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An Eleven Experience adventure lodge on the Taylor River in the Colorado Rockies — fly fishing as the marquee, but a full-property private rental for skiing, hunting and the kind of seclusion the Aspen corridor stopped offering decades ago.

Stays · Almont, United States

Europe's first combined museum and luxury hotel, housed in a restored 18th-century Lisbon palace and contemporary extension that displays Armando Martins' private art collection throughout—a property where the art programme is genuinely inseparable from the hospitality experience.

Stays · Lisbon, Portugal

Shinichiro Ogata's tea and confectionery program inside Tadao Ando's The Shinmonzen ryokan — Higashiyama's most architecturally serious modern Japanese hospitality, with a tea house that operates at chanoyu standards.

Shopping · Kyoto, Japan

A Ho Chi Minh City specialty café on Trần Quốc Toản Street with a perfect five-star rating, Mew in Saigon has the tight, focused programme of a place that has decided exactly what kind of café it wants to be.

Coffees · Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

A perfect-rated inn on Goshen Road in Hensonville at the foot of the Catskills, The Henson pairs intimate lodging with the cooking of Restaurant Matilda — a rare upstate address that treats the hotel and the kitchen with equal seriousness.

Stays · Hensonville, United States

The West Hollywood sibling of the Canal Street concept store, Fugazi on Holloway Drive applies the same discerning eye to emerging streetwear and independent labels for an audience that wears its fashion knowledge as lightly as possible.

Shopping · West Hollywood, United States

A Phaya Thai cocktail bar with a perfect five-star rating, Khaoya Archive distils Thai culinary heritage into a drinks programme — fermented flavours, aromatic herbs, and regional spirits handled with the precision of a kitchen rather than a bar.

Drinks · Bangkok, Thailand

Quaint, comfy restaurant serving seasonal dishes prepared with French techniques.

Other · Tokyo, Japan