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Elizabeth MerymentLIfestyle Content Director -The Weekend Australian Magazine

Elizabeth Meryment is a senior travel, food and lifestyle writer and journalist. Based in Sydney, she has been a writer, editor, and contributor to The Australian since 2003, and has worked across titles including The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Telegraph, Qantas Magazine, delicious and more. Since 2022, she has edited lifestyle content for The Weekend Australian Magazine.

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Scandi travelWeekend Australian Magazine

Alesund, Europe, Nordic Countries, Northern Norway, Norway. Source: iStock

The magic faraway town

We wonder why more people haven’t heard of this place. I guess the Nords have been keeping it to themselves. Fair enough. Why would you share?

Elizabeth Meryment

Travelling to Paris?Weekend Australian Magazine

EMBARGO FOR TWAM 09 SEP 2023. FEE MAY APPLY. The Hoxton Hotel, Paris. Source: Supplied

Why 2nd arrondissement is the No 1 place to stay

This is not the Paris of tourist brochures. This is the Paris where celebrities rub shoulders with merchants on cobblestone streets. It’s charming and it’s real.

Elizabeth Meryment

JourneysWeekend Australian Magazine

EMBARGO FOR TWAM 26 AUG 2023. FEE MAY APPLY. Sommerro Hotel in Oslo, Norway. Photo: Francisco Nogueira

Oslo’s most astonishing place is this art deco gem

With its labyrinthine hallways, an original Art Deco swimming pool, and an austere facade, this hotel stay is like stepping onto the set of The Great Gatsby.

Elizabeth Meryment

JourneysWeekend Australian Magazine

EMBARGO FOR TWAM 19 AUG 2023. FEE MAY APPLY. Villa Petriolo, Organic Estate in Cerreto Guidi, Florence. Source: Supplied

The perfect Tuscan villa does exist

This place is a poetic realisation of the Under the Tuscan Sun fantasy, complete with infinity pool overlooking ancient rolling vineyards.

Elizabeth Meryment

DREAM TEAMWeekend Australian Magazine

The duo who made and saved Australia’s hottest restaurant

One is a chef famous for his expertise with fire; the other is a cook with impeccable credentials. Lennox Hastie and Elizabeth Hewson are culinary partners with a remarkable story to tell.

Elizabeth Meryment

NoosaFood & Drink

22/10/2021: one of the worldÃ¢â¬â¢s best Italian pizza chefs, Gianluca Donzelli shares a pizza with waitress Mikayla Shipley before they open at Ã¢â¬ÅSomedaysÃ¢â¬Â restaurant in Noosa Junction, on the Sunshine Coast. He arrived from Naples two days before shutdown in 2020 . Lyndon Mechielsen / The Australian

New cool Junction shades Sunshine Coast hotspots

A quiet changing of the culinary guard is reshaping Noosa hospitality, and the focus has moved firmly away from beachside Hastings Street to more eclectic centres.

Elizabeth Meryment

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