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EDITOR’S LETTER

Conde Nast Traveller UK

CONTRIBUTORS • THIS MONTH, WE ASK OUR HAPPY WANDERERS WHAT THEY’RE MOST EXCITED ABOUT FOR 2021

THE BIG PICTURE • AFRICA’S THRUMMING SURF CULTURE IS GETTING LOUDER

THE ARTFUL LODGERS • With the travel world regrouping and reshaping, there is room for original takes on what hotels can be. Here are some of 2021’s most exciting openings, crafted by an emerging crew of creatives

THE DESERT DESTINATION

THE TRAILBLAZERS • GREATER VISIBILITY BRINGS POSITIVE CHANGES FOR SAUDI ARABIA, WITH INTREPID WOMEN GUIDES OPENING UP FRESH PERSPECTIVES

TRANSYLVANIA • THIS FORESTED REGION, A RELIC OF ANOTHER AGE, IS WHERE CURIOUS THINGS ARE HAPPENING

THE TABLE TALK • WITH RACIAL INEQUALITY IN FOCUS, THE FOOD SCENE ALSO NEEDS TO SHIFT, SAYS ANNA SULAN MASING, CO-FOUNDER OF REPRESENTATION PLATFORM BLACK BOOK

ACTION STATIONS • A PIONEERING ALL-FEMALE CREW ARE CHANGING THE FACE OF AUSTRALIAN AGRICULTURE ACROSS THE REMOTE AND STARK OUTBACK.

THE ROAD TRIP • A HORTICULTURAL HOP AROUND NORTH WALES, TAKING IN THE ORNATELY EXOTIC GARDENS OF PORTMEIRION AND THE FERN-COVERED SLOPES OF SNOWDONIA

BLURRY WHURRY • DESIGNERS PLAY TRICKS WITH FORM AND FUNCTION IN QUIRKY SPACES ALL OVER THE PLANET

STONE TEMPLE PILOT • THE METICULOUS REVAMP OF AN 11TH-CENTURY TUSCAN CONVENT MIXES MEDIEVAL AND MODERN. TAKE IT OVER FOR A BACK-IN-TIME RETREAT OF YOUR OWN

THE ROUND-UP: JAPAN • SMART SAMURAI MANSIONS AND ZEN TEAHOUSES RECONFIGURE THE CLASSIC RYOKAN EXPERIENCE

TAKE IT AWAY

AMSTERDAM • MOVE OVER SCANDI COOL – A VIBRANT NETWORK OF KOOKY MADE-IN-HOLLAND ATELIERS IS CEMENTING THE CITY’S STATUS AS EUROPE’S NEW DESIGN POSTER CHILD.

POSTCARD FROM THE HIMALAYAS • THE SON OF THE FIRST PERSON TO SUMMIT EVEREST ALONGSIDE EDMUND HILLARY, CLIMBER JAMLING

GOOD TO GO • EFFECTIVE BEAUTY PRODUCTS FOR A LAST-MINUTE GETAWAY – IF AT ALL POSSIBLE! TRIED AND TESTED BY CATHERINE ROBINSON

THE SHOWDOWN • TURKEY’S RIVIERA HAS BOTH BEACH CLUBS AND ANCIENT RUINS – PICK YOUR CAMP AT THESE SLICK HOTELS

UP, UP AND AWAY • HOW THE REVIVAL OF AIRSHIPS COULD CHART A FRESH ERA OF SUSTAINABLE TRAVEL

UNIVERSAL APPEAL • NATURE PHOTOGRAPHER BENJAMIN HARDMAN TALKS US THROUGH HIS ARRESTING IMAGES TRACING ELEMENTAL FORCES FROM HAWAI I TO THE FRAGILE ARCTIC NORTH

SALT, SPLASH, ISLAND, HEAT • LEADING RESTAURANT CRITIC FAY MASCHLER, WHO HAS A DEEP PASSION FOR THE FLAVOURS OF SRI LANKA, RETURNS TO ITS SHORES TO TRACK DOWN THE DISHES THAT HAVE CREATED SO MUCH BUZZ CLOSER TO HOME IN THE PAST FEW YEARS

THE EDITORS’ LIST 2020 • OUR FAVOURITE NEW SECRET WINTER-SUN HOTELS

ARTISTIC LICENCE • BEYOND THE HUM OF NEARBY COMPORTA, AN IDEAS-SPARKING SET OF SCULPTORS, ARCHITECTS AND MUSICIANS HAS QUIETLY SETTLED INTO AN ALTERNATIVE GROOVE BEHIND THE DUNES IN MELIDES

ELIZABETH OLSEN • A CHILD ACTOR IN THE FILMS OF HER FAMOUS TWIN SISTERS, SHE WOWED SUNDANCE WITH A STAR TURN IN ‘MARTHA, MARCY, MAY, MARLENE’ AND HAS SINCE BECOME AN AVENGER, CHALKING UP LO-FI INDIE ROLES ALONG THE WAY

BENDING THE RULES • IT BEGINS ON THE EASTERN EDGES OF LONDON YET ESSEX REMAINS OVERLOOKED AND UNAPPRECIATED BY MANY. BUT BEYOND THE NEW TOWNS OF THE 1960S IS A LAND OF SUDDEN BEAUTY AND UNTRAMMELLED WILDERNESS, WHERE MODERNISM MEETS VILLAGE FOLKLORE

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