Southeast Asia
From hilltop havens to royal residences and luxurious stilt houses, here are some of the best hotels to stay in Luang Prabang.
By Lakshmi Sharath
Hotels
Ensconced in prehistoric greenery, LUX Chongzuo Guangxi Resort & Villas is the first luxury hotel on the Chinese borderlands with Vietnam.
By Jeninne Lee St.-John
From grande dame Siam Kempinski to the new Hotel Royal Hoi An, the best hotels today use their walls as portals to culture, cultivate soul, and give you reason to feel.
By Laurel Tuohy
Recipes
Luxury is draped in greenery at Ovolo Hotels, which has converted all of its menus vegetarian. We talk with the founder to find out why.
Colorful things happen when artists and hotels work together. A fresh wave of collaborations sees a flourish of covetous trinkets and more.
Dining
A strong metric for charting regional capitals is by the sophistication of their food scenes. We loosen our belts and make a case for Jakarta.
By Ron Gluckman and photographs by Charles Dharapak
Alba, a luxe and lush new hot-spring resort from wellness brand Fusion plunges us into the mineral-rich waters of central Vietnam.
By Angela Goh
New resorts in remote places highlight Vietnam’s diverse natural beauty while always keeping sight of its layered history and culture.
By Eloise Basuki and photographed by Leigh Griffiths
Capella Ubud is super green, intensely local, spiritually grounded and endearingly personable. This resort is 20 minutes from downtown Ubud.
By Jeninne Lee-St. John and photographed by Stephan Kotas
The Datai Langkawi's greening efforts go far beyond the new nature center with its coral-preservation and rehab program
Beaches & Islands
If small-town surfing center Siargao Island, on the eastern edge of the Philippines isn’t already on your radar, it will be very soon.
By Jeninne Lee-St. John
Road Trips
Mushrooms make up merely the first few hundred reasons a gourmand will gorge on Yunnan. Save some space for yak bacon and fresh-baked bread.
By Lillian Chou
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