This Month
If you’re leaving Disneyland while it’s light, you’re doing it wrong
The world’s best-known theme park inspires awe and delight during the day, but after dark Walt’s $280 billion vision truly comes to life.
- Lucy Dean
July
$2400 a night: Hotel prices soar as Origin fans flock to Brisbane
A perfect storm for the blockbuster rugby league series decider has sparked a surge in hotel rates across the city.
- James Hall
The most glam Olympics of all? Parisians are unimpressed
Plonking games venues among the city’s iconic monuments is an unprecedented experiment that will look grand on TV but its setup in causing street-level chaos.
- Hans van Leeuwen
June
- Travel
- Life & Leisure
Holiday like Europe’s jetset on the Côte d’Azur
The ability to step straight onto a private sandy beach is rare in this part of the world, which is why summer is always booked out at this pink-splashed hotel.
- Tony Davis
May
Pirates, pampering, rum bars and more - the Caribbean has it all
The region has many drawcards in addition to its famous white-sand beaches and azure waters. Norwegian Cruise Line offers a tantalising taster.
- Mark Mulligan
Squeeze out the most value at these five-star luxury hotels
So you’ve splashed out on airfares, but you still have to book the accommodation for your next holiday. Here’s how to get the most bang from your remaining bucks.
- Fiona Carruthers
January
- Travel Hot List
- Life & Leisure
What not to miss in Australian travel this year
From an $18,000-a-night suite in South Australia to a 25-day, POA bucket-list ‘Highlights of Australia’ trip, here’s what’s happening on the home front.
- Fiona Carruthers
November 2023
At this oasis in Laos, you get your own plunge pool and butterflies
The centuries-old town of Luang Prabang was once known only to backpackers and Buddhists. Luxury boutique hotels have put it on the map.
- Trudy Harris
July 2023
It was a failure at birth. Now it’s New York’s hottest new hotel
A Beaux-Arts building once known as “a shrine to capitalism” has been born again in a part of the city that’s undergone its own renewal.
- Ayesha de Kretser
The ultimate French road trip? Take Napoleon’s way
The cute little warmonger obviously liked a challenging corner or three. His route through the high country of Provence winds its way in spectacular fashion.
- Tony Davis
May 2023
I packed up my Sydney life and moved to Switzerland. These are my best ski tips
After many years in Australia, going back home wasn’t hard for this Swiss-born former AFR photographer. He was ready to indulge his “true Swiss passion”.
- Peter Braig
What to do when your Caribbean cruise is shut down? Go anyway
It was meant to be a milestone birthday celebration aboard a tall ship sailing through the Windward Islands. But then the cruise company was shut down by international war sanctions.
- Chris Wright
Finland cashes in on happiness, and other travel tips
Dial up good vibes in the ‘land of a thousand lakes’; discover a just-opened manor in Moss Vale, and how to stay at WA’s remote Horizontal Falls in style.
- Fiona Carruthers
At this hotel, guests pay $3600 a night to sleep on ice at -5C
If you enjoy cold swimming, Sweden’s Icehotel might be the place for you – at the very least you know the champagne will be chilled.
- Tony Davis
March 2023
- Opinion
- Life & Leisure
Here are the odd ways Paris has changed 10 years after I lived there
The City of Light is always the same – but not this time. This writer returned after a decade to behold his former home through fresh eyes.
- Matthew Drummond
Why some think Soho House is too sexy for central Rome
Here’s what you’ll find at the Italian chapter of one of the world’s coolest private members’ clubs.
- Fiona Carruthers
A private island for $1.4m a week? Five of the best getaways
From a wellness retreat in the Italian Dolomites to a remote island in French Polynesia or a US road trip, it’s time to embrace the extraordinary.
- Ute Junker
February 2023
- Top 50 Hot List
- Life & Leisure
Ten of the most luxurious new boutique hotels
Tired of the tried-and-tested five-star brands? Here’s a round-up of new and soon-to-open luxury havens in superb locations.
- Jane Knight
September 2022
- Opinion
- Life & Leisure
How to spend 48 hours in Monaco
If you’ve got time on your hands before the famous yacht show, get your walking boots on. There’s so much more to the city-state than boats and that famous casino.
- Tony Davis
June 2022
Tourism comes back to life with a bang
Tourism was hit hard by the pandemic. In the first 10 months of 2020, Australia lost approximately $35.44 billion. This year, there has been a big turnaround.
- Therese Raft