Certain, your new 12 months’s decision might be to give up one in every of your naughtier habits or schlep all the way down to the fitness center – or you can simply keep resolved to maintain doing the enjoyable stuff. Like, say, planning the place to remain in 2024. Maybe having fun with Olympian feats of hospitality in Paris, hanging out on Leonard Cohen-loved Hellenic isle Hydra, immersing your self in Cartagena’s light charms, or chasing seasonal surroundings and kaiseki feasts in Kyoto.
Don’t simply have a look at your calendar longingly – begin filling the times with look-forward-to getaways. Fortunately, as die-hard lodge fanatics, we’ve concepts aplenty, and right here’s the place we’re obsessing over in 2024…
EUROPE
ENGLAND
England’s inexperienced and nice lands are made much more nice by this trio of good British boltholes we’ve lately added to our books. First up, Margate House, an clever residence dolled-up in velvet and sweet stripes, with a kiss-me-quick palette of rust and rosé. Simply steps away from the seafront, the glamorous drawing room of this four-storey keep is the place to retire to with a cocktail after dizzy days out at Dreamland or taking part in critic at Turner Modern.
Albion’s avant-garde streak continues at Estelle Manor, a 60-acre Jacobean property the place vintage armoires and restored panelling sit alongside up to date artworks and mid-century furnishings. Later within the 12 months they’ll be including a Roman spa with a tepidarium, a number of swimming pools, {couples}’ suites and thermal cabins. And, scattered throughout a lacustrine Cotswolds property, Lakes By Yoo makes a high-quality escape for households its with a children’ membership, tennis courts, nature trails and a vertigo-inducing exercise tower for white-knuckled mums and dads.
SCOTLAND
House to moss-green mountains, pine forests and freshwater lochs, Scotland’s Perthshire Highlands have lots in frequent with the wilds of Scandinavia. This hasn’t escaped the discover of the homeowners of the Grandtully Hotel by Ballintaggart, a former railway lodge simply exterior the historic city of Pitlochry. Tartan, thistles and different twee trappings are conspicuously absent right here, supplanted by a soothing Nordic design scheme of landscape-inspired paints, timber panelling and glossy mid-century furnishings, all washed in gentle gentle from low-hanging bulbs. Each morning, the whisky-slinging Tully bar is remodeled right into a espresso store and bakehouse, supplying a final hygge hug earlier than you head out kayaking, fly fishing or gorge strolling within the stark great thing about the Cairngorms Nationwide Park.
Sister keep Ballintaggart Farm, a pair of two-bedroom cottages and a six-bedroom farmhouse, provides in much more quiet and solitude. It’s simply two miles from the primary lodge, that means dishes from the Grandtully’s restaurant may be delivered on request – moderately useful in case you get in from a hike to seek out your motivation to prepare dinner has evaporated like morning mist in a glen.
PARIS
In your marks, get set: we’re welcoming a summer time of sport within the metropolis of affection. Main the way in which for a top-score keep is the Norman Hôtel, not least due to its location (the Arc de Triomphe is, moderately triumphantly, a hop out of your doorstep). Trendy panelling is paired with psychedelic patterns and carpets with graphic designs, plus lots of the rooms have terraces primed for surveying the streets under. And when you may not be competing, we received’t decide you for hours spent within the spa, the place plunge swimming pools, a soothing sauna and naturopathic therapies will support restoration post-games (or post-gins).
Time to cross the baton to the Rosewood Hôtel de Crillon, an iconique front-row keep given its prime Parisian deal with. You needn’t go far for gold right here: take the dangling aureate chandeliers, gilded cherub statues, and a subterranean pool glittering with 17,600 scales in – you guessed it – extra gold. Rooms are all 18th-century opulence, there are three eating places (plus a street-level pâtisserie), and private butler service as well. Seems all that glitters is gold.
THE DOLOMITES
South Tyrol is finest often called a winter playground for skiers and boarders. But it surely’s not all in regards to the Dolomites – it has fabulous cities, too, which you’ll be able to discover through our trio of newcomers. In Bolzano, the area’s capital, Parkhotel Mondschein is a restored, centuries-old keep that hosts a dynamic programme of occasions together with restaurant pop-ups, alfresco artwork and music gigs, plus artists in residence (BYO beret…).
For an adults-only retreat set in a magical walled backyard and loaned lodge frills by its next-door sister keep, head to Villa Arnica in Lana. And if it’s all in regards to the meals, Fink Restaurant & Suites, in Brixen’s outdated city, is a bolthole of stylish barely-dressed suites with a top-notch Tyrolean restaurant.
SPAIN
Spanish area Asturias relishes its extra undiscovered ‘outsider’ standing, even when it’s pitched because the ‘actual’ Spain (in any case, the Reconquista began right here a few years in the past). Its panorama caters to surfers and hikers alike; its meals is heartily conventional; and its villages have held onto their historic charms. Get a way of its timelessness, pure magnificence and luxury consuming at Solo Palacio lodge, a sequence of centuries-old buildings overlooking a nature park.
Then there’s the Balearics; themselves a bit bijou. Nobis Resort Palma is housed in a Twelfth-century Islamic palace, whose rooms are kitted out with customized mattress frames, one-of-a-kind artworks, and designer furnishings. Over on Ibiza, it’s troublesome to not be drawn to Petunia, given its view of Es Vedrà island: allegedly the third most magnetic place on earth. This fab finca’s 42 rooms all with characteristic non-public terraces or rattan-shaded gardens for final pin-drop privateness.
MUNICH
Rosewood Munich takes only a few cues from town’s annual beer-guzzling bedlam – positive, you’ll be poured an expertly crafted lager in October in addition to the remainder of the 12 months, although you’d be remiss to not order an beautiful margarita from its Lola Montez-inspired bar (the Spanish dancer was mistress of King Ludwig I). As a substitute, this former baroque palace is a lodge of consummate style and poise, marrying components of town’s opulent structure with its trendy, measured look. Not that this can be a sober keep… There’s enjoyable available all through, not least between the Rivolta Carmignani linen sheets in its regal rooms and suites.
GREECE
Greece appears to develop in sophistication each summer time, though that didn’t cease Barbie herself (properly, Margot Robbie at the least) having fun with the seashores of up-and-coming Sifnos final summer time (even when Ken was absent). Largely famed for its gastronomy, the island lately added its personal scene-stealing lodge within the form of Nós, whose glossy suites are steps from the shore, and the place massages are loved with a view of the neighbouring islands.
Over on Serifos, Nostos is a boutique lodge above Livakadia Seashore with impartial interiors in the way in which Greek islands do finest. And within the so-lesser-visited-you’ve-probably-never-even-heard-of-it isle of Kastellerizo within the Dodecanese, Casa Mediterraneo is the colorful, charming imaginative and prescient of an architect turned hotelier. Reverse Paros is the isle of Naxos, as soon as most well-known for its potatoes, however now house to Ayiopetra. And, calling all Leonard Cohen followers: Hydra, the place he met Marianne, nonetheless has no automobiles, simply donkeys. Right here we suggest dwell the Hellenic dream at Mandraki Beach Resort.
ICELAND
Wild, wild horses couldn’t drag us away from Torfhús Retreat, a romantic, rural keep within the coronary heart of Iceland’s Golden Circle. And, even when they might, the majestic steeds you’ll discover listed here are a mild bunch, all in favour of grazing as a lot as they’re galloping, however saddle-up and discover the retreat’s 50-hectares like a modern-day Viking earlier than letting off steam within the basalt-stone geothermal swimming pools constructed into the earth.
The retreat’s charming turf homes have cosy, chalet-style interiors and are constituted of native stone and reclaimed wooden. Relying on the season, you’ll have views of mossy inexperienced plains, white blankets of snow, or a carpet of purple lupine flowers, with saw-tooth mountains zig-zagging on the horizon. And in case you’re fortunate, they’ll be lit-up in otherworldly shades of inexperienced – the world’s low gentle air pollution makes it a fortunate spot for glimpsing the elusive aurora borealis.
NORTH AMERICA
MARTHA’S VINEYARD
Trip like American royalty in 2024 with a visit to timeless summer time playground, Martha’s Winery. Able to obtain company as soon as the season kicks into swing (simply earlier than Memorial Day), the Sydney, the Christopher and the Edgartown Inn are all within the harbourside hub of Edgartown, with unimaginable eating places, cute boutiques, artwork galleries and historic captain’s homes all inside strolling distance. Additionally positioned alongside the city’s cobblestone streets are Faraway Martha’s Winery and charming mattress and breakfast the Richard.
NEW YORK STATE
As a substitute of heading for the Hamptons in 2024, take Lengthy Island’s North Fork to the summery city of Southold or historic sea-hub Greenport. Right here be the type of adventures you reminisce about by a hazy lens: shucking contemporary oysters with an ice-cold sauvignon from a neighborhood winery in hand, tucking into two-hander lobster rolls, rides on vintage carousels… On the Shoals, you’ll additionally get your individual boat slip, so you’ll be able to sail out into the Shelter Island Sound, and Sound View Greenport is a motel whose stilts step out over a stretch of personal seaside, and each have a retro sun-kissed really feel.
Alternatively, head additional upstate to Lake Placid, which – with its silent waves of mountains and new coat of vibrant foliage every season – is way extra peaceable than the toothy horror film of the identical identify would have you ever consider. Each Bluebird and Eastwind Lake Placid have an elegant cabin-y really feel, best for s’mores by fireplace pits and maybe the odd ‘kumbaya’ after a day trip on the paths. And in case you’re craving some city-based pleasure, hit the street through NYC to gaze out at Woman Liberty from the immensely elegant Casa Cipriani, or experience Aman New York’s glossy subtle minimalism, and its seductive three-storey spa.
TEXAS
The Lone Star State nonetheless has loads of rowdy rodeos and barbecue joints to go round; however nowadays, Texas is healthier cherished for its artistic locales, craft breweries and indie eating places. In art-focused Austin the Loren at Lady Bird Lake and Bingalow each impress with their restorative options (the previous boasts a view-blessed rooftop pool; the latter, a spa space with twin sizzling tubs) and lakeside areas. Just a bit additional south, in its eponymous neighbourhood, South Congress Resort has entered Austin’s scene on a robust be aware, with its mid-century-modern decor and an omakase-style cocktail bar.
Over in Fort Price, Hotel Dryce (a portmanteau identify nodding to its former life as a dry-ice manufacturing unit) has shone a lightweight on town’s native expertise – younger artists of color have been commissioned by non-profit associate Artwork Tooth to create the work adorning the bar’s partitions, and refined furnishings have been all hand-crafted by the Cultural District’s artisans. In the meantime, San Antonio’s Ranch Motel & Leisure Membership plans to take issues again to the Fifties with classic interiors, a mezcal bar, and a vinyl-laden listening room.
CALIFORNIA
To get a really feel for the broader Golden State, we’d counsel heading northwest to historic Los Olivos, the place you’ll discover the Inn at Mattei’s Tavern. Named after its authentic Nineteenth-century inhabitants – Swiss immigrants Felix and Lucy Mattei – this ranch-inspired retreat fills cosy cottages with Previous Western touches and 4 award-winning eating places with plates of Californian classics and domestically grown chardonnays.
MEXICO
No journey to Oaxaca state, Mexico’s mezcal mecca, is full with out sampling the famed spirit; and the place higher to attempt it than Casa Silencio, a desert distillery and lodge with six sultry suites. Design inspiration is drawn from the encompassing sierra’s earthy tones, and uncooked supplies are sourced from the native panorama, making a self-sustaining retreat. A distillery tour and mezcal tasting are included in your keep – you’ll quickly see how Oaxaca’s spirit, in all senses, flows freely right here.
Over on the Yucatán peninsula, nature-swathed Boca de Agua sits on the banks of Bacalar’s seven-shades-of-blue namesake lake (which is conveniently inside diving distance). Overlook no matter picture involves thoughts once you hear ‘treehouse’ – these rigorously constructed jungle casitas carry sustainable Japanese wabi-sabi design to lagoon-side dwelling. There’s Mayan magic right here, too (and never simply because Bacalar is a protected pueblo mágico) – from the lodge’s foliage-framed cenote to the otherworldly stargazing platform.
SOUTH AMERICA
COLOMBIA
In case you’ve learn Gabriel García Márquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude, you’ll keep in mind that the characters by no means appear to have the ability to depart their oddly enchanting little village. Go to Cartagena, queen of Colombia’s Caribbean coast, and also you’ll perceive their intoxication. As vibrant because the flowers that cascade from nearly each balcony and rooftop, the outdated metropolis appears like one thing Márquez made up – such is its mystical magnificence and air of light attraction. We’ve the proper pairing within the type of two superb (and family-friendly) villas: Casa Manantial within the coronary heart of the outdated metropolis, and coastal hideaway Casa Ceiba, gracing a wayward stretch of shoreline on the Isla Barú.
To the south in Andean foothills near Medellín is Cannúa, the place the glass-walled rooms look out throughout an undulating stretch of cloud forest. It’s not merely a feast for the eyes however the senses too: the French-Colombian restaurant has a daring and hyper-local menu that includes foraged substances you’ve seemingly by no means tasted earlier than. Equally arresting is Casa Yahri, a tiny lodge set in Barichara, a quaint, colonial-style city which proved successful with the producers of Disney’s Encanto once they visited on a analysis journey. There are solely 4 rooms, so that you’ll really feel like a pampered member of a tiny village. Simply thoughts you don’t find yourself staying 100 years…
ASIA
INDONESIA
We’ll be heading to Indonesia’s islands in 2024, a agency favorite for postcard-perfect holidays. In big-hitter Bali, Stone Home feels off the crushed path, though it’s near cultural capital Ubud. Every room is individually designed – sleep among the many stars within the Treehouse or gaze out to paddy fields from the Longhouse. And, you’ll be able to ditch your Calm app – you’ll drift off very quickly listening to the encompassing jungle sounds.
For extra screensaver-worthy surroundings, Gili Air island is a hop, skip and quick ferry trip away from Lombok. Sandwiched between seaside and jungle, Villa Tokay’s sweeping bamboo buildings are an artisan-crafted architectural feat. Every of the seven indoor-outdoor villas – impressed by shells, leaves and different pure kinds – has a non-public pool, the place days can begin with a floating breakfast (as a result of, let’s be trustworthy, did you even go to Indonesia in case you didn’t begin your day this fashion?).
THAILAND
In 2023, Thailand has been shelling out some severe come-hither alerts with a contemporary haul of resorts for us to coo over. First up is Cielo Boutique Hotel & Spa, a honey-hued wellness retreat with thatched villas edging powder sands, tucked into tropical greenery on Koh Samui’s Bophut Seashore.
On the west coast, bordering the bluest of lagoons, the Tubkaak Krabi Boutique Resort (coming quickly) has related barefoot enchantment, set in quiet seclusion and but solely 20 minutes from Ao Nang. Finishing the trinity is soon-to-launch addition, Aleenta Retreat Chiang Mai, a holistic hideaway of restored teak dwellings, geographically near town however, because of the serenity of its setting, figuratively a world away.
KYOTO
What leaf-peeping is to New England, cherry-blossom-seeking is to Japan and this 12 months foliage followers can get their repair in Kyoto, the place the pink sakura petals are particularly in bloom come spring. The super-boutique (as in 4 suites) Shinsho-An is often by invitation solely, however fortunately the prolonged Smith household is on the checklist. The temple-like rooms are supremely peaceable, with an onsen-style tub tub for genuine Japanese ablutions, Italian furnishings elevating the interiors and cozy clothes for company to borrow in order that their very own off-brand trackies and leggings don’t intrude with the Zen.
Shinsho-An has among the finest eating places in Kyoto, too. Ogata’s bookings open a 12 months upfront however as lodge company, you’ll get precedence entry to the chef’s masterful kaiseki cooking.
NEPAL
There was a time when the magical Nepalese kingdom of Mustang was forbidden to vacationers, however now you’re very welcome to come back discover hovering mountain passes and lofty temples, trip Mustang horses by rocky scenes, spy Pallas cats or Tibetan wolves and extra, with a keep at fashionable boutique basecamp Shinta Mani Mustang. Massive-deal designer Invoice Bensley’s added enjoyable and considerate native touches to luxurious right here, comparable to tiger-shaped rugs, handwoven throws, stools topped with yak fur, and drawings of native scenes by his artist buddy Robert Powell – though you’ll seemingly be laser-focused on the otherworldly panoramas from each window. Over a five-night keep you’ll have peak picnics, meet the locals, search natural knowledge from an Eleventh-generation amchi (physician), and really feel welcomed like by no means earlier than.
AFRICA
MOROCCO
Le Jardin Majorelle, with its acid-bright villa and cacophony of plants is one in every of Marrakech’s most visually arresting spots, and as de rigueur a cease for guests to town as Djemaa El-Fna market sq.. In case you missed your likelihood to snap up Yves Saint Laurent’s former house right here when it was bought by Sotheby’s in 2022, properly, Maison Brummell Majorelle has simply moved in subsequent door.
An oasis of an entire totally different variety awaits an hour southwest of town at Caravan by Habitas Agafay, the place the hubbub quiets into Atlas Mountain-backed surroundings, camel trains silhouetted in opposition to hovering dunes and nights carpeted with stars. Habitas has a holistic strategy to the methods you’ll be able to cross time right here, with meditation on the sand, interpretive dance courses, calligraphy classes, night tea ceremonies and different pursuits that dig a bit deeper.
ZIMBABWE
If you wish to see Victoria Falls in full livid circulation, don’t hearken to Toto’s recommendation – keep away from moderately than bless the summer time rains, planning your journey between February and Could after showers have stopped. Then, place your self shut sufficient to the Zambezi which you can see the high-water spray and listen to the ‘smoke that thunders’ roar within the distance as you drift off to sleep. Victoria Falls River Lodge has a promising perch, with the complete falls a brief switch away, in addition to romantic indoor-outdoor type; alfresco tub tubs from which you would possibly spy wandering elephants, and sundowners with one hell of a view.
AUSTRALIA
THE EAST COAST
Sydney’s an incredible place to get your new 12 months rolling, and in case you keep past your hangover, celebrations segue into the Sydney Competition from 5 to twenty-eight January, when there’ll be days of dwell music, DJs and artwork happenings by Darling Harbour and Walsh Bay. Then Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour swings into city from 23 to 26 February – however even you probably have dangerous blood with official resellers as a result of tickets are gone, you’ll be able to shake it off in type at urbane hangout the Ace Hotel Sydney or vintage-school-made-cool Capella Sydney.
And, take a cue from Tay and ship your self on tour up the coast for a spell at bucolic hideaway Bask & Stow, which brings mid-century modernism to Byron Bay. It’s a really perfect spot for exploring town’s shiny new Queen’s Wharf, come April. And three hours additional north, Essence Peregian Seashore has Noosa Nationwide Park and Biosphere as its again yard.