cntraveler.com
Johannesburg, Joburg, Jozi: a city with as many names as it has facets. Ever since its inception as a gold-rush town in 1886, Johannesburg has been a destination for a continent of dreamers arriving with stars in their eyes—if they can make it there, they’ll make it anywhere. The dynamic, sprawling metropolis is South Africa’s financial capital and also home to booming arts, music, and fashion scenes. Plus, the city has lately been racking up some serious culinary cachet to boot. Here, how to do…
about 8 years ago
cntraveler.com
Jacques Garcia is not personally in the business of seduction.
The French maestro of hotel design is far too busy to bother about your love life himself. But step into any hotel around the world transfigured by his touch—notably the NoMad in New York, La Réserve in Paris, and L’oscar, opening this month in London, with strokeable velvet-and-leather walls and an onyx bar that casts a sultry glow over the lounge—and you’ll get the sense that his aesthetic mission is to help you seal the deal.
“Peo…
over 6 years ago
cntraveler.com
The tennis great and Rimowa ambassador packs an entire suitcase of just shoes. And always eats the local cuisine.
over 6 years ago
cntraveler.com
The actor and his ‘Outlander’ co-star Graham McTavish star in a new travel show on Starz.
about 4 years ago
cntraveler.com
Radio personality Samia Haroon on what’s exciting in Mauritius now.
over 3 years ago
cntraveler.com
Beauty entrepreneur Hind Sebti on her love of Tangier and Moroccan craftsmanship.
over 3 years ago
cntraveler.com
Sunset descends like a dream in Kenya’s Lamu archipelago: Each evening, the channel separating the islands of Manda and Lamu is anointed in a hazy veil of golden light as dhows pirouette in the water, triangle sails billowing overhead. I gazed out over a carousel of boats from my perch on the deck of Taqwa, delighting in the snatches of American hip-hop, Afrobeats, and Bollywood bangers emanating from them as they passed by. At some point, Taqwa sailed in tandem with a smaller vessel boasting th…
over 1 year ago
cntraveler.com
In Lisbon and southern Portugal, Sarah Khan seeks out a palimpsest of the region's rich Moorish history.
over 1 year ago
cntraveler.com
Go for extravagant pan-African tasting menus anchored in regional ingredients and a craft coffee movement at its crescendo.
4 months ago