de Galles, Paris – an Art Deco courtyard on avenue George-V
Prince de Galles, Paris: André Arfvidson's 1928 hotel on avenue George-V, restored by Pierre-Yves Rochon, with its mosaic patio, 159 rooms and Akira…
Saint James Paris – a château in the city, once a balloon field
Saint James Paris: the 1892 Thiers Foundation mansion in the 16th, now 48 rooms, a library bar, a Guerlain spa and Bellefeuille, with a Michelin star…
Andermatt reborn – how a Gotthard garrison town became a five-star resort
Andermatt reborn: from Gotthard garrison town to The Chedi Andermatt, a concert hall and a ski area linked to Sedrun and Disentis. Our guide.
Le Royal Monceau – Raffles Paris: the art hotel on avenue Hoche
Le Royal Monceau – Raffles Paris: a 1928 hotel redesigned by Philippe Starck, with 300 artworks, a gallery, a 99-seat cinema, Il Carpaccio and…
Le Mas Candille in Mougins – a Provençal farmhouse in Hugo Toro's rendition
Le Mas Candille above Cannes: an 18th-century farmhouse reopened in 2024 with Hugo Toro's interiors, the Clarins spa The Glow House and 47 rooms and…
Royal-Riviera in Cap-Ferrat – a Belle Époque hotel from 1904
The Royal-Riviera on Cap-Ferrat: a 1904 Belle Époque hotel with 94 rooms, a private sandy beach, Villa l'Orangerie and La Table du Royal.
The Riviera's small hotels – seven hideaways with history
Seven small Riviera hotels with a story: La Colombe d'Or, Hôtel Welcome, Château Eza, La Chèvre d'Or, La Ponche, La Réserve Ramatuelle and Belles…
Hôtel Byblos in Saint-Tropez – a village of pastel houses since 1967
Hôtel Byblos in Saint-Tropez, opened in 1967 with Brigitte Bardot as godmother: Les Caves du Roy, the Floirat family, Laura Gonzalez's new rooms and…
Hôtel Métropole Monte-Carlo – Belle Époque with Lagerfeld's pool
Hôtel Métropole in Monte-Carlo since 1889: Jacques Garcia's interiors, Lagerfeld's Odyssey by the pool and two-star Les Ambassadeurs by Christophe…
Hôtel Martinez – art deco on the Croisette and Cannes' first Palace
Hôtel Martinez on La Croisette: opened in 1929 by Emmanuel Martinez, renovated for €150 million and in June 2026 the first hotel in Cannes with…
Château Saint-Martin in Vence – the Knights Templar's hill became a palace
Château Saint-Martin & Spa above Vence: a Templar hill, a hotel since 1954 and today an Oetker Collection Palace with a La Prairie spa and sea views.
La Colombe d'Or – the inn where artists paid with paintings
La Colombe d'Or in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, opened in 1920 by Paul Roux, where Léger, Braque, Matisse, Chagall and Picasso paid with art that still hangs…
Hotel Cipriani on Giudecca – Venice's garden hotel since 1958
Belmond Hotel Cipriani on Giudecca: Giuseppe Cipriani's hotel from 1958, the Guinness sisters, the only pool in central Venice and Palazzo Vendramin.
Country hotels in Provence – eight houses beyond the coast
Eight hotels in inland Provence, from the palaces Airelles Gordes and Villa La Coste to Baumanière, La Mirande, Crillon le Brave and the Couvent des…
Belmond Hotel Caruso – the palace in Ravello that became a guesthouse in 1893
Belmond Hotel Caruso in Ravello: the 11th-century Palazzo d'Afflitto, Pensione Belvedere from 1893 and the 18th-century frescoes found under the…
Villa d'Este in Cernobbio – the cardinal's villa that became a hotel in 1873
Villa d'Este in Cernobbio: built 1565–1570 for Cardinal Gallio, named by Caroline of Brunswick, a hotel since 1873 and home of the Concorso…
Rome's grand hotels – six addresses and their history
Rome's grand hotels, from the Hassler at the Spanish Steps and Hotel Eden to Hotel de Russie, St. Regis, the Excelsior on Via Veneto and Bulgari…
Property prices in the French Alps – VERA PI's figures area by area
Property prices in the French Alps, resort by resort: Val d'Isère, Courchevel, Méribel, Megève, Chamonix and more, from every DVF sale since 2021 by…
Hotel Reisen, Stockholm – the maritime hotel on Skeppsbron since 1819
Hotel Reisen on Skeppsbron in Gamla stan: a sea captains' coffee house in the 1750s, a hotel since 1819, 1690s vaults below and harbour views from…
Bank Hotel, Stockholm – sleeping in a bank palace from 1910
Bank Hotel on Arsenalsgatan in Stockholm: a 1910 Art Nouveau bank palace with Bonnie's under the glass ceiling, Papillon, Le Hibou and rooms in the…
Hotel At Six, Stockholm – the art hotel in the 1970s bank
Hotel At Six on Brunkebergstorg in Stockholm: a brutalist 1970s bank turned art hotel, with Plensa, Eliasson and LeWitt, a brasserie and a rooftop…
Nobis Hotel, Stockholm – the Gold Bar and the bank palace on Norrmalmstorg
Nobis Hotel on Norrmalmstorg in Stockholm: 201 rooms by Claesson Koivisto Rune in the 1886 bank palace, with NOI, Bino and the gold-mirrored…
Hotel Skeppsholmen – Tessin's wings on Stockholm's green island
Hotel Skeppsholmen in Stockholm: 78 rooms in two 1699 wings by Nicodemus Tessin the Younger, with Långa Raden restaurant, a kitchen garden and sea…
Lydmar Hotel, Stockholm – photography, jazz and a view of the palace
Lydmar Hotel on Blasieholmen: Stockholm's first design hotel, now in an 1880s house by Nationalmuseum, with jazz brunch and photography in the lobby.
Hotel Diplomat, Stockholm – inside the Art Nouveau palace on Strandvägen
Hotel Diplomat at Strandvägen 7C: the 1911 Art Nouveau palace that housed embassies, run by the same family since 1966, with views over Nybroviken.
Villa Dagmar, Stockholm – the city villa by Östermalms saluhall
Villa Dagmar on Nybrogatan: Hotel Diplomat's sister hotel by Östermalms saluhall, with 70 rooms, a glass-roofed garden bar, a spa and Restaurang…
The great hotels of the Alps – nine palaces from Courchevel to St Moritz
From Badrutt's Palace and the Kulm in St Moritz to Gstaad Palace and Courchevel's Cheval Blanc and Les Airelles: nine grand hotels that defined the…
Carlton Cannes – the domes on La Croisette and the hotel after 2023
Carlton Cannes on La Croisette: Grace Kelly, Hitchcock and Elton John, the domes of La Belle Otero and a €300 million renovation that reopened it in…
Hôtel de Crillon – the royal palace at Place de la Concorde
Hôtel de Crillon in Paris: Gabriel's 1758 palace where France recognised the USA, a hotel since 1909, restored with Lagerfeld suites and reopened in…
Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat – the palace at the very tip of the headland
Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat's palace hotel since 1908: Eiffel's rotunda, the 1939 saltwater pool, Club Dauphin, Le Cap's Michelin star and three Michelin…
Belles Rives in Juan-les-Pins – Fitzgerald's summer by the sea
Hôtel Belles Rives in Juan-les-Pins: the villa where Fitzgerald began Tender is the Night, a 1930 Art Deco hotel with 43 rooms, a private beach and a…
The Negresco in Nice – the pink dome on the Promenade des Anglais
Le Negresco in Nice since 1913: Niermans' palace, the Baccarat chandelier made for the Tsar, Jeanne Augier's art and Le Chantecler's Michelin star.
The Lanesborough – from hospital to Regency palace at Hyde Park Corner
The Lanesborough at Hyde Park Corner was St George's Hospital for 250 years. The duke who bought it back for £6,000, Pinto's Regency rooms and the…
The Connaught – the hotel on Carlos Place that changed its name in 1917
The Connaught on Carlos Place opened in 1815 as the Prince of Saxe-Coburg Hotel. Today: Hélène Darroze's three stars and twice the world's best bar.
The Savoy – the hotel that Gilbert and Sullivan built by the Thames
The Savoy on the Strand opened in 1889 on operetta profits: Ritz and Escoffier's kitchen, Monet at the window, Kaspar the cat and the American Bar.
The Goring – the family hotel behind Buckingham Palace since 1910
The Goring on Beeston Place opened in 1910 and is still run by the Goring family: a Royal Warrant, a Michelin-starred dining room and a private…
Claridge's – Mayfair's art deco hotel with roots dating back to 1812
The story of Claridge's on Brook Street: Mivart's in 1812, the 1898 building, the art deco wing, an exiled king in suite 212 and a basement dug by…
The Ritz London – César Ritz's palace on Piccadilly since 1906
The Ritz London opened on Piccadilly in 1906: tea in the apricot Palm Court, the Rivoli Bar, guests from Churchill to Coward and a two-star…
Le Cap Estel in Èze – a private headland between Nice and Monaco
Le Cap Estel in Èze-bord-de-mer: a 19th-century manor on a private two-hectare headland, 20 rooms, its own beach and a Michelin-starred restaurant.
Hotel Sven Vintappare – seven rooms in a house from 1607 in Gamla stan
Hotel Sven Vintappare in Stockholm's Gamla stan: seven rooms in a narrow house from 1607, a spiral staircase, a ground-floor café and a quiet square.
Grand Hôtel Stockholm – staying opposite the palace today
Grand Hôtel on Blasieholmen since 1874: suites facing the Royal Palace, the Veranda smörgåsbord, Cadierbaren, Mathias Dahlgren's kitchens and Nobel…
Le Bristol Paris – a hundred years on Faubourg Saint-Honoré
Le Bristol Paris turned 100 in 2025: the largest garden of any palace hotel, a rooftop pool facing Sacré-Cœur, three-star Épicure and its own flour…
Ritz Paris – the story of the hotel on Place Vendôme
The Ritz Paris opened in 1898 behind a Louis XIV façade on Place Vendôme: César Ritz, Escoffier, Chanel's thirty years, Hemingway's bar, the 2016…
Ett Hem, Stockholm – the villa in Lärkstaden where guests stay at home
Ett Hem in Stockholm's Lärkstaden: a 1910 brick villa by Ilse Crawford with 22 rooms across two houses, a kitchen open to all, a library and a garden.
The Palace Hotels of Paris – the history behind the city's grand establishments
The stories behind the Paris palace hotels: the Ritz, Crillon, Le Bristol, Plaza Athénée, Le Meurice, George V, Shangri-La, Cheval Blanc and Lutetia.
Hôtel Hermitage – Monte-Carlo's Belle Époque palace overlooking the harbour
Hôtel Hermitage above Port Hercule: the 1896 palace, its glass-domed winter garden, the listed painted ceiling and Yannick Alléno's two restaurants.
Méribel – the chalet village in the heart of Les 3 Vallées
Méribel's wood, stone and slate rules date from 1936. The Roc de Fer Olympic piste, chalet life, Michelin tables and Les Allues prices from VERA PI.
Hôtel de Paris Monte-Carlo – 160 years on Place du Casino
Since 1864 Hôtel de Paris has faced the casino in Monte-Carlo: Le Louis XV with three Michelin stars, a 350,000-bottle cellar and a $280m renovation.
La Réserve de Beaulieu – from fish pond to Belle Époque palace
La Réserve de Beaulieu began as a fish restaurant in 1880 and won three Michelin stars in 1933. The story of the pink palace and its 2026 reopening.
Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc – the hotel that invented the Riviera summer
From a writers' villa in 1870 to the Riviera's most famous palace: Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc on Cap d'Antibes, its 1914 rock pool and the Fitzgeralds.
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The port lodges of Vila Nova de Gaia: a guide to tasting port where it ages
A guide to the port wine lodges of Vila Nova de Gaia, opposite Porto: ruby, tawny and vintage explained, the historic houses to visit and the best…
L'Oursin in Le Lavandou – a new star above the Aiguebelle rocks
L'Oursin at Hôtel Les Roches in Le Lavandou: a first MICHELIN star in 2026, Antoine Gras and Benoît Gornard's Face au Levant menu at €180, season and…
La Palmeraie in La Croix-Valmer – a star among century-old palms
La Palmeraie at the Château de Valmer in La Croix-Valmer: one MICHELIN star, Thomas Pezeril's six-course Terroir and Végétal menus at €190 and €140…
Louis Vuitton in Saint-Tropez – Donckele and Frédéric's summer star
Louis Vuitton's seasonal restaurant at the White 1921 hotel in Saint-Tropez: one MICHELIN star, Arnaud Donckele and Maxime Frédéric, a €200 menu…
La Terrasse at Cheval Blanc St-Tropez – Donckele's starred lunch
La Terrasse at Cheval Blanc St-Tropez: one MICHELIN star, Arnaud Donckele's Provençal lunch menu Sous les Pins at €190, Wednesday Soirées Riviera…
Colette in Saint-Tropez – a star beside the writer's summer house
Colette at the Hôtel Sezz Saint-Tropez: one MICHELIN star since 2021, Philippe Colinet's plant-led menus at €165 and €205, the May–October season and…
La Voile in Ramatuelle – two stars and a garden menu above the sea
La Voile at La Réserve Ramatuelle: two MICHELIN stars, Eric Canino's light Mediterranean cooking, menus from €195 to €350, the April–October season…
La Table de Pierre in Saint-Paul-de-Vence – a first star in the garden
La Table de Pierre at the Domaine du Mas de Pierre: a first MICHELIN star in 2026, garden-led Provençal menus from €99 to €175, the conservatory…
L'Or Bleu in Théoule-sur-Mer – Alain Montigny above the red rocks
L'Or Bleu at the Tiara Miramar Beach Resort: one MICHELIN star, Alain Montigny's surprise menus at €165 and €195, a terrace over the Estérel, season…
Mareluna in Théoule-sur-Mer – an Italian chef in a 1630 soap factory
Mareluna at the Château de Théoule: one MICHELIN star, Francesco Fezza's Mediterranean tasting menus from €145 to €210, a sea-view terrace, hours and…
Bessem in Mandelieu-la-Napoule – surprise menus under the plane trees
Bessem in Mandelieu-la-Napoule: one MICHELIN star, Bessem Ben Abdallah's Mediterranean surprise menus at €125 and €175, a garden terrace, hours and…
Alain Llorca in La Colle-sur-Loup – facing Saint-Paul-de-Vence
Alain Llorca in La Colle-sur-Loup: one MICHELIN star, a terrace facing Saint-Paul-de-Vence, lunch menu €75 and La Collection menus €150–240. Hours…
Panettone and Milan's historic pasticcerie – from Cova to Marchesi
Milan's historic pastry houses and the story of panettone: Cova (1817), Marchesi 1824, Sant Ambroeus (1936), Taveggia and Cucchi – addresses, history…
Aperitivo in Milan – from Camparino and Bar Basso to Moebius
Where to drink an aperitivo in Milan: Camparino in Galleria (1915), Bar Basso and the Negroni Sbagliato, Moebius – No. 2 in the World's 50 Best Bars…
Milan's MICHELIN restaurants 2026 – three stars at Mudec and 17 more
All 18 MICHELIN-starred restaurants in Milan in the 2026 guide: Enrico Bartolini al Mudec, Seta, Andrea Aprea, Verso Capitaneo and the new stars…
Operakällaren, Stockholm – the last season before the great renovation
Operakällaren in Stockholm's Royal Opera House: a restaurant since 1787, Tore Wretman's legacy, the gilded dining room and its final season before…
Östermalms Saluhall, Stockholm – the brick food cathedral of 1888
Östermalms Saluhall on Östermalmstorg in Stockholm: the 1888 food hall by Clason and Salin, Lisa Elmqvist's fish counter, restaurants and opening…
L'Auberge de la Roche in Valdeblore – natural wine and a first star
L'Auberge de la Roche in Valdeblore: Louis-Philippe Riel's one-star carte blanche menu at €95, natural wines, rooms with outdoor baths, opening days…
Auberge Quintessence in Roubion – a starred refuge at 1,700 metres
Auberge Quintessence at the Col de la Couillole: Christophe and Pauline Billau's one-star mountain menu, seven rooms, opening days and how to book…
Épicentre in Nice – Sélim M'Nasri's first star, built on spices
Épicentre near the port of Nice: Sélim M'Nasri's spice-led cooking, a first MICHELIN star in 2026, Seven and Nine Spices menus from €99, opening days…
JAN in Nice – a South African chef's table near the old port
JAN near the port of Nice: Jan Hendrik van der Westhuizen's one-star South African-inspired cooking, menus from €165, the MARIA cheese room, dress…
Borough Market, London – the food market by London Bridge since the 13th century
Borough Market in Southwark, London: the food market first recorded by London Bridge in 1276, its 1851 halls and Covent Garden portico, opening days…
Les Agitateurs in Nice – Samuel Victori's playful star by the port
Les Agitateurs near the port of Nice: Samuel Victori's creative one-MICHELIN-star cooking, dinner menus from €135, weekend lunch from €95, opening…
L'Aromate in Nice – Mickaël Gracieux's star by Place Masséna
L'Aromate near Place Masséna in Nice: Mickaël Gracieux's one-MICHELIN-star cooking, the Persil and Basilic menus from €130, opening days and how to…
ONICE in Nice – an Italo-Argentine couple in the antiques quarter
ONICE in Nice's antiques quarter: Florencia Montes and Lorenzo Ragni's one-star tasting menus, prices from €125, opening days, how to book and what…
Le Chantecler in Nice – Virginie Basselot's star at the Negresco
Le Chantecler at Le Negresco: Virginie Basselot's one-star cooking in an 18th-century dining room on the Promenade des Anglais, menus from €210…
Racines in Nice – Bruno Cirino's vegetable table, closed for 2026
Racines in Nice: Bruno Cirino's one-star vegetable restaurant near the Libération market. Closed for the 2026 season. The story, the cooking, the…
Le Cap in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat – Provence under the Aleppo pines
Le Cap at Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat: Yoric Tièche's one-star Provençal cooking under the Aleppo pines, tasting menus from €185, La Table Krug and the…
Le Restaurant des Rois in Beaulieu – La Réserve's table since 1880
Le Restaurant des Rois at La Réserve de Beaulieu: Julien Roucheteau's one-star cooking on the sea, the hotel's story since 1880, menus from €195 and…
La Table du Cap Estel in Èze – a new star on a private headland
La Table du Cap Estel at Èze-Bord-de-Mer: Kévin Garcia's first MICHELIN star, menus of seafood and garden herbs from €215, the private headland's…
Château Eza in Èze – a Swedish prince's eyrie with a MICHELIN star
La Table Gastronomique at Château Eza: a Swedish prince's former winter home above the sea, Justin Schmitt's one-star cooking, tasting menu €200…
La Table d'Antonio Salvatore in Monaco – five tables beneath Rampoldi
La Table d'Antonio Salvatore beneath Rampoldi in Monte-Carlo: five tables, contemporary southern Italian cooking, one MICHELIN star, tasting menu…
Pavyllon in Monaco – Yannick Alléno's counter above the harbour
Pavyllon Monte-Carlo at Hôtel Hermitage: Yannick Alléno's one-MICHELIN-star counter and sea-view terrace, open daily for lunch and dinner. Dishes…
Le Grill in Monaco – soufflés and a sliding roof above Casino Square
Le Grill on the eighth floor of Hôtel de Paris: wood-fire cooking, the Grand Marnier soufflé, a sliding roof, one MICHELIN star, menus from €150…
L'Abysse in Monaco – Yannick Alléno's two-star sushi counter
L'Abysse Monte-Carlo at Hôtel Hermitage: Yannick Alléno and sushi master Naoki Kikuchi, two MICHELIN stars, the Omakase, Collection and Matataki…
Les Ambassadeurs in Monaco – two stars in the Métropole's gilded room
Les Ambassadeurs at Hôtel Métropole Monte-Carlo: Christophe Cussac's two-star Mediterranean cooking, Jacques Garcia's dining room, menus and prices…
The best pâtisseries in Paris: from Stohrer's rum baba to Ladurée and Pierre Hermé
Where to eat pastry in Paris: Stohrer, the city's oldest pâtisserie, Ladurée's tea rooms and macarons, Pierre Hermé on rue Bonaparte and Angelina's…
Les Terraillers in Biot – Michaël Fulci in a 16th-century pottery
Les Terraillers in Biot: one MICHELIN star, Michaël Fulci's cooking in a 16th-century pottery, menus from €69 at lunch to €175, opening hours and…
Les Pêcheurs on Cap d'Antibes – Nicolas Rondelli's sea menu
Les Pêcheurs at the Cap d'Antibes Beach Hotel: one MICHELIN star, Nicolas Rondelli's sea menus at €145–210, opening days, season and booking.
Viennese coffee houses – a guide to Café Central, Sperl, Landtmann and Hawelka
Marble tables, Thonet chairs, newspapers on wooden holders and a glass of water that keeps being refilled: since 2011 Viennese coffee house culture…
La Passagère in Juan-les-Pins – fish and Art Deco at Belles Rives
La Passagère at Hôtel Belles Rives in Juan-les-Pins: Aurélien Véquaud's one-star MICHELIN cooking, menus from €175, opening days, season and booking.
La Palme d'Or in Cannes – Jean Imbert's film set on the Croisette
La Palme d'Or at the Hôtel Martinez in Cannes: Jean Imbert's one-star MICHELIN restaurant, menus at €160 and €240, opening days, season, dress code…
La Salière – Italian lunch on the quay at Port de Fontvieille
La Salière on the quay in Fontvieille: Neapolitan pizza, Gragnano pasta and a terrace facing the boats and the Rock. Address, hours, booking and what…
The truffle winter in Provence – the markets in Richerenches and Carpentras
From November to March, black truffles are sold at markets in Vaucluse: Richerenches and its truffle mass, Carpentras on Fridays, Apt and…
Socca, pissaladière and Bellet – how to eat like a nissart
Nice's cuisine, French intangible heritage since 2019: socca, pissaladière, pan bagnat and daube, the Cuisine Nissarde label, the addresses and…
Provence wines – from Châteauneuf-du-Pape to Bandol
A guide to the wines of Provence and the southern Rhône: Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Bandol's mourvèdre, Côtes de Provence rosé, Les Baux and Château La…
A morning at Cours Saleya – flowers and baroque in old Nice
A morning on Cours Saleya in old Nice: the flower market since 1861, Monday's antiques market, the Chapelle de la Miséricorde and the view from…
The Riviera's star restaurants 2026 – from Le Louis XV to La Vague d'Or
Guide Michelin 2026 on the Riviera: three stars for Le Louis XV, Mirazur, La Vague d'Or and La Table du Castellet, plus every new star from Monaco to…
Restaurant Gordon Ramsay – Chelsea's three-starred address since 2001
Restaurant Gordon Ramsay at 68 Royal Hospital Road: three Michelin stars since 2001, the lobster ravioli, the chefs from Clare Smyth to Matt Abé, and…
Core by Clare Smyth – the potato that became three stars in Notting Hill
Core by Clare Smyth in Notting Hill: the Charlotte potato, the British larder treated like caviar, and how Smyth went from a Northern Irish farm to…
Aira on Djurgården – a shipyard building by the water with two stars
Aira on Djurgården in Stockholm: Jonas Bohlin's shipyard-like house, Tommy Myllymäki and Pi Lé's seasonal tasting menu and two Michelin stars since…
Stockholm's classic patisseries – from Vete-Katten to Tössebageriet
Stockholm's classic patisseries and fika: Vete-Katten since 1928, Tössebageriet since 1920, Svenskt Tenn's café on Strandvägen and Rosendal Garden.
Frantzén in Stockholm – three floors, 23 seats and three stars
Frantzén on Klara Norra Kyrkogata: Sweden's first three-star restaurant, Björn Frantzén's story, the 23 seats, the Nordic menu and how to get a table.
L'Ambroisie at Place des Vosges – a classic in a new chapter
L'Ambroisie in the Marais: Bernard Pacaud's temple of French classicism, three Michelin stars from 1988, now two under new chef Shintaro Awa. What to…
Mougins – the village where Picasso stayed and the chefs followed
A guide to Mougins above Cannes: the spiral old village, Picasso's final years at Notre-Dame-de-Vie, the FAMM museum of women artists and the…
The New Nordic cuisine – how Copenhagen became one of the world's great food cities
Copenhagen and the New Nordic cuisine: the 2004 manifesto, Noma, Geranium with the Nordic region's first three stars, Alchemist and Kong Hans Kælder.
Stockholm's MICHELIN restaurants – from Frantzén and beyond
Stockholm's Michelin stars in 2026: three-star Frantzén, two-star Aira on Djurgården, opening of the year ADAM ALBIN and every one-star table in the…
Le Cinq at George V – Christian Le Squer and Brittany in a gilded frame
Le Cinq at the Four Seasons George V: Christian Le Squer's three-star, Breton-rooted cooking in a gilded Louis XVI dining room off the Champs-Élysées.
Michelin-starred restaurants in the French Alps 2026 – stars in the mountains
The Guide Michelin 2026 in the French Alps: three stars in Courchevel, Megève, Annecy and Jongieux, plus every two- and one-star table in the ski…
La Villa Archange in Le Cannet – Bruno Oger's bastide above Cannes
La Villa Archange in Le Cannet: Bruno Oger's two-star restaurant in an 18th-century bastide above Cannes, with a garden, a bistro and Breton touches.
Afternoon tea in London – the grand hotels' salons
The history of afternoon tea and five London hotels that serve it best: the Ritz's Palm Court, the Savoy, Claridge's, The Goring and The Lanesborough.
London's MICHELIN restaurants 2026 – six with three stars
The full Michelin Guide 2026 list for London: six restaurants with three stars, fifteen with two, the newcomers Row on 5 and Bonheur, and where they…
La Chèvre d'Or in Èze – two stars in an eagle's nest above the sea
Château de la Chèvre d'Or sits at the top of Èze above the sea: a restaurant since 1953, two Michelin stars since 2000 and chef Tom Meyer since 2024.
Eating in Monaco beyond Louis XV – six starred restaurants and a market
Monaco has nine Michelin-starred restaurants. Six to book after Le Louis XV, from L'Abysse's two-star sushi to Blue Bay, plus the Condamine market.
The Ledbury in London – Brett Graham's road back to three stars
The Ledbury in Notting Hill lost both Michelin stars in the pandemic. Brett Graham rebuilt it, reopened in 2022 and won a third star in the 2024…
Septime in Paris – the restaurant Bertrand Grébaut leaves behind
Septime on rue de Charonne proved a Michelin star could come with bare wood tables. Founder Bertrand Grébaut died in July 2026; the star remains.
Kei in Paris – Kei Kobayashi, Nagano and French cuisine in three stars
In 2020 Kei Kobayashi became the first Japanese chef with three Michelin stars in France. Inside Kei on rue du Coq-Héron, by the Louvre and Les…
Arpège in Paris – Alain Passard and the gardens behind three stars
Alain Passard swapped meat for vegetables from his own gardens and kept three Michelin stars. The story of Arpège on rue de Varenne, three stars…
Paris restaurants with three stars in the Guide Michelin 2026
All nine Paris restaurants with three Michelin stars in 2026, from Arpège and Kei to Le Cinq, Épicure and Le Pré Catelan – and why L'Ambroisie fell.
Paris's great cafés and brasseries – eight addresses with history
Eight classic Paris cafés and brasseries: Café de Flore, Les Deux Magots, Le Procope, Lipp, Café de la Paix, Angelina, Chartier and Le Train Bleu.
Plénitude in Paris – Arnaud Donckele's sauces by the Seine
Plénitude at Cheval Blanc Paris won three Michelin stars in its first year. Arnaud Donckele's sauce-led menu, 26 seats and a view of the Seine.
Flaveur in Nice – the Tourteaux brothers, the spices and two stars
Flaveur in Nice: Gaël and Mickaël Tourteaux blend vadouvan and garam masala with Mediterranean fish – two Michelin stars, the only pair in Nice.
Elsa at Monte-Carlo Beach – the star restaurant that went organic first
Elsa at Monte-Carlo Beach in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin: one Michelin star, early full organic certification, Marcel Ravin's marine garden and a sea…
Blue Bay Marcel Ravin – Martinique meets Monaco with two stars
At Blue Bay in Monte-Carlo Bay, Martinique-born Marcel Ravin blends Caribbean spices with Riviera produce – two Michelin stars in the 2026 guide.
Louroc at Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc – dinner in the room of the waves
Louroc at Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc on Cap d'Antibes: a Michelin star, Patricia Anastassiadis's wave-panelled room and Sébastien Broda's Provençal…
La Vague d'Or in Saint-Tropez – Arnaud Donckele's kitchen by the beach
La Vague d'Or at Cheval Blanc St-Tropez has held three Michelin stars since 2013. Arnaud Donckele's Provençal cuisine on La Bouillabaisse beach.
Le Louis XV in Monaco – the promise to a prince that became three stars
Rainier III gave Alain Ducasse four years to win three Michelin stars at Hôtel de Paris. Le Louis XV did it in 33 months and has kept them since 2003.
Mirazur in Menton – where the moon decides what ends up on the plate
Mauro Colagreco's Mirazur in Menton cooks by the lunar calendar – roots, leaves, flowers or fruit. Three Michelin stars; world's best restaurant 2019.
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Alfama and São Jorge Castle: a walk through Lisbon's oldest quarter
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Palma de Mallorca: a city guide to the cathedral, the old town and the sea
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The Streif in Kitzbühel – a section-by-section guide to the Hahnenkamm downhill
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Hôtel de la Marine: inside the royal palace on Place de la Concorde
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Salamanca and the Retiro: elegant Madrid, from Calle de Serrano to the Crystal Palace
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Hampton Court Palace – Henry VIII's Thames palace and Wren's Baroque wing
Hampton Court Palace near London: Wolsey's Tudor palace, Henry VIII's Great Hall and kitchens, Wren's Baroque wing, the astronomical clock, maze and…
Royal Opera House and Covent Garden – opera, ballet and Inigo Jones's piazza
The Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London: the 1732 theatre, E. M. Barry's 1858 building, the Paul Hamlyn Hall and Inigo Jones's 1630 piazza…
Rue d'Antibes – Cannes's shopping street and its 1920s façades
The Rue d'Antibes, Cannes's main shopping street one block behind the Croisette: laid out around 1830, named in 1852, and lined with 1920s and Belle…
Living in Cannes – a resident's guide to the town's ten quarters
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Cannes in 2027 – the festival and trade-fair calendar, month by month
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La Malmaison – a Belle Époque villa for art on the Croisette
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Pointe Croisette – Palm Beach, Port Canto and the end of the bay
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Cannes Yachting Festival 2027 – 700 yachts in two harbours
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