DESTINASIAN.COM – AUGUST / SEPTEMBER 2019
6 PUBLISHER’S NOTE
10 CONTRIBUTORS
12 SPECIAL DEALS
Offers and discounts from hotels in the region.
72 FLASHBACK
Shanghai, 1936.
120 SKETCHBOOK
Bruce White on Rainbow Bridge, Utah.
GOOD TO GO
14 FIRST SHOT
New experiences at a sprawling
Tuscan estate run by Belmond.
16 UPDATE
Recently opened waterfront parks
in New York; Bangkok’s highest
restaurant and bar; two new
Bauhaus museums in Germany.
18 CHECKING IN
Vintry & Mercer, London.
20 TOP TABLES
Five must-visit restaurants on
Hong Kong Island.
24 HERITAGE
A farewell salute to the beloved
Philippine Jeepney.
26 ABOUT TOWN
Howard Smith Wharves, Brisbane’s
latest riverside precinct.
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46 SPOTLIGHT
Bodrum, the jewel of the Turkish
Riviera, is booming again with
revamped hotels and museums,
new wellness offerings, and a host
of other Turkish delights.
52 JOURNAL
Clamorous, vibrant, and redolent
with exotic aromas since the
heyday of the Mughals, Delhi’s
Khari Baoli market offers a deep
dive into the world of Indian spices.
58 ART SCENE
It may be the country’s smallest
state capital, but Hobart, Tasmania,
is punching well above its weight
on the Australian art circuit.
DEPARTMENTS
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32 THE LIST
Historic hotels housed in former
convents, from Israel to Peru.
34 NEXT STOP
The charms of Madeira, a far-flung
Portuguese outpost in the Atlantic.
36 HOTEL NEWS
A rebooted Botswana safari camp;
new dining venues at the Raffles
Hotel Singapore; Sydney’s Four
Seasons gets an upgrade.
ON THE COVER
Exploring a sandbank
in the Maldives’
Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll.
Photographed by
Aishath Naj.