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02.26.15

This Resort Offers Spa Perks to Those Willing Surrender Their Devices
This Resort Offers Spa Perks to Those Willing Surrender Their Devices
Credit: Velas Resorts

By Caroline Hallemann

Tech Travel, Hotels + Resorts

How much would it take for you to ditch your cell phone while on vacation? What if powering down garnered you a complimentary snorkeling session or a free massage? Trying to unplug while on holiday is hardly a novel aspiration, but the Velas Re...
02.26.15

Amsterdam is Officially Running Out of Room for All of its Bikes
Amsterdam is Officially Running Out of Room for All of its Bikes
Credit: iStockphoto

By Caroline Hallemann

Adventure Vacations

As Amsterdam is quickly finding out, you can have too much of a good thing. Cycling is so popular there—58 percent of locals use their bikes daily and 43 percent commute via bike—that the Dutch capital is facing a logistical nightmare. They’ve run...
02.26.15

On the Map: Dissecting Dublin’s Ultra-Cool 'Hipster Triangle'
On the Map: Dissecting Dublin’s Ultra-Cool 'Hipster Triangle'
Credit: Philip White for Irish Design Shop

By Nell McShane Wulfhart

Shopping, Food + Drink, Arts + Culture

Homegrown chic is the theme of Dublin’s Creative Quarter, also known as the city's “hipster triangle”. Its streets are packed with the country’s newest, most forward-thinking food and design. Among them: Jo’Burger, the always-packed epitome of ...
02.25.15

Tracking the Palatial Offerings of the Middle East’s Newest Hotels
Tracking the Palatial Offerings of the Middle East’s Newest Hotels
Credit: © Al Faisaliah at Durrat Arriyadh

By Sarah Khan

Hotels + Resorts

There's nowhere else that does sumptuousness quite like the high-brow lodgings of the Middle East, a fact exemplified by the region's latest luxury retreat: Rosewood Resorts' Al Faisaliah at Durrat Arriyadh in Saudi Arabia, which opened this month...
02.25.15

SPG Expands Loyalty Program with Uber Partnership
SPG Expands Loyalty Program with Uber Partnership
Credit: © FocusTechnology / Alamy

By Nikki Ekstein

Tech Travel

There’s a new way to earn Starwood loyalty points—and you’re probably already doing it. Starting today, SPG members can link their account with the taxi service Uber, and earn one point for every dollar spent in one of its cabs. What’s more, guest...
02.25.15

Top Chefs Reveal the Restaurants ‘Worth the Travel’
Top Chefs Reveal the Restaurants ‘Worth the Travel’
Credit: Courtesy Phaidon

By Caroline Hallemann

Food + Drink, Arts + Culture

A five-star rating on Yelp is nice, but there's perhaps no better restaurant recommendation than one that comes from the mouth of a chef. Phaidon's new edition of Where Chefs Eat banks on that idea, curating a culinary expert-sourced guide to the ...
02.24.15

Three Vivid Travel Photography Shows to Check Out Right Now
Three Vivid Travel Photography Shows to Check Out Right Now
Credit: "Swimmers and Diver, Scindia Ghat" by Raghubir Singh, Varanasi India, 1985.

By Kira Turnbull

Arts + Culture

Seeking inspiration for the next photography excursion? These upcoming photo exhibits will be all it takes to go from dreaming to plane boarding.  Each explores the relationship between photography and the emergence of travel, particularly photogr...
02.24.15

Obama Announces Free Park Admission for All 4th Graders
Obama Announces Free Park Admission for All 4th Graders
Credit: © NPS photo by Michael Quinn

By Caroline Hallemann

Arts + Culture

Calling all future Leslie Knopes! Visiting America’s National Parks is about to get a little easier. Last week, President Obama announced a new “Every Kid in a Park” initiative, which grants fourth-graders and their families free admission to Nati...
02.24.15

Growing London Skyline Incites High Anxiety

Growing London Skyline Incites High Anxiety
Credit: Matthew Blease

By Alastair Gordon

Architecture

As a parade of ever-taller, starchitect-designed giants now tower over London, critic Alastair Gordon asks whether the soul of the city is getting lost in the shadows. I don’t know what London’s coming to — the higher the buildings, the lower t...
02.24.15

Rejoice! Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hollyhock House is Open at Long Last
Rejoice! Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hollyhock House is Open at Long Last
Credit: © Joshua White / JWPictures.com

By Amy Schellenbaum

Architecture, Arts + Culture

In 1921, a middle-aged Frank Lloyd Wright had already established himself as the progenitor of the Prairie School of architecture, having flood the Midwest with horizontal lines, hipped roofs, and overhanging eaves. The style, regimented and iconi...