Apolline Vidal 
The first tented camp I stayed at, on the Linyanti floodplain in northern Botswana in 2014, was an honest object lesson in what the format actually delivers. The « tent » was a permanent canvas-walled structure with a hardwood deck, fully plumbed bathroom, four-poster bed and air conditioning. The wildlife was meaningfully closer than at any conventional … Lire la suite
Wellness travel in the Mediterranean has matured from a small sub-segment of the spa-hotel market into a substantial industry of its own. The most rigorous properties — SHA Wellness Clinic in Spain, Palace Merano in northern Italy, Euphoria Retreat in Greece, Forte Village in Sardinia — now run programmes that resemble medical clinics more than … Lire la suite
The view from the bar at Tierra Patagonia, a long horizontal building perched on the eastern edge of Lago Sarmiento and pointing toward the Torres del Paine massif twenty-five kilometres away, is a kind of standardised wonder. Almost everyone who arrives spends the first ten minutes in silence at the floor-to-ceiling windows, processing the geographic … Lire la suite
