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Expand your horizons on a Chilean island, sample colonial-era

cool in Shanghai, and lap up luxury in Madrid’s Literary Quarter

WRITER: DAVEN WU

Intrepid explorers of Chile’s wildly beautiful

coastline rave about the green hills and

wide horizons of the country’s Chiloé

Island. It is home to Tierra Chiloé, a hotel

that has just doubled in size thanks to

a new wing by its original architects, Mobil.

Designed by Ignacio Irarrázaval, the 12 new

rooms feature lenga timber, local stone,

handmade textiles and wood-carvings.

Sector San José, Castro, Los Lagos, tel: 56.2 2207

8861, tierrahotels.com. Rates: from £1,072

It’s easy to overlook Shanghai’s increasingly

precious colonial-era piles, lost among

the towering skyscrapers. All the more

reason to applaud the Gaga group’s latest

venture, the transformation of a historic

school building into a restaurant and café.

Designed by Coordination Asia, the eatery

serves an Asian-inlected Mediterranean

menu and attracts both suits and tai-tais

(ladies who lunch), who stream in from the

neighbouring Rales City mall.

Gujian Building , No 1, Rales City, 1181

Changning Road, gagacafe.com

On the waterfront

Class act

TIERRA CHILOÉ, CHILE

GAGA CHANGNING VILLA, SHANGHAI

WILD SIDE
Top, Tierra Chiloé, with
its new extension to
the left, now ofers 24
rooms and a restaurant
overlooking the sea
SCHOOL’S OUT
Left, classroom-style
windows ofer a lavour
of Gaga Changning
Photography: Cristóbal Palma Villa’s former life

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