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The Art of Immersion: A Swimmer's Favorite Hotel Pools
Swimming pools are far more than photographic centerpieces for glossy coffee table books and travel magazines. Yes, these aquatic oases from Paris to Marrakech often serve as casual and increasingly necessary backdrops for vacationers seeking relief from summer heat. But I’m not interested in pools that only look good. I want pools that also quench the thirs
A Design Renaissance Is Underway in Marrakech
Marrakech is shedding its traditional skin and emerging as a global design destination that blends centuries-old craftsmanship with contemporary vision. MARRAKECH - Morocco’s long-standing artisanal know-how can transform something as simple as plaster into walls of great beauty that shine and shimmer without much effort, to name one small example. When trad
How Do You Say "Deep Breath" in German?
It was pitch black when I arrived in Laubacher Wald, a German forest amid one of Europe’s largest volcanic land masses. Though I’d lived in Germany, I’d never heard of the Vogelsberg volcanic district. Around an hour north of Frankfurt, this little-known region is one of quaint, timber-framed villages, cafés serving excellent cake, and something else I didn’
Alpine Currents: A Swiss Swimming Odyssey
The first time I set eyes on Lac Léman, the crescent-shaped lake straddling Switzerland and France (known as Lake Geneva in English), I was captivated by its beauty. I was aboard La Suisse , the beautiful Belle Époque steamer built in 1910 and restored in 2009 — it glides across the water with the grace of another era. To absorb another perspective, I took t
From Factories to Five Stars, Berlin's Hotels Love a Bold Revolution
Ongoing hotel conversions represent Berlin's continued fascination with repurposing historic spaces and turning sites of restriction into destinations of experience and exploration. BERLIN — Converting historic buildings into hotels — "adaptive reuse," in industry parlance — became trendy in the late 1990s when European developers began converting historic a