Issue July 2015 - Conde Nast Traveller UK (2024)

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In this issueEDITOR’S LETTERAFTER I’D COME BACK from New York everything changed. The city had delivered all I’d wanted it to but had been too afraid to ask. Day had morphed into night had morphed into day had morphed into night. The Bowery Hotel (its lobby, our room, the lobby again) seemed to be in a state of hyperlapse whereby the four of us (my stepsister, my two nieces and I) didn’t move in time but everything else did.I made a new best friend called Eve, a model who was so pretty it was hard to believe she was the ‘unmitigated psycho’ everyone attested. A charming man called Lee came to join us at the point when we were all telling each other our deepest darkest fears and desires. ‘Lee,’ I said after…3 min

In this issueCONTRIBUTORSSophie Dahl Writer, Cliveden (p40)‘Sweet Rose Creamery in LA is the stuff of dreams: it has all sorts of pretty, artisanal favours – lavender, olive oil, carrot and cake – but for me it’s all about the salted caramel. That said, I’m equally partial to a 99 Flake from an ice-cream van. And do they still make Feasts?’Sophie has written several books including the novel ‘Playing with the Grown-ups’ and ‘Very Fond of Food’Martin Morrell Photographer, Les Iles d’Or (p102)‘I will reluctantly give you the details of my favourite ice-cream place in the South of France: Vilfeu Père et Fils, just behind La Croisette in Cannes. I usually have the caramel beurre salé (salted caramel) or ginger.’Martin has a busy few months ahead with advertising projects from fashion to interiorsHazel…2 min

In this issueI SPY WITH MY LITTLE EYEWhat’s new in London Amsterdam Greece Margate French RivieraThe Mani peninsula, the middle finger of the Peloponnese, has a reputation for fearsome locals who are less than welcoming to outsiders. It’s a stark, jagged cape punctuated with around 800 towers, which the great travel writer Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor – who settled in Greece’s wild deep south – likened to ‘bundles of petrified asparagus’On a cliftop overlooking the southernmost tip is Tainaron Blue Retreat, an early-19th-century watchtower that’s just opened as a three-room guesthouse. The architect owners Kostas Zouvelos and Kassiani Theodorakakou came across the tower on holiday 20 years ago. ‘The view was incredible, the silence intense,’ Zouvelos recalls. ‘The previous owner had painted “for sale” on a cornerstone. We called the same day.’ The renovation took five years:…1 min

In this issueDO IT FOR THE KIDSCHILDREN OF THE TRIBEEmma McClean’s free-spirited kidswear label is inspired by her beachy lifestyle‘We’re spoilt living in Byron Bay. New South Wales beaches are beautiful and usually empty. The best kid-friendly stretch is The Pass, with its easy-to-climb lookout and calm current.’‘Bali is great; the locals are so family-centric. We stay at the Ramada Bintang Bali Resort, which is right on the sand – it’s definitely worth checking as some beach hotels aren’t.’‘To help my girls cope with the change in air pressure when flying, I give them honey lollipops – you can get these in the UK at Planet Organic.’www.childrenofthetribe.comFEATHER+FLIPHenley Vazquez founded this website to offer kid-friendly hotel reviews: for places parents actually want to stay‘Babies in cities are easy; with older children, find a guide and book a…4 min

In this issueHOLD ON TightMr Whippy 99s dripping down chins. Digging boats in the sand behind stripy windbreakers. Chips eaten from the bag with sea-salty fingers. The English beach resorts of old may have gone out of fashion, but nostalgia for them certainly hasn’t. ‘Dreamland is all about taking all the best bits of the British seaside and recreating that with a modern twist,’ says Eddie Kemsley, the amusem*nt park’s CEO. It first opened in the 1860s as Hall by the Sea before changing to its current name in 1920, and is now emerging from a £18 million transformation after a decade-long battle to save it from developers. The Grade-II-listed scenic railway – not big or fast enough to be called a rollercoaster today, but the views are still a thrill – has been…2 min

In this issueALL ABOARDHAECKELSDom Bridges and Alex Verier make scents and skincare in their Cliftonville lab (above) using botanicals foraged along the coast. They’ve even bottled Dreamland’s scent: the 23’ 5” N fragrance smells of rose with hints of smoky wood and leather from the railway fire in 2008. Their line has a second home at Shoreditch’s Ace Hotel and now they’re working on their next project: a spa in a traditional sea-bathing machine. www.haeckels.co.ukROOSTMargate’s popular GB Pizza turns its attention to rotisserie chicken for its second spot, but with the same stripped-back style (up-cycled furniture) and a giant chicken rendered in yellow neon. www.roostmargate.comPLINTHArtists Leon Hatcher and Emma Gibson moved from London to open a lifestyle store selling unique homewares, artist editions and indie publications. ‘In Hackney everything was becoming diluted, people…1 min

Issue July 2015 - Conde Nast Traveller UK (2024)

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