This week’s dream
The Antarctic
Antarctica "defies even the best-laid plans", says Ian Henderson in the Sunday Telegraph. On a continent that does not have a single proper town or airport, suffers from the very harshest weather and is cut off from... [continued]
Getting the flavour of...
Riding Uruguay
Uruguay is "the perfect horse riding destination" – sparsely populated, ravishingly beautiful and largely as flat as a pancake, says Kate Kellaway in the Observer. Guided by "amiable" gauchos, you can ride for hours along its wide,... [continued]
Danish design
To tour the great houses and palaces of Denmark is like an architectural "fireworks display" – varied, brilliant and often wonderfully strange, says Lucinda Lambton in the Daily Telegraph. Most striking are the "thumping great red brick-and-stone... [continued]
Ottoman Bosnia
The town of Asheville in North Carolina is an "oasis of stylish liberalism" in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains, says Stephen Amidon in the Sunday Times. Many of its inhabitants wouldn't seem out of place in Greenwich Village or... [continued]
Hotel of the week
Screen, Kyoto
Hotel Screen is Kyoto's first boutique hotel – a slice of the 21st century in the heart of Japan's ancient capital, says Danielle Demetriou in the Independent. It is housed in a "grey Cubist" building; the... [continued]
