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DEPARTMENTS

24
Editor’s Notebook
32
The Robb
Perfect 10
Our editors share their
dream trips for 2017,

70
from heli-skiing off a
yacht in Alaska and
trekking with camels in
Mongolia to an art
excursion in Cape Town
and a cross-country
70
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 Editor’s Notebook

Moving Pieces
“For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake.
The great affair is to move.” —Robert Louis Stevenson

THE PERIPATETIC AUTHOR of Treasure Island certainly moved, journeying

from Europe to California to the South Pacific. I secretly read this, his first
commercially successful novel, in a guest bedroom of my grandparents’ home,
long after lights and wakefulness were forbidden. Who among us—boy or girl—
did not envy Jim Hawkins, who sets sail from Bristol for the Caribbean in search
of gold only to discover this bounty grimly wrapped in the arms of a skeleton? I
found treasure of a different kind in that region while writing “Paradise Restored”
(page 96)—some of it in liquid form (left) and also clasped in bony hands.

SOPHY ROBERTS ALSO moves, but

not always in the most luxurious
circles. She too has encountered
remains—not of treasure seekers
but of Africa’s most endangered
species. Her contribution, “The
Wild Philanthropists” (page 106),
documents the expeditions of a handful
of conscientious travelers into regions
where poachers threaten the existence
of whole animal populations. Her
journey was not without its perks,
however, as her time at a remote STILL, MOVEMENT—NO matter how enthusiastically
airport VIP lounge (below) affirms. prescribed by Stevenson—does not always serve the traveler

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well, as editor Janice O’Leary learned while researching
“Dream Trips” (page 117). For her piece, which offers some
practical advice for those of us whose slumber is seriously
compromised by our wanderlust, Janice underwent a sleep
study at Canyon Ranch in Tucson, Ariz., where her nocturnal
experience was not a comfortable one. With an octopus of
wires attached to nearly every part of her body, she gained one
insight: “Deep sleep,” she observed, “doesn’t come when
you’re afraid to move for fear of disconnecting yourself.”

Brett Anderson, Editor in Chief

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 1
Three things
I’ve never
done: heli-ski,
charter a yacht,
go to Alaska. So
my choice is
clear—the
new-for-2017
charter trip on
Prince William
Sound with
Black Ops
Valdez
(blackops
valdez.com).
The operator’s
72-foot
Christian will
take skiers
deep into the
Chugach
Mountains,
shuttling them
to the pristine
peaks with its
onboard
ADAM CL ARK

helicopter.
—BRUCE WALLIN

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The Robb Perfect 10 January

2 3
Ever since I’m packing my bags for New York
meeting Jochen City—this time for pleasure, not business.
Zeitz in 2013, I I’ll climb Lady Liberty’s 354 stairs, then
have been take my appetite to Midtown’s Gabriel
eagerly awaiting Kreuther (gknyc.com). My home base:
the arrival of his the InterContinental New York Barclay
Zeitz Museum of (below; intercontinentalnybarclay.com),
Contemporary whose recent renovation—restyled Gin
Art Africa Parlour included—makes clear it’s not
(zeitzmocaa just for business travelers. —LORI BRYAN
.museum).
Debuting this fall,
the Cape Town
museum will
house the world’s
largest collection
of contemporary
African art.
Perched atop the
museum, the Silo
hotel (left;
theroyalportfolio
.com) will itself
be a work of art.
—JACKIE
CARADONIO

4
The island of Koh
Samui in Thailand
tops my list for
2017, partly for its
soon-to-open
Ritz-Carlton
(ritzcarlton.com)
in the breath-
taking Choeng
Mon area. My
perfect day
would consist of
paddleboarding
between
dramatic
BOTTOM: FOTOTRAV/ISTOCK

limestone cliffs
before feasting
on a beachside
picnic of pomelo
salad with
prawns.
–JANICE O’LEARY

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The Robb Perfect 10 January

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6
Scandinavia’s
) mix of rugged
t l landscapes and
S forward-
a thinking cities
f has always
y called to me.
s , This year, I’m
w dreaming of
I road-tripping
u through the
T design meccas
r of Stockholm
ll , and Copen-
u w t hagen, then
a winding my
way back up to
n t l the northern-
most tip of
t Denmark to
f stand where
i i the Baltic and
u North Seas
collide.
M —PHOEBE NEUMAN

7
I want to travel across country by
train—but not just any train. I’ll ride
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the Patrón Tequila Express (patron

tequila.com), the 1927 private rail car
owned by Patrón Spirits founder
John Paul DeJoria. The 85-foot-
long car includes three opulent
staterooms, which might explain why
DeJoria calls rail travel the most
relaxing way to see the States.
—LARRY BEAN

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8
Mongolia’s Three C l
Camel Lodge
(threecamel t
lodge.com) is my s
perfect middle- m m
of-nowhere w
escape. Set in the l
southern Gobi e
Desert, the I
remote resort c
hosts epic
excursions on N
foot and by E l
camel through
Gegeet Valley, ( l
offering glimpses w
of Siberian ibex,
big-horned argali e u
sheep, and—if I’m c
lucky—snow r s
leopards. 2
—CAROLYN MEERS h t t
L

10
TOP: GAN-ULZII.G; MIDDLE: ALEXEY MASHTAKOV/SHUTTERSTOCK; BOTTOM: JACKIE CARADONIO
I long to visit
Armenia—where my
roots and wanderlust
meet—to discover
everything from
ancient ruins to a
new Luxury
Collection hotel
(theluxurycollection
.com), set to debut in
the capital of Yerevan
this summer. My
first stop: the
mountainous Syunik
province, where the
ninth-century Tatev
monastery overlooks
a vast abyss from its
basalt-plateau perch.
—ANUSH BENLIYAN

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the room’s two round tables to form one from New Zealand. The suite can be
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If you’re an auto enthusiast looking for places to go and things to do this month or next,
we have some suggestions, including the Southwest—to buy, browse, or present collector cars—and
just south of the Arctic Circle to guide high-performance grand-tourers across sheets of ice.

Q Phoenix and Scottsdale, Arizona

The third week in January is Classic Car Week in the
Phoenix/Scottsdale area. It begins with the fourth annual
Arizona Concours d’Elegance (arizonaconcours.com) at
the Arizona Biltmore hotel in Phoenix, where 90 cars in
more than a dozen classes will compete for the Best of
Show prize. This year’s event will spotlight classic Lincolns,
Vignale coachwork, and cars from Bugatti. Later in the
week, the Biltmore will host RM Sotheby’s (rmsothebys
.com) annual Arizona sale. Meanwhile, a few miles away,
Barrett-Jackson (barrett-jackson.com), Bonhams
(bonhams.com), and Gooding & Company (goodingco
.com) will host their annual Scottsdale auctions.

Q Carson, California
The recently opened Porsche Experience Center Los
Q Arjeplog, Sweden Angeles (porschedriving.com), located south of the city
This remote outpost just south of the Arctic Circle is the proper, is the West Coast counterpart to the facility that
ultimate playground for winter-driving shenanigans. It’s opened 2 years ago in Atlanta. In addition to housing the
home to numerous auto brands’ winter-driving schools, brand’s North American motorsport division, the L.A. center
including the AMG Driving Academy Winter Sporting features driving courses where you can get behind the
program (mercedes-amg.com). Lessons are conducted on wheel of a new Porsche and learn how to get out of a
a variety of configurations (including a subscale homage to tailspin and other skills. You also can explore just how fast
the Spa-Francorchamps circuit) across hundreds of acres the car accelerates, and feel the g-forces that come with
of snow and ice. On this terrain, instructors teach the finer entering a banked racetrack turn at speed.
points of power-sliding in vehicles ranging from the A45
hatchback to the mighty 503 hp GT S.

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during this season, you can also refresh or improve your
winter-driving skills at the Land Rover Experience Driving
School at the Equinox Golf Resort & Spa (equinoxresort
.com). The school operates on a purpose-built course that
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e’reallfamiliarwiththeinconve- provides regularly scheduled flights aboard airports’ general-aviation terminals, so
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security lines, the interminable Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas, San Jose, “We’re trying to bring speed back to avia-
boarding process, cramped seating, and and Bozeman, Mt. tion,” says Alex Wilcox, the CEO of JetSuite.
often-dicey Wi-Fi service, among others. You pay no membership fees or fees for The interior of a JetSuiteX Embraer ERJ
Private flight can address these issues, but checked bags, and you can book a seat— 135 feels more like an airliner’s business-
atasteepprice.Tobridgethedividebetween online or with the company’s app—as late class section than a private jet, but it offers
the two options, the charter operator as 15 minutes before departure. The most much of what frequent fliers want, includ-
JetSuite has launched its own hybrid shut- inexpensive flight leg is $129; many cost ing Wi-Fi and beverage-and-snack service.
tle service, JetSuiteX (x.jetsuite.com). It around $200. The flights take off from the —MICHELLE SEATON

Alex Wilcox
The CEO of JetSuite speaks with Robb Report about JetSuiteX’s costs, conveniences,
and customers.

JetBlue recently made a minority equity investment in and billionaires fly commercially because they’re looking
JetSuiteX. What does this mean for the company? for value. These are basically commercial-airline fares that
This is a game changer for us. JetBlue can really help us in we charge. Our customers love us especially for short
terms of getting our product to grow. We created flights. If you are going to Tokyo, who cares about
JetSuiteX because we wanted a product that we spending an extra hour in the terminal? But if you are
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[JetSuite’s management team] could afford and that our going to San Jose, an extra hour doubles your travel time.
friends could afford. Private jets are great and fun, but
they’re not affordable for mere mortals. You note that customers have the option of booking the
entire flight. Why would someone do that?
Why would someone who is used to flying on a private jet We let you charter a 30-passenger jet for seven grand an
use JetSuiteX? Or for that matter, why would someone hour. You can charter the plane and fly from Los Angeles
who routinely charters one of JetSuite’s Phenom 300s to Tucson to watch a game, and if you fill the plane, it’s
want to use this service and fly with 29 strangers? about $250 per person there and back. We’re getting a
Some of our biggest advocates are JetSuite customers. massive amount of interest for event flights, corporate
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ne of Napa Valley’s most location-driven labels, peaked roofline and turret, itself resembles a moun-
ironically, had no proper home for more than tain. Undaunted by the edifice’s dark interiors, Banke
two decades. When vintner Barbara Banke called in the architect Howard Backen, of Backen,
and her late husband, Jess Jackson, founded Lokoya Gillam, & Kroeger, in 2014.
(lokoya.com) in 1995, they considered one of the prop- “Howard and I first looked at each other and went,
erties that contributes to its portfolio of mountain- ‘Oh, wow, maybe not,’” says John Taft, Backen’s associ-
grown Cabernet Sauvignons as a potential winery site. ate, of his first visit. “But then we saw the concrete col-
“We always knew Lokoya would umns, capitals, and the symmetry of
be in the mountains,” says Banke. the building.”
“We had at one point considered Taft and Backen replaced the stained
building something on Mount glass with clear panes and gutted the
Veeder, but its location was almost interior to reveal its scale. A contem-
too remote.” porary glass-and-steel terrace was
During this quest, winemaker added to the eastern facade, drawing
Chris Carpenter produced wines in the sunlight and sweeping moun-
from three appellations—Mount tain and valley views.
Veeder,HowellMountain,andDia- The finished reception area, which
mond Mountain—in the winery at Cardinale Estate, can be visited by appointment only, is at once expansive
which he also oversees. But the addition in 2005 of a and intimate. “The space can host multiple groups with-
fourth, Spring Mountain, led Banke and team to inves- out having anyone feel as though they’re on top of each
tigate the acreage in this district that would at last other,” says Taft. “This is the highest level of hospitality.”
become Lokoya’s base. “We noticed the vineyards For Banke, the winery is an embodiment of the wines
first,” she says. “Then the winery caught our eye.” themselves. “It’s sleek and modern in a classic struc-
The building, constructed in the 1960s, is a mam- ture,” she says. “It is sophisticated but has strength as
moth assemblage of raw-stone masonry that, with its well, much like Lokoya.” —BRETT ANDERSON

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Basque to the Future

Q LONDON’S ONE ALDWYCH hotel is now playing host
to Michelin three-star chef Eneko Atxa’s eponymous
new restaurant (eneko.london). Its menu celebrates
modern Basque cuisine, similar to what he dishes up
at his acclaimed Azurmendi restaurant near Bilbao.
Push through the restaurant’s heavy cast-iron doors
and descend its dramatic copper staircase to the con-
temporary basement dining area. High-ceilinged yet
intimate, this beautiful candlelit atrium is, like the
food, simultaneously rustic and luxurious. The Memo-
ries of the Bay of Biscay seafood starter, featuring oys-
ters and herring roe, plays a starring role, theatrically
accompanied by its very own smoke machine in the
form of fresh seawater poured over dry ice. Meanwhile,
the entrees include a rich oxtail stew elevated beyond
its humble origins with a mushroom emulsion and
decorative nasturtiums. The meal concludes with a
traditional Basque sponge torrija—rich, subtly sweet,
and soaked in milk—accompanied by a decadent
sheep’s-milk ice cream.
The restaurant’s distinctive combination of simplic-
ity and sophistication is echoed in the wine list, a
thoughtful selection of exclusively Spanish wines.
Here, “house wine” lives up to its name—several of
the wines are produced by Atxa and his uncle. Such
touches are just one reason this restaurant is a wel-
come addition to London’s dynamic dining scene.
—WILLIAM KELLEY

Tiki, Take Two

Q ONE HARDLY EXPECTS to find a Polynesian paradise hidden
behind a “secret” door on the fourth floor of a restaurant on a busy
city corner. But Pacific Seas is no ordinary tiki-themed cocktail
lounge. It is a recent reincarnation of the 1939 Los
Angeles landmark Clifton’s Pacific Seas restaurant, The Pacific Seas Fog Cutter
1 oz. Aviation American gin
originally created by Clifford Clinton. Its reemer-
1 oz. Hamilton Jamaican Pot Still Gold Rum
gence is part of a multimillion-dollar restoration of 1 oz. Hennessy VSOP Cognac
the original Clifton’s by Los Angeles real estate 2 oz. fresh lime juice
TOP: NICK ROCHOWSKI PHOTOGRAPHY; BOTTOM: DUSTIN DOWNING

entrepreneur Andrew Meieran. “I’ve always been 1 oz. fresh house-made orgeat syrup
fascinated by Polynesian culture,” says Meieran, ½ oz. dry curaçao
2 dashes simple syrup
“and by that golden era of exploration and adven-
1 dash Angostura bitters
ture, where suddenly the world opened up.” ½ oz. cream sherry
Exploration is personified at Pacific Seas in its Shake all ingredients except the cream sherry
tiki cocktails, which include the legendary rum- in a cocktail shaker with crushed ice and pour
and-gin-based Fog Cutter. It is a matter of dispute unstrained into a tiki mug. Trickle the cream
as to whether the concoction was invented in sherry on top as a float and garnish with
mint. Serve with a paper bamboo straw so
Hollywood during the 1930s by Don the Beach-
that the sherry has time to gradually settle
comber’s bartender Tony Ramos or in Oakland, into the drink as you sip.
Calif., in the 1940s by “Trader Vic” Bergeron.
Either way, Bergeron’s explanation for the origin of the cocktail’s
name still stands: “Fog Cutter—hell, after two of these you won’t
even see the stuff.” —RICHARD CARLETON HACKER

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Capital Eats
The center of the emerging mid-Atlantic cuisine, Washington, D.C.,
is now on the map as a true dining destination.

S
ince the turn of the century, the nation’s capi- are often prepared with an international flair.
tal has become known not only as a United “I moved here in 2008,” says Michael Santoro, the
Nations of menus but also for developing its executive chef at Kingbird in the city’s Watergate
own distinctive food style—dubbed mid-Atlantic Hotel and a devotee of cast-iron cooking, “and in the
cuisine—which was acknowledged by Michelin last years since, the food scene has just exploded.” While
fall with the publication of its first guide for the acclaimed chefs such as Daniel Boulud have exported
city. The concept employs local ingredients, such as their brands to D.C. (2 years ago he opened DBGD
Chesapeake Bay seafood, Virginia beef, Pennsylva- Kitchen and Bar), the true landmarks on the culinary
nia mushrooms, and Maryland produce, and they map seem to be homegrown. —ROGER MORRIS

The Backroom at Kingbird Pineappl an Pearls

The Backroom at Kingbird Pineapple and Pearls Minibar

CHEF: Michael Santoro has just added to CHEF: Aaron Silverman parked his second CHEF: Spanish-born José Andrés began
his Kingbird restaurant at the Watergate venture, Pineapple and Pearls (its name is a his culinary climb in 1993 (at the age of 23) in
Hotel by opening an attached space, the nod to classic symbols of hospitality and D.C. with Jaleo, a pioneer in the “small
Backroom, which serves tasting menus. elegance), near Capitol Hill, and it recently plates” concept. But it’s at Minibar that he
garnered two Michelin stars. earned his two Michelin stars.

SIGNATURE: Locally sourced ingredients SIGNATURE: A whimsical and theatrical SIGNATURE: A playful, inventive menu that
such as blue crab, rockfish, and pawpaws, approach, such as roasted-potato ice cream can run beyond 20 courses and may include
with a French influence. Expect to see dishes or fluke with “scales” of paper-thin grape a meringue that tastes like corn on the cob or
like John Dory draped in caviar, quince, and slices. But the show ($250 in all for beverage tapioca-and-ham croquettes. The adventure
salsify, or a squash velouté with spiced and food pairings) does not overshadow can cost $500 per guest and has become a
marshmallow, huckleberry, and crispy sage. the delights of the palate. bucket-list experience for gourmands.

“Mid-Atlantic cuisine is really wide open. It “We are influenced and inspired by people, “Terroir is important in ethnic cooking.
pulls mostly from Appalachia, the South, places, and food from all over the world. Plus Spain is in my DNA. I may use local
and the Chesapeake Bay. Extremely fertile That’s not to say we don’t love our zucchini from Maryland, but my customers
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land yields an array of produce, both foraged Chesapeake blue crabs and such.” expect jamón ibérico and Manchego
and farmed, year round.” —Michael Santoro —Aaron Silverman cheese.” —José Andrés
(thewatergatehotel.com) (pineappleandpearls.com) (minibarbyjoseandres.com)

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THERE’S AN UNOFFICIAL MOTTO in Zimbabwe that says, “Everything that flies has to
land.” The adage seems particularly fitting these days, as the southern African country—
which for years has been plagued by political repression, economic hardship, and rampant
poaching—is at last making a return to the safari circuit. “We are seeing tourism that we
just didn’t see 4 or 5 years ago,” says Henrietta Loyd, founder and co-owner of the UK-based
travel company Cazenove + Loyd (cazloyd.com). The influx is due in part to new antipoaching
efforts, which have resulted in the return of wildlife and, with it, Zimbabwe’s world-
Chef Heinz Reitbauer’srenowned safari guides. “There is also more investment coming back to the country,” Loyd
Steirereck restaurant says, citing new and renovated lodges as well as infrastructure improvements such as the
recently opened international terminal at Victoria Falls Airport. Indeed, one of Africa’s
original safari destinations is finally coming in for a landing—and tempting a new
generation of travelers to do the same. —LAURIE WERNER

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Singita Pamushana • Arguably well as two family suites and a villa with
Zimbabwe’s best safari lodge, this circular soaking tubs and private plunge
six-suite camp has exclusive access to the pools. The game viewing here doesn’t
130,000-acre Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve. match that at Hwange or Malilangwe, but
All of Singita’s strengths are on display the waterfall experience is one of a kind.
here, from the chic accommodations andbeyond.com
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Zimbabwe’s talented Shane Ellis) and National Park, in the heart of the Zambezi
top-notch guides. singita.com Valley, welcomed back this newly
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Linkwasha Camp • This Wilderness year. Zip in and out of your canvas tent
Safaris outpost brought luxury back to the quickly—it just may be surrounded by a
game-rich Hwange National Park when it herd of elephants. wilderness-safaris.com
reopened in 2015. The camp features nine
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sliding glass panels and spacious terraces. intimate alternative to Ruckomechi
wilderness-safaris.com Camp, this four-tent lodge sits on a
stretch of the Zambezi River that is
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Reopened in August on a 123,500-acre the park’s best wildlife sightings can be
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Chasing Waterfalls
The roar and spray of Victoria Falls can be heard
and seen from miles away. The waterfall—known
to the local Kalolo-Lozi people as Mosi-oa-Tunya,
or “the smoke that thunders”—is the largest cur-
tain of falling water in the world, measuring a mile
wide and flowing at a rate of up to 165 million gal-
lons per minute. Four of the waterfall’s five chasms
lie within Zimbabwe’s borders (the fifth is in
Zambia), and even during the driest months of
the year water flows forcefully. For the best
views of this natural wonder, Cazenove + Loyd’s
Henrietta Loyd recommends chartering the
Bushtracks Express (gotothevictoriafalls.com), a
steam train that crosses the Victoria Falls Bridge
while guests sip sundowners. More adventurous
guests can get a bird’s-eye vantage via helicopter
or even bungee cord.

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 Guiding the Way
Zimbabwe has long held a
reputation for having some of the
best safari guides in Africa. Anthony
“Ant” Kaschula—founder of Private
Guided Safaris (privateguidedsafaris
.com)—shares what it takes to reach
the country’s top designation
of full professional guide.

Why are Zimbabwe’s guides so

highly regarded?
The Parks and Wildlife Management
Authority puts candidates through an
extremely rigorous selection process.
Each year no more than four to five
guides qualify for a full professional
guide’s license, which enables you to
lead walking safaris, the richest type
of safari experience there is.

What is the process for becoming

a guide?
First you serve an apprenticeship
under a full professional guide. Then
you take a set of written exams based
on wildlife habits and habitats, laws
pertaining to wildlife and firearms, first
Singita Pamushana aid, and Zimbabwe’s history and
culture. Once you pass this
examination, you’re granted a learner
guide’s license, which permits you to
lead game drives and walks under the
supervision of a professional guide.

Have Tent, Over the next few years, you must

also pass a shooting test in which you

Will Travel have to shoot a buffalo or elephant.

When the tutor feels that you’re ready,
Seasoned safari-goers are increasingly com- you have a proficiency interview and,
BOTTOM RIGHT: PRASIT CHANSAREKORN/ISTOCK; ILLUSTRATION: JOEL KIMMEL

plementing their stays in luxury lodges with if you pass, take a grueling, 5-day
a night or two on a mobile safari. What the exam that tests every aspect of
portable lodges lack in creature comforts— training, from having to shoot a
no swimming pools, terraces, or soaking dangerous animal in a simulated
BOTTOM LEFT: VILLIERS STEYN/GALLO IMAGES/GETT Y IMAGES;

tubs here—they make up for in authenticity. self-defense situation to outfitting and

“Mobile camps give travelers a real adven- hosting a mobile camp in a remote
ture away from the tourist routes in some
truly wild regions where privacy and game The Cecil Effect location. The entire process can take
3 to 5 years or longer.
viewing take priority,” says John Spence, The killing of Cecil—the black-maned lion felled by a U.S. hunter in
president of the outfitter Scott Dunn USA Hwange National Park in 2015—was the shot heard around the world. Have you had any dangerous
(scottdunn.com). One of Dunn’s most excit- Illegal sport hunting, however, represents only a small portion of south- encounters with wildlife on the job?
ing mobile Zimbabwe experiences is its ern Africa’s poaching problem. The Asian market for rhinoceros horn Fortunately, in my 17 years of
3-night Ruwesi Canoe Trail safari in Mana and elephant ivory poses a greater threat to the region’s big game, a conducting walking safaris, I’ve never
Pools National Park, a UNESCO Natural threat the Zimbabwean government has engaged head-on in the had to discharge my weapon at a
World Heritage Site. By day, guests paddle post-Cecil era. Recent antipoaching measures have managed to turn threatening animal. I’ve had my share
along the Zambezi River past hippopota- the tide in places like Malilangwe, a formerly decimated area that now of close scrapes—with hippos while
muses, elephants, and crocodiles; at night, holds an overpopulation of black and white rhinoceroses, as well as an canoeing on the Zambezi, with lions
they settle into a just-pitched camp where abundance of elephants, giraffes, lions, and leopards. Hwange National and elephants on foot—but when
chef-prepared dinners are served under Park is also improving, with approximately 50,000 elephants and a you do this day in and day out, you
acacia trees and a blanket of stars. healthy lion population that includes some of Cecil’s descendants. learn to keep your cool.

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MODERN MILAN came to Lake Como last summer with the
August debut of Il Sereno Lago di Como (ilsereno.com).
Designed by the Milan-based Spanish architect Patricia Urquiola,
the 30-room hotel is a contemporary observatory nestled among
the rocks and leaning over the lake’s shores. Inside, colorful
furniture, fabrics, and details—much of it designed by Urquiola
herself—complement floor-to-ceiling vistas of the water and
surrounding mountains. The views can also be enjoyed while
sipping Pimm’s on the sleek terrace or taking a dip in the infinity-
edge pool. Should the modern style prove too anachronistic for
Como purists, Urquiola has also helped create a Renaissance-
style alternative at Villa Pliniana (villapliniana.com), Il Sereno’s
restored 16th-century estate located just 5 minutes away by Riva
speedboat. Adorned with restored frescoes and Venetian floors,
the exclusive-use property is old-school Como with just the
right amount of modern Milanese style. —SARA MAGRO

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Six new spots to hit the sack in
the City That Never Sleeps.
The Lowell • The Upper East Side just got
cooler thanks to this 74-room hotel’s
recent renovation featuring interiors by
Michael S. Smith and a restaurant by
Charles Masson and Christian Delouvrier.
lowellhotel.com

The Whitby Hotel • London’s Firmdale

Hotels is sure to shake up the Midtown
scene when it debuts its second New York
property in February. An orangery, a
theater, and a library will all be part of the
stylish experience. firmdalehotels.com

InterContinental New York Barclay • A

$180 million renovation has brought this
1926 original some much-needed modern
luxury. Don’t miss the throwback Gin
Parlour in the lobby. intercontinental
nybarclay.com

The Marmara Park Avenue • Look

closely at this hotel from Turkey’s
Marmara Group and you’ll find it’s a New
Yorker at heart. Nearly every detail in the
NoMad newbie’s lobby—including a nearly
7-ton glass-and-steel birdcage vestibule—is
custom made by local designer Joe
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A city like Manhattan demands the Clockwise from top left: 30 Park Place (leftmost tower), the Marmara Park Avenue, and the Beekman.
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within Robert A. M. Stern’s 30 Park Place
tower, has been an immediate hit for its Red Eye
Yabu Pushelberg interiors and Wolfgang THE NEW Leica M-P Grip by Rolf Sachs (leica
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genius Martin Brudnizki has transformed two red ropes and a pair of lamps made of human
this 1881 landmark into a leather-bound hair—the limited-edition camera has a tough
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OAHU’S KO OLINA has been a resting place for Hawaiian chiefs
and royals since King Kamehameha—the founding father of the
Kingdom of Hawaii—made it his preferred retreat in the 18th cen-
tury. With the opening of the Four Seasons Resort Oahu at Ko
Olina (fourseasons.com) last May, the storied western shoreline is
welcoming a new generation of pleasure-seekers. The beachfront
property (set on the former site of the JW Marriott Ihilani Ko Olina
Resort & Spa) is awash in modern Hawaiian style, with banana-leaf
headboards and private lanais in the 371 rooms and suites. Outside
their rooms, guests can feast on “loco moco” for breakfast and fresh
catches for dinner in the four restaurants, as well as relax at four
swimming pools and play golf at the neighboring Ko Olina Golf
Club. The most royal of retreats, however, is the 35,000-square-foot
Naupaka Spa, which offers Hawaiian-inspired healing therapies in
breezy oceanfront treatment huts. —SUSAN B. BARNES

Wild for the Winelands

ANALJIT SINGH first came to Franschhoek within an old Cape Dutch guesthouse on revamped—though mostly unchanged, to
on a whim. In 2010 the Indian billionaire, Franschhoek’s charming main street, the relief of their longstanding clientele.
who was visiting South Africa as a spectator Huguenot Road. The property was just the Partnering with the Swartland masters of
TOP: CHRISTIAN HORAN PHOTOGRAPHY

at the FIFA World Cup, took a side trip to beginning for Singh, who last year launched Syrah, Mullineux, Singh has created the
the Cape Winelands—and fell hard and fast Leeu Estates, a 17-room luxury resort fea- super-winery Mullineux & Leeu Family
for the vineyard-lined town. Seven years turing a world-class art collection and South Wines; next door to Leeu House sits the
later, he has created an assemblage of local Africa’s first Ila spa. The Leeu Collection group’s TukTuk microbrewery. Most recently,
hotels, wineries, and more that makes up has also acquired the wine country’s most the Leeu Collection has opened an homage
his Leeu Collection (leeucollection.com). beloved jewel, the Le Quartier Français hotel to Singh’s first home, an Indian restaurant.
The group’s grand debut came with the 2015 and its famed Tasting Room restaurant, And up next is an art gallery, set to debut on
opening of Leeu House, a 12-room hotel set which have both been refreshed and Huguenot Road next month. —J.C.

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Larry Fitzgerald
The NFL superstar is turning his off-season
passion into a roving venture.

LARRY FITZGERALD HAS a flair for racking up big numbers. Throughout his 12-season NFL
career, the nine-time Pro Bowl wide receiver has set more than a few records, including becom-
ing the youngest player ever with 1,000 receptions (at 32 years old). But he is equally proud of a
figure he has accomplished off the field: visiting nearly 100 countries. The athlete spends his
off-season searching the globe for adventure, from tracking gorillas in Rwanda to ice climbing
in Slovenia. Now he is spreading his wanderlust with the creation of a new travel outfitter, Nomad
Hill. Robb Report spoke with Fitzgerald in Arizona to discuss his budding business, his favorite
moments abroad, and what’s next on his list. —MARGIE GOLDSMITH

When did you first develop a taste for Tell us about Nomad Hill. How did your
travel? passion become a business?
When I was a child, my family traveled a lot I met David Jones many years ago when he was
domestically, whether it was road trips to vice president of [the luxury outfitter] Ker &
Yellowstone or California. But even at home, Downey. I started traveling with him and found
we would travel with cuisine. It was Vietnamese that we have many similarities, especially in
or sushi or Korean barbecue or Mongolian. It terms of our enthusiasm for travel and new
got me thinking a lot about different cultures, experiences. We were traveling to the Siwa
and it opened up a little window for me. Just Oasis in Egypt, and we talked about working
that small glimpse opened my eyes and ulti- together. Two years later we started Nomad
mately inspired my love for travel. Hill, which launched last June.
The Nomad name resonated with us and also
How would you describe your personal with my age group, Millennials. Those are the
travel style? people we’re trying to attract, because they
I like to travel solo. Going by yourself gets you want to get out and experience the world before
out of your comfort zone and forces you to meet they settle down. Nomad Hill gives them more
and interact with the locals. And going alone opportunities to explore their passion for travel.
challenges me because I’m forced to learn a
few words so I can communicate with the locals. You describe Nomad Hill as a “travel
I don’t really need anything grandiose or too designer.” What does that mean?
fancy in terms of my accommodations. I’d rather We design a trip custom-made for you and
spend the money on being able to do something your desires, similar to going to a great tailor
BRUCE YEUNG

that I’ll never forget, such as going on a gorilla and asking for a bespoke suit. For instance, if
trek in Rwanda. I’d much rather spend the you have a passion for photography or out-
money on something that’s really, really cool. door activities, we design a trip around that

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Personal Best Larry Fitzgerald

to go 3 years ago with my buddy

[Russian basketball player] Andrei
Kirilenko. I was able to have a private
meal with a former KGB agent and
grilled him with questions about
espionage. It was one of the most
fascinating experiences I’ve ever had.
It is a dream of mine to go back dur-
ing the summertime for an in-depth
tour of the Kremlin.

Your most memorable travel

moment?
Seeing the Great Wall of China. It is
an engineering feat and just a mind-
blowing place. But I didn’t go to the
typical tourist spots in Beijing.
Instead, I drove about 2.5 hours out
and saw it just as the sun was rising.
We walked miles and miles on the
wall—just my tour guide and myself.
It was one of those moments where
“WHEN I TRAVEL, you marvel at human ingenuity. How
THAT EXPERIENCE were they able to do that with limited
You sound like a very hands-on resources, especially compared with
WILL LAST ME A partner. all the technology we have now? The
LIFETIME. TRAVEL I don’t feel comfortable if I’m not in pyramids of Giza are another one.
the know. I want to see the spread- Every time I see them I’m dumb-
IS THE ONLY sheets, the budgets, and everything founded by how massive they are.
THING YOU CAN that is going to make the business How could people erect something
go. I see this like an NFL team. If like that 4,000 years ago?
BUY THAT MAKES you’re in the marketing department
YOU RICHER.” or the sales department, you have to Do your trips involve charities or
do your job to the best of your ability charitable work?
to make it all happen. That’s part of When I travel, I always incorporate
being a team. If everybody on the a portion of my trip to charity no
interest. We’ll design skiing expe- team has their head in the pile, then matter what—whether I’m visiting
riences in the Swiss Alps, safaris you’re going to have some success. an orphanage in Vietnam or plant-
in Africa or India, swimming with ing crops in Ethiopia. That comes
the whale sharks in Perth, seeing Do you encourage your NFL from my mother, who was huge in
the penguins up close in Antarctica, teammates to travel? terms of philanthropic work, and it
polar-bearexperiencesinGreenland— Yes, because if you buy a new car or was ingrained in me at a very young
you name it. Every one of our experi- watch, after a couple of days the new- age. No matter where I am, if I see
ences is custom-made. ness and excitement wears off and kids who are hungry or people who
Our trips are designed for a traveler you’re chasing your next high. When don’t have clothes, I’m going to do
Fitzgerald, shown
who has an understanding and a I travel, that experience will last me what I can to make sure they are not
here with villagers vision of what they want to do and a lifetime. Travel is the only thing suffering. That’s how I’m wired.
in Kenya’s Maasai what they want to experience. We you can buy that makes you richer.
Mara, says he pre- turn that into reality. I’m the type of What’s next on your travel list?
fers to travel solo.
person who does their research. In You’ve traveled to 96 countries so Cuba, North Korea, Venezuela. I want
the past, when I wanted to go some- far. What’s been one of your to go to Saudi Arabia, and I want to
where, I did a background study favorite trips? see the Maldives before the ocean
before I took my ideas to David. I was infatuated with World War II rises too high. I haven’t been to
That’s the kind of traveler we’re and the dynamics of Stalin and Greece or any of the Scandinavian
looking for—someone who wants Lenin, and I always had a love for countries or Greenland. I still have
the best of the best. Russian culture. I finally got a chance a lot of places on my bucket list.

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 THE TOP
21 TRIPS
FOR 2017.
From an around-the-world culinary crusade to a
Maldivian surfing safari, Robb Report presents the most
exciting jaunts, journeys, and adventures for the year ahead.

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River to Rails
in Peru.
1
No. FOR ITS MIX of ancient and contemporary
culture, Andean and Amazonian adventure,
Peru has been a popular pick on top-destination lists
for the better part of a decade. This year, however, the
South American country is simply not to be missed,
with new luxury options that are making it easier than
ever to explore its varied riches—by river, by rail, and
by trail.
Make the mighty Amazon your starting point, with a
4-night cruise aboard Aqua Expeditions’ newly refur-
bished Aria Amazon (aquaexpeditions.com). The 16-suite
vessel ventures along the legendary river and its black-
TOP: BRUCE WALLIN

water tributaries, with two-per-day skiff excursions to

spot wildlife—pink dolphins, piranhas, anacondas,
macaws—visit villages, and, for more adventurous guests,
maybe even stop for a swim.

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 Making Room
in Malibu.
2
No. THE 22-MILE SQUIGGLE of Southern Cali-
fornia coastline that is Malibu receives 15 mil-
lion tourists annually—despite having a total of only four
small hotels. For 2017, however, new offerings along the
NEW LUXURY
beaches and in the wild hillsides are making the city
OPTIONS ARE
MAKING IT more accommodating to overnight guests, without sac-
EASIER THAN rificing any of its storied exclusivity.
EVER TO Scheduled to open early this year, Nobu Ryokan (nobu
EXPLORE hotels.com) is an 18-room Japanese-style inn from the
PERU’S VARIED
Nobu Hotels group. The beachfront retreat—set next to
RICHES—BY
RIVER, BY RAIL, Malibu’s wildly popular Nobu restaurant—channels its
AND BY TRAIL. ryokan lineage with custom teak soaking tubs surrounded
by sea pebbles in the accommodations, no two of which
are alike. To keep up with its Carbon Beach neighbor, the
47-room Malibu Beach Inn (malibubeachinn.com), by
far the largest of the city’s four existing hotels, commis-
sioned Waldo Fernandez for an art-filled redesign that
When it’s time to head for higher ground, the new- was completed last year and included an expansion of
for-2017 Belmond Andean Explorer (belmond.com) the hotel’s restaurant. (The property is planning to
promises a luxurious link to Peru’s most popular moun- develop new villas nearby.) Also on Carbon, the so-called
tain destinations. The 68-passenger sleeper train, which Billionaire’s Beach, London’s Soho House group has
is scheduled to launch in May, will travel from Arequipa From bottom left: opened Little Beach House Malibu (littlebeachhouse
in the south to the high-altitude Lake Titicaca in the east Aqua Expeditions’ malibu.com), a private club where even current Soho
Aria Amazon;
to the ancient capital of Cusco, pampering guests along House members need to apply for privileges.
the Sacred Valley;
the way with alpaca blankets in the cabins and pisco Little Beach
In the Malibu mountains, wellness retreats offer a
sours on the observation car’s open-air deck. House Malibu. counterpoint to the beach’s sybaritic escapes. Newcomers
After disembarking in Cusco, continue your adventure Page 75: Japan’s include the intense XPT (xptlife.com), a $5,000, 3-day
at Explora Valle Sagrado (explora.com), a 50-room lodge Hoshinoya Fuji training program created by husband-and-wife athletes
resort.
that opened in July near the Sacred Valley’s Urubamba Laird Hamilton and Gabrielle Reece and conducted at
River. Explora’s first lodge outside of Chile, the Valle their home. The serene Ranch Malibu (theranchmalibu
Sagrado offers off-the-beaten-trail treks in the surround- .com), in a remote canyon at the northern end of the city,
ing Andes peaks, as well as day trips to the must-see Machu offers private cabins, acclaimed vegan cuisine, and relent-
Picchu and lesser-known Incan sites. —BRUCE WALLIN less boot-camp regimens. —MICHALENE BUSICO

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Cuba
from Sand
to City.
No. 3 THIS IS A golden moment in Cuban history—
one in which the thaw has begun, but the long-
isolated country has yet to be forever changed. Seeing it
all now is imperative. And though a stampede of hotel
chains is waiting in the wings to make a mad rush at
development, there is only one surefire way to see the
entire country in high luxury right now: Hop aboard the Foodie Frenzy
superyacht St. David (stdavidyacht.co.uk; available
through Cuba Educational Travel, cubaeducationaltravel
.com) for a 7-night itinerary from Havana to Cayo Santa
in Melbourne.
Maria and back. The journey—which is bookended by
two vibrant nights in the capital city, where passengers
can soak in the local flavor at landmarks like the historic
No.
5 MELBOURNE ALREADY HAS one of the most
exciting food-and-wine scenes in the world, but
Hotel Saratoga—will drop anchor among unspoiled man- for a week in April, it will become the center of the culi-
groves and coral reefs from Bahía de Cabañas to Cayo nary universe. The World’s 50 Best Restaurants awards
Jutías. While at sea or in port, St. David offers plenty of (theworlds50best.com) will bring the most prominent FOR A WEEK
diversions with six staterooms, three decks, an outdoor chefs from around the globe to the Australian city for IN APRIL,
MELBOURNE
cinema, a water-sports center, and a clubby lounge where the 2017 ceremony—and the public is invited to join in WILL BECOME
the Cuba libres and mojitos will no doubt flow well into the festivities. The main awards presentation will be THE CENTER
the wee hours. —JACKIE CARADONIO held at the Royal Exhibition Building on April 5. Events OF THE
open to the public include panels featuring chefs CULINARY
Massimo Bottura of the current No. 1 restaurant Osteria UNIVERSE.
Francescana in Modena, Italy, and Daniel Humm of the
No. 3 restaurant Eleven Madison Park in New York.
VIP tickets will be available for some of the week’s
activities, with opportunities for one-on-one time with

On Safari in chefs and revelry at post-awards receptions. The awards

festivities will coincide with the 10-day Melbourne Food

Zimbabwe. and Wine Festival (melbournefoodandwine.com.au),

which draws more than 250,000 people for tastings,
gastronomic spectacles such as the World’s Longest
Opposite:
Havana’s Hotel
Saratoga.
Lunch (a single table down Lygon Street in Melbourne’s
No.
4 See “Passport,” page 61. Little Italy for 1,600 diners), and master classes with
Above: Whipped
OPPOSITE: JACKIE CARADONIO

emu egg at
50 Best luminaries David Thompson and Gastón Acurio. Melbourne’s
For the full immersion, stay at the official 50 Best lodg- Attica, the current
ing, the new QT Melbourne (qthotelsandresorts.com), No. 33 restaurant
in the world.
where amenities include a restaurant from former
Rockpool chef Paul Easson and a shop selling hand-
made Japanese knives. —M.B.

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Sprucing Up
Santorini.
No.
6 SCATTERED ABOVE THE lapis-lazuli waters
of the Aegean Sea, Santorini’s whitewashed
in October on 2 acres high above the sea. The all-inclusive
villa, which sleeps 14 guests in four suites, promises
resorts are an almost clichéd picture of paradise. But it pampering and privacy at every turn with a wine cellar,
appears even paradise can be improved upon, as several a personal chef, a yoga pavilion, a spa, an outdoor cinema,
new and recently renovated retreats on the fabled Greek an infinity-edge pool, and excursions that include sailing
isle are giving new life to the caldera-top experience. RETREATS ON and archaeological tours. —KATHRYN ROMEYN
Travelers returning to the 21-room Grace Santorini THE GREEK
ISLE ARE
(gracehotels.com) this season will find the hideaway
GIVING NEW
immaculately restyled, with contemporary interiors
punctuated by Greek Statuario marble and punches of
LIFE TO THE
CALDERA-TOP
EXPERIENCE.
Come Back
purple and baby blue. The resort is also set to debut an
extensive spa and wellness facility and two sprawling to the Cayman
suites with private plunge pools and terraces. Nearby,
the new Cavo Tagoo Hotel Santorini (cavotagoo.com)
is bringing a trendy vibe to local barefoot luxury with 13
Above:
The newly
Islands.
renovated Grace

7
breezy suites adorned with minimalist furnishings, a
Santorini.
sweeping pool deck with floating daybeds, and a sleek No. See “Paradise Restored,” page 96.
SERGE DETALLE

Ibiza-inspired lounge overlooking the caldera. Perhaps

most alluring this season is the island’s new Erosantorini
(erosantorini.com), an exclusive-use estate that opened

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in Lower
Manhattan.
CHRISTIAN HORAN; OPPOSITE, TOP: JAIDEEP OBEROI; BOTTOM: JACKIE CARADONIO
No.
8 LOWER MANHATTAN HAS traditionally
been a spot for suits and tourists (and tourist
Court building into the Beekman, a Thompson Hotel
(thompsonhotels.com). Opened in September, the
traps) but lately, going downtown—way downtown— property was an instant hit, both for its velvet-and-
has a new air of cool. The all-the-way-south neighbor- crystal décor and its restaurants by Tom Colicchio and
hood stretching from Chambers Street to the bottom Keith McNally.
of the island has found itself in the midst of a micro- LOWER Just opposite City Hall Park is Lower Manhattan’s lat-
Renaissance, becoming an of-the-moment district where MANHATTAN est reason to look up and check in: Robert A. M. Stern’s
celebrity chefs, luxury hotels, and world-class architects HAS FOUND 82-story 30 Park Place (thirtyparkplace.com), which
ITSELF IN
are elevating the scene. THE MIDST opened in September, houses a collection of over-the-top
First came the social-media catnip of architect Santiago OF A MICRO- condominiums and the slick 189-room Four Seasons
Calatrava’s awe-inspiring Oculus (panynj.gov), a sculp- RENAISSANCE. Hotel New York Downtown (fourseasons.com). The
tural shopping center featuring high-end shops like latter, Manhattan’s second Four Seasons–branded prop-
Salavatore Ferragamo, Ermenegildo Zegna, and Tom erty, brings with it an outpost of Wolfgang Puck’s steak
Ford. Next it was interior designer Martin Brudnizki’s house Cut with a sultry scarlet lounge where stylish New
turn to add some edge to the buttoned-up neighbor- Yorkers—and yes, suits and tourists—mingle every night
hood, revamping Beekman Street’s historic Temple of the week. —J.C.

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 TOP21 TRIPS FOR 2017

Around-the-World
Food Flight.
No. 9 GASTRONOMES, GET READY: This May, TCS
World Travel is sending 52 wayfaring foodies on
the trip of a lifetime. Designed in collaboration with René
Redzepi—the chef of Copenhagen’s Noma restaurant and
founding father of New Nordic cuisine—the 19-day Around-
the-World Culinary Journey (tcsworldtravel.com) begins
with 3 days in Seoul before carrying on to eight more palate-
pleasing destinations across Europe and Asia. The itinerary
for the trip (priced from $135,000 per person) features far
more than just memorable meals. In Tokyo, travelers can
take a sushi-making class with a local master and forage
the countryside with chef Shinobu Namae of the Michelin-
starred L’Effervescence. A stop in Florence offers lessons
with a fifth-generation Tuscan butcher; in Paris, it’s a
Champagne-and-oyster-fueled cruise across the Seine; and
in Copenhagen, Redzepi will give travelers behind-the-
scenes access to his legendary kitchen. Throughout the
journey, passengers will travel aboard TCS’s private 52-seat
Boeing 757 and stay in Four Seasons hotels and resorts.
—SANDRA RAMANI

From Savanna to
Sea in Tanzania.
No.10 THE SAFARI/BEACH combo has hit a new high
in Tanzania. The East African country—lauded
both for its wildlife conservancies and for its Indian
Ocean islands—has new luxury options on both fronts.
Asilia upped the safari game in the Ngorongoro Conservation
Area with the opening of Highlands (asiliaafrica.com; Opposite:
available through Scott Dunn, scottdunn.com), an eight- Four Seasons
Hotel New York
tent camp set on the slopes of the extinct Olmoti volcano.
Downtown. This
The lodge’s Plexiglas domes are a brilliant departure from page, from top:
traditional safari accommodations, maximizing views Mumbai, one
of the crater below and the starry night skies above. Asilia’s of nine cities on
excursions are also a break from the norm: In addition to the Around-the-
World Culinary
the usual Ngorongoro game drives, the camp offers hikes
Journey; Asilia’s
to other craters, far removed from the tourist buzz. Shortly Highlands safari
after Asilia’s launch, the eight-bedroom Entamanu lodge in Tanzania.
Ngorongoro (nomad-tanzania.com) made its debut on a
secluded perch along Ngorongoro’s rim, giving luxury-
seekers another chance to spy wildlife from on high.
Meanwhile, post-safari respite can be found at the new
Thanda Island (thandaisland.com), a 20-acre exclusive-use
retreat within the Shunyimbili Island Marine Reserve. —J.C.

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Quiet Time
in the Yucatán.
No.11 THE MEGARESORTS OF Mexico’s Riviera
Maya are making way for more intimate options
up and down the region’s sparkling Caribbean coastline.
Hotel Esencia (hotelesencia.com) underwent an inspired
renovation after its acquisition by the American art col-
lector Kevin Wendle, emerging with 29 art- and light-
filled rooms located along what is arguably the area’s best
beach. The update included the addition of two villas that Right: Crystal
have their own private stretches of sand and can together Esprit takes
passengers to the
accommodate groups from eight to 22 people. New villas
Eden-like beaches
are also taking shape at Rosewood Mayakoba (rosewood of the Seychelles
hotels.com), which in November added eight multi- islands. Below,
bedroom residences—ranging from 8,000 to 20,000 from top: Andaz
square feet—to its collection of 130 lagoon and oceanfront Mayakoba; Hotel
Esencia.
suites. Just next door, Andaz Mayakoba (andaz.hyatt
.com) was scheduled at press time for an end-of-2016
debut. The 214-room resort, which is set on 590 acres of
beach and jungle, includes 41 suites with plunge pools.
Those in need of a break after all that beach and pool
time can head inland to the new Chablé (chableresort
.com), a 40-villa, 750-acre destination spa where “shaman-
ism meets luxury” in the jungle outside Mérida. —B.W.

Setting Sail in
the Seychelles.
No.12 THERE’S A NEW WAY to experience the
Seychelles islands—and it’s 65 feet underwater.
Seated in a U-Boat C Explorer 3, travelers can venture
below the Indian Ocean’s surface, scuttling alongside neon
fusiliers and black-and-white-striped sergeant majors.
The flying-saucer-like submersible darts in and out of
coral clusters and speeds past streaks of pink, blue, and
green before returning to the mothership: Crystal Cruises’
new Crystal Esprit (crystalcruises.com).
Long a leader in luxury ocean cruising, Crystal ushered
in a new era with last winter’s launch of the Esprit. The
yacht is part of an ambitious plan that calls for every-
thing from riverboats in Europe to a private jet for around-
the-world journeys. The 31-suite Esprit—which will
spend January through March island-hopping in the
 Seychelles—embodies Crystal’s new direction, offering of ports render its islands mostly inaccessible to larger
an experience more akin to that of a charter yacht than ships. But the seascape is no hindrance to the Esprit,
an all-inclusive ocean liner. There is Château Lafite whose 9.8-foot draft allows it to anchor in the shallow
Rothschild in the wine cellar, butler service for every waters off even the smallest isles.
spacious stateroom, and, of course, plenty of high-tech The lithe vessel is never long at sea on a typical itinerary, CRYSTAL
water toys like the U-Boat submersible at the ready. A zipping from isle to isle. On the island of Curieuse, pas- USHERED IN
staff of 91 takes care of a total of just 62 guests, facilitat- sengers can plant trees as part of Crystal’s reforestation A NEW ERA
ing everything from outings on the yacht’s cherry-red project. On the private nature reserve of Aride Island, they WITH LAST
WINTER’S
Wider 32 tender to Champagne-and-caviar lunches. can climb to a high granite peak while dozens of frigate LAUNCH OF
That Esprit is setting sail in the Seychelles—a 115-island birds circle overhead. And off of Big Sister Island, they can THE ESPRIT.
TOP: JACKIE CARADONIO

nation located some 1,000 miles off the east coast of snorkel along an expansive reef alive with parrot fish, blue-
Africa—is a by-product of not only Crystal’s new focus and-yellow surgeonfish, and striped clown tangs. Of course,
but also the yacht’s nimble size. The country’s isolated the most compelling view of this underwater world is from
setting in the middle of the Indian Ocean makes it a rare the passenger seat of the U-Boat C Explorer 3—a vantage
stop on any cruise itinerary, and its small coves and lack reserved exclusively for Esprit guests. —LAURIE KAHLE

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is the food. Long overshadowed by the New Nordic heavy-

weights of Copenhagen and Stockholm, the Finnish
capital of Helsinki has quietly had its own culinary awak-
ening in recent years. Established restaurants like Chef
& Sommelier (chefetsommelier.fi) and Ask (restaurant
ask.com) are starting to gain international recognition
(and Michelin stars), while new spots such as Finnjävel
(finnjavel.fi) are bringing innovation to the Nordic scene.
Opened last spring in a high-design setting, Finnjävel
features the experimental dishes—liver casserole with
lingonberries, hay-smoked perch—of co-chefs Tommi
Tuominen and Henri Alén. Across town, on the southern
tip of the Helsinki peninsula, diners are flocking to Löyly
(loylyhelsinki.fi), where reindeer meatballs, seafood

The bakes, and other local dishes pair with a truly Finnish
amenity: The restaurant is located within a bold new

Centennial in THE FINNISH

architectural landmark that houses three saunas and
wooden decks overlooking the Gulf of Finland.

Helsinki. CAPITAL HAS

QUIETLY HAD
A CULINARY
Promising to be the next culinary hot spot in Helsinki,
chef Filip Langhoff’s Jord (restaurantjord.fi) was sched-
uled at press time to open in December as the bistro-style
AWAKENING “little sister” to Ask. A highly anticipated sibling is also
No. 13 FINLAND IS CELEBRATING a century of IN RECENT
YEARS.
in the works on the hotel front: Opening this summer,
independence this year with everything from the St. George (stgeorgehelsinki.com) is a 150-room
symphonies and contemporary-art exhibits to mobile property from the owners of Hotel Kämp (hotelkamp
saunas and massive snow castles. But the real reason to .com), Helsinki’s most opulent address.
head to the easternmost Scandinavian country in 2017 —KENNETH NARS

Into the Wilds of Japan.

No.14 TOKYO IS FAMOUS for its futuristic cityscape,
but travel just beyond the Japanese capital and
you’ll find snowcapped mountains and volcanoes, bam-
boo forests, sparkling lakes, and ria coastlines that stretch
for miles. Travelers now have new reasons to heed the
call of Japan’s wild, including the recent debut of the
country’s first luxury-camping resort, Hoshinoya Fuji
(hoshinoyafuji.com). Nestled among the red-cedar for-
ests at the foot of Mt. Fuji, the property offers an upscale
outdoors experience with open-air balconies, personal
chefs, and guided excursions like canoeing trips on Lake
Kawaguchi and hikes through the mysterious forests of
Aokigahara. Last March, in the verdant mountains of
Ise-Shima National Park, Aman debuted its version of
wilderness luxury with a 24-suite hot-springs resort
overlooking Ago Bay. Guests of Amanemu (amanemu
.com) can explore the reserve’s rocky coastlines with
treks along the UNESCO World Heritage–designated
Top: The Kumano Kodo trails. Offering further incentive to dis-
TOP: TEEMU BOMAN

innovative cuisine cover the country’s hidden corners is GeoEx’s (geoex

at Finnjävel.
.com) customizable Japan Tip-to-Toe trip, which explores
Above: Japan’s
Amanemu resort.
the Kamikochi Valley, the Japanese Alps, and the 436-foot-
tall Nachi Falls. —IRENE RAWLINGS

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Abu Dhabi’s
New State of Art.
No.
15 ABU DHABI HAS been hard at work refining
its image. Amid the dizzying array of glitz and
Joining the outpost of Paris’s beloved institution on
Saadiyat will be Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim Abu Dhabi,
glamour in the city, an unprecedented art scene is emerging ABU DHABI Norman Foster’s Zayed National Museum, and the late
as part of a master plan to make it a world capital of culture. IS GOING FOR Zaha Hadid’s Performing Arts Centre. Works from the
In true Emirati fashion, Abu Dhabi is going for broke in
BROKE IN Guggenheim’s permanent collection are already on exhibit
BUILDING
building a cache of new museums and performing-arts A CACHE at the nearby Manarat Al Saadiyat cultural center.
centers. Central to the plan is Saadiyat Island (saadiyat OF NEW The high-minded initiative appears to be catching,
culturaldistrict.ae), an estimated $27 billion isle that will MUSEUMS AND with luxury hotels like the Rosewood Abu Dhabi (rose
soon be home to the Louvre Abu Dhabi (louvreabudhabi PERFORMING- wood.com) and Four Seasons Hotel Abu Dhabi at Al
.ae). The Jean Nouvel–designed masterpiece, scheduled
ARTS Maryah Island (fourseasons.com) investing heavily in
CENTERS .
to debut this year, will showcase a collection of more than private collections of their own. The latter property,
RICHARD DAVIES

300 works ranging from a 16th-century sculpture of a which opened in October, displays more than 2,000 works
wounded Christ to Picasso’s rarely exhibited Portrait of Above: Zayed ranging from pop art to paintings of Abu Dhabi’s forever-
a Lady, beneath a spaceship-like dome of woven steel. National Museum. in-flux skyline. —JILL K. ROBINSON

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Uruguay
for Asado
and Tannat.
No.
16 THE LAND OF Tannat may finally be having fee, allows members to blend their own vintages.
its moment. Like Chile and Argentina before Mallmann is no stranger to these parts, having opened
it, Uruguay has gradually emerged as a first-rate food- his own restaurant and hotel just 7 miles away in 2004.
and-wine destination, a process that peaked last March
BODEGA Last year, the chef renovated his estancia-style Hotel
GARZÓN IS
with the debut of Bodega Garzón (bodegagarzon.com). TAKING Garzón (restaurantegarzon.com), offering diners who
Owned by the Argentine billionaire Alejandro Bul- URUGUAY’S make the pilgrimage for his spectacular asado cuisine a
gheroni, the high-tech winery takes Uruguay’s little-known LITTLE- comfortable place to spend the night. Farther north, in
varietals, chief among them the national grape of KNOWN the town of Salto, the Swiss hotelier Peter Wirth (whose
Tannat, to new levels. The $100 million project, which
VARIETALS résumé includes New York City’s Waldorf Astoria Towers
TO NEW
includes a restaurant by fellow Argentine Francis LEVELS . and Rome’s Hotel Hassler) opened Casa Wirth (casa
Mallmann, is located in rural Garzón, roughly 30 miles wirth.com) in July. The colonial mansion on the banks
north of the coastal resort of José Ignacio. It is garnering of the Uruguay River is home to just five guest rooms and
attention as much for its estate-grown wines and olive an outdoor restaurant specializing in asados.
oils as for its exclusive wine club, which, for a $180,000 —NELL MCSHANE WULFHART

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 An Elevated
Adventure
in Utah.
17
No. THE REMOTE CRAGGY cliffs and sandstone
narrows of Utah’s national parks have tradi-
tionally been the domain of experienced backpackers.
This year, however, weekend warriors can access even
the most isolated stretches of red-rock terrain with the
St. Regis Deer Valley’s (stregisdeervalley.com) outdoor
exploration series. Created with the Utah-based Elevated
Adventure Company (elevatedadventurecompany.com),
the bespoke trips take resort guests from Park City via
private jet to geological treasures like the sprawling
Canyonlands National Park, the majestic Arches National
Park, and the Great Basin for hiking, mountain biking,
rock climbing, and more. A Canyonlands adventure might
include scrambling over outcroppings crammed with
loose rocks, wriggling through keyhole-like tunnels, and
rappelling down cliffs—all in a single venturesome day.
St. Regis guests can also cycle through the prehistoric
formations of Moab and, for a true backpacker experi-
ence, overnight in the Great Basin. Of course, every week-
end warrior will eventually finish the journey in comfort
at the resort, which features a Remède Spa and Jean- Above:
Georges Vongerichten restaurant. —CAROLYN MEERS Canyoneering in
Utah. Below: Four
Seasons Maldives
Private Island at
Voavah, Baa Atoll.
Opposite: Bodega
Garzón.
Chasing Waves in the Maldives.
18
No. THE MALDIVES IS legendary among wave
hunters. Shaped like a string of pearls, the long
chain of islands in the middle of the Indian Ocean mean-
ders through some of the world’s best—and most difficult
to access—surf breaks. Promising an over-the-top tour
through this surfer’s paradise is the brand-new Four
Seasons Maldives Private Island at Voavah, Baa Atoll
(fourseasons.com). Opened in December, the 5-acre
resort—an exclusive-use property with just seven villas
and suites—has partnered with the Aussie outfitter
Tropicsurf to curate an epic surfing safari. Traveling
aboard the Four Seasons’ 62-foot Horizon yacht, par-
ticipants can paddle out at Jails, Cokes, and other secret
breaks with one of Voavah’s equally famous coaches, who
TOP: ANDREW MUSE

include former world champion Sunny Garcia. Four-

night surfing packages are priced from $280,000 for as
many as 20 guests and include a total takeover—PADI
dive center and all—of Voavah. —J.C.

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the Caribbean.
No.
19 IF THE CELEBRITY playground of Mustique
isn’t exclusive enough for you, it’s time to try CANOUAN IS
Estate Villas & Residences (canouan-estate.com), a
luxury community covering two-thirds of the 3-square-
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is poised to replace its better-known neighbor as the coun- CARIBBEAN’S Ensuring that jet-setters arrive in style is a newly expanded
try’s elite isle. In October, the long-awaited Pink Sands ELITE ISLES. 5,900-foot-long runway that can accommodate private
Club (pinksandsclub.com) debuted on Godahl Beach with aircraft as large as a Boeing 737. For those wishing to make
32 over-the-top suites and villas. The rose-hued resort sits Above: The pool at their Canouan arrival via yacht, an 80-berth marina is
L ARSEN COLLINGE

at the heart of the island’s recently launched Canouan Canouan Estate’s set to debut later this year. —SARAH GREAVES-GABBADON
Beach House.

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Wet and Wild

in Nepal.
20
No. LITTLE APPEARS TO have changed in Nepal’s
Terai lowlands over the last century. Rough-
hewn dirt roads wind in and out of lush thickets of jungle,
passing through tiny Tharu villages clustered with shaggy
grass-topped huts. Locals—women dressed in colorful
skirts and men wearing woven hats—drift up and down
the Rapti River, bathing, washing clothes, and gathering
reeds for trade. And deep within the golden grasslands
of the Chitwan National Park, Bengal tigers, greater one-
horned rhinoceroses, and elephants still roam. Just oppo-
site the park, however, change has come in the form of
the region’s first luxury safari lodge, Meghauli Serai
(tajhotels.com). Opened last April, the Taj Safaris prop-
erty might have seemed out of place in the long-enduring
landscape if it weren’t so carefully conceived: Sixteen
thatch-roofed villas outfitted with Tharu artifacts and
hand-painted murals nestle almost imperceptibly in the
grassland. Creature comforts include a Jiva spa offering
ayurvedic treatments and an infinity-edge pool that
appears to pour straight into the Rapti. Still, the true
luxury of Meghauli Serai is its total immersion, from
early-morning tiger treks and rhino safaris to evening
canoe rides alongside wild gharials and swamp franco-
lins. Afternoons can be spent riverside with the locals;
one in particular—the lodge’s resident elephant, Anjali—
might even join you for a swim. —J.C.

Zurich’s
New Cool. Top: Taj Safaris’
Meghauli Serai.
Above: Saltz at the
Dolder Grand.

No.
21 ZURICH, THE SWISS city known for finance of Switzerland’s most important postwar modernist
and buttoned-up formality, is loosening its tie buildings. The Los Angeles–based firm Hirsch Bedner
and showing its edgy side. Leading the way in the city’s Associates adorned the interiors of the Y-shaped struc-
cooldown are new and established hotels that are break- ture with furnishings by Patricia Urquiola, Armani/
ing with stuffy traditions. Among the unorthodox new- Casa, and Brabbu; outside, a swimming pool at the foot
THE SWISS
comers is Kameha Grand Zürich (kamehagrand CITY of the Üetliberg mountain offers a laidback spot for a
zuerich.com), an Autograph Collection hotel that opened KNOWN FOR swim. Zurich’s legendary Dolder Grand has also joined
in 2015 in the emerging Glattpark district. Conceived by FINANCE IS the movement with the debut of its Saltz restaurant
the design world’s enfant terrible, Marcel Wanders, the LOOSENING (thedoldergrand.com), a vibrant red-and-blue venue
ITS TIE.
TOP: JACKIE CARADONIO

hotel is a veritable wonderland of avant-garde style, fea- designed by the artist Rolf Sachs. And bringing a modern
turing cheeky nods to Swiss culture such as lamps that edge to Old Town is the Marktgasse Hotel (marktgasse
resemble oversize cow bells and sofas shaped like giant hotel.ch), a 39-room boutique property blending Scan-
Toblerone bars. Last spring, the 95-room Atlantis by dinavian minimalism and Italian maximalism in a pair
Giardino (atlantisbygiardino.ch) made its debut in one of 15th-century structures. —J.C.

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RESTORED
The CAYMAN ISLANDS, long
known primarily as a tax haven, are
emerging as the latest laidback but
luxurious escape thanks to a new wave
of development that, more than a
decade after Hurricane Ivan, includes
extraordinary and distinct resorts.

BY BRETT ANDERSON

W
ITHIN THE WALLS of the gar-
den, nature quietly reigns. Beyond
the coiled roots of trees and tan-
gled greenery, falling water is
audible, and only the most atten-
tive ear can discern the presence of an occasional passing
automobile. Despite its primordial air, this oasis has been
expensively cultivated for the pleasure of its owners, who,
when in residence, occupy a villa concealed in the dis-
tance behind battalions of blossoms and imposing exam-
ples of a curious form of flora known as a sausage tree,
from which depend heavy, tubular, dun-colored fruit.
“They stink when you cut them open,” notes the gardener.
Adorned in a straw hat and Hawaiian shirt, this gentle-
man conducts me along the winding paths of this private
paradise. When I ask him if it’s a native plant, he laughs.
“It’s from Africa,” he replies. “I guess the hippos like them.”
Nothing, I have learned since my arrival in the Cayman
Islands, seems to be from here. Uninhabited until the 17th
century, when motley assortments of passengers from
military, merchant, and mercenary vessels alike began to
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visit their shores, these minute landmasses were not prop- familiarity. The streets of George Town could have
erly settled until the early 1700s. Over time, the population belonged to a South Florida suburb, save for the fact that
of primarily African and Anglo-Saxon descent gradually the drivers sat on their vehicles’ right-hand sides. Having
This page and expanded to include dozens of different nationalities. been buffeted in flight by the winds of Hurricane Matthew,
previous spread: When I landed on Grand Cayman several days before, which then roared toward the United States, I was sur-
The Ritz-Carlton
I didn’t know what to expect of my inaugural visit to prised by the normalcy of the scene.
Grand Cayman.
this British territory famed as a tax haven and bastion “We have been lucky since Ivan,” said Marc Langevin,
of international banking. Beautiful beaches, yes, but who greeted me at the Ritz-Carlton Grand Cayman. A
what else? On departing the airport, however, I was Frenchman by birth, Langevin serves as general man-
greeted by something entirely unexpected: a sense of ager of the first true luxury resort on Seven Mile Beach,
the island’s most popular strip of coastline. We talked of
the devastating 2004 hurricane while he escorted me to
my accommodations, the 8,000-square-foot Grand
Cayman Penthouse. It is a three-bedroom rooftop com-
plex that includes a screening room, a chef’s kitchen,
and a breathtaking wraparound terrace with a 180-degree
vista of blindingly blue water. He described to me the
impact of the storm, which had been the worst to hit the
islands in more than eight decades. Though Ivan flat-
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tened or flooded most of the community’s buildings, its

force was creative as well as destructive. As we stepped
onto the terrace, he gestured up the beach toward a sleek,
modern complex that rose in the distance above the tur-
quoise surf. “None of this,” he said, “was here before.”

THE LANDMARK LANGEVIN indicated was the site of

my afternoon appointment. Situated several miles north
of the Ritz-Carlton, this is the first new luxury property
to appear on the island in more than a decade—and the

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the ceiling of the library alluded to the island’s history.

I ascended to yet another penthouse, the Presidential
Suite. Here, immense floor-to-ceiling windows opened
to a terrace, where the sapphire water created the illusion
of being aboard an ocean liner. Offered a gin and tonic, I
chatted with Jackie Doak—president of Dart Real Estate,
the developer of the property—and a contingent of
talented people who contributed to the project. Doak
explained to me the scope of the undertaking. “There was
an existing hotel here. Initially, we were going to build on
that foundation, but it sat behind the coastal road,” she
said, indicating a rather forlorn-looking stretch of pave-
ment that emerged as if from nowhere beyond the lush
grounds of the Seafire. “But because the road was so close
to the beach, all the amenities would be behind the hotel,
so we decided to demolish the existing structure.”
The decision was a costly one but, in the end, worthwhile.
first of two quite distinct retreats I intended to explore. The developers diverted the coastal road to the other side
The Kimpton Seafire Resort & Spa represents an archi- of the property, creating a footpath along the beachfront.
tectural departure for Grand Cayman but also stands as This unfettered access played into architect Scott Lee’s
the vanguard of a new wave of upscale development trans- vision for the design. “If you go to any hotel in the Cayman
The Presidential forming this destination into an epicenter of laidback Islands, the arrival experience is at sea level,” he told me.
Suite (top) and luxury (see “Island Renewal,” page 104). “So where you walk in, you really can’t see anything. Our
spa (above) at the
In the lobby I was surrounded by the sea, which sparkled idea was to elevate reception from zero to 24 feet above
Kimpton Seafire
Resort & Spa.
in all directions like an art installation. Walls of glass sea level. You get this commanding view not only of our
allowed the scenery to provide the primary decoration, property but down to the whitewater and off to the hori-
DON RIDDLE

while handwoven rope accents and a blue catboat—a zon. We wanted a modern expression of the Caribbean.”
traditional Caymanian fishing vessel—suspended from Lee and his associates rendered a series of spaces

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8,500-square-foot spa, for example, though located below Seafire to immerse myself in a different ambience.
the lobby level, is flooded with natural light. A breezeway Cayman Brac’s massive limestone bluff, which rises
from the reception area leads to Ave, the Seafire’s primary 140-plus feet above sea level, lends the island the appear-
Above: Le Soleil restaurant, which, under the direction of the resort’s ance of a floating fortress—a characteristic that, along
d’Or—a farm with executive chef, Massimo De Francesca, combines imported with its caves and springs, made it a favorite rest stop
a boutique resort
and locally sourced ingredients to create a menu that for pirates, who quenched their thirst with fresh water
and spa—sits on a
rustic beachfront.
captures the island’s multicultural personality. The inte- and feasted on turtles and iguanas.
Right: Some of rior offers casual seating areas around the bar, while I, too, was there for food and drink, though of a consid-
the inhabitants of the seats at the counter of the open erably more refined caliber. Le Soleil
Grand Cayman’s kitchen belong to Avecita, a restaurant d’Or, situated on a rustic beachfront,
Starfish Point.
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tapas and pintxos. Beside the main enjoyed by castaways but without the
building and the pool complex stand deprivations. Essentially a farm with a
three beach-facing bungalows and the boutique resort and spa attached, this
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Astwilightapproached,ourpartygath- property’s un-Caribbean appearance.
ered on the terrace, awaiting the phe- A whitewashed edifice with a tiled roof,
nomenon that gives the new resort its balustrades, and magenta plumes of
name. A seafire, I was told, is a brilliant bougainvillea, the hotel might have
flash of green that, under the right con- been transplanted from the Costa
ditions, appears at the moment the sun Brava in Spain. After I checked in to
hits the horizon on the Caribbean Sea my bungalow—an expansive white
off Seven Mile Beach. Thanks, however, to the cloudy fall- cottage with a swimming pool and a secluded beach—the
out of Hurricane Matthew, on that evening we were denied staff invited me to be seated in the Mango Restaurant,
the spectacle and settled instead for a radiant sunset. where I got my first taste of the establishment’s raison
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GRAND CAYMAN’S SISTER islands, Little Cayman and is culled from 20 acres on the precipice that looms above
Cayman Brac, attract more diving enthusiasts than seek- Le Soleil d’Or’s main building. A light lunch of crispy spring
ers of well-appointed accommodations. However, a recently rolls accompanied by potent sprigs of basil, tender cucum-
established boutique resort on the latter persuaded me to bers, and sweet peppers perked up my palate; and thus

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woman named Angel Robledo, to arrange a tour of the farm. sand, and mangrove swamps into vibrant and colorful
My guide drove me up a steep road to a heavy wooden havens. No indigenous cultures were displaced to make
gate, where we traded our SUV for a golf cart that he this possible; indeed, the islands seemed a triptych of
steered along carefully raked gravel paths. The stone- blank canvases for continual creation and re-creation.
bordered beds of fragrant citrus, spiny pineapple, bur- My account of the farm prompted one of the executives
geoning melons, and sundry esoteric plants suggested not attached to the Kimpton Seafire to arrange my visit to
a farm but a manicured botanical garden in which every- this private garden on Grand Cayman, where the gar-
thing was orderly as well as edible. Even the chicken coop dener, an uninhibited narrator, now recounts for my
pleased the eye, devoid of the blemishes usually associated benefit an incident involving a visiting notable and the
with such facilities. The guide sped along with mounting wife of a local dignitary who were nearly caught disport-
enthusiasm, stopping only to pluck some tart fruits resem- ing themselves in the foliage during a tea party. Changing
bling green cherries for me to try, as two lethargic blue the subject, I point to a palm tree that looks as if it has
iguanas, having already partaken themselves, looked on. been knocked over on its side and ask if this was the work
Later that evening I learned that the farm yielded liquid of Ivan. He shrugs indifferently.
bounty as well. After dinner, Robledo suggested I try one “It’ll keep growing, as long as it has roots,” he says. By
of her specialty cocktails. Minutes later, she returned with way of proof, he leads me to a clearing where, before a
a small sherry glass containing a dark liquid topped with small waterfall, three nearly intertwined palms, once
foam, a sprinkle of brown dust, and a wedge of dried coco- prone, curve gracefully skyward, their trunks patiently
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 The Wild
Philanthropists
Throughout the African
continent, individual donors
are reshaping conservation
models—and transforming
the concept of luxury travel.
BY SOPHY ROBERTS

n a day in late January

2016, a team of antipoaching specialists employed
by African Parks flew by helicopter to a GPS point
deep in the western reaches of Gambella, a
1,954-square-mile national park in Ethiopia close to
the border with South Sudan. They were investigat-
ing why one of the four elephant collars that African
Parks was monitoring in the area had stopped trans-
mitting. When they arrived on the scene, in a flood-
plain near the Gilo River, they found five dead ele-
phants, including the collared cow. The animals had
been shot by poachers, who had attempted to conceal
the carcasses in grass but had yet to remove their ivory.
After an hour’s toil in a 5-foot-deep swamp, the
African Parks specialists and their colleagues from
the Ethiopian Wildlife and Conservation Authority
were able to retrieve only one tusk. Recently enlisted
by the Ethiopian government, the Johannesburg-
based African Parks was functioning with limited
resources. The conservation group—which works
in eight countries across Africa, rehabilitating
23,000 square miles of wilderness—lacked the full
operational mandate to start the boots-on-the-
ground antipoaching work for which it is known. In
fact, to have the helicopter present at all when the
collar’s transmission ceased was a curious stroke of
luck. The helicopter had been chartered from Kenya
for a group of international donors who were visit-
ing Gambella with Peter Fearnhead, the CEO of
TOM PARKER

African Parks. Rather than vacationing at a five-star

safari lodge, these five travelers were negotiating a
The Wild Philanthropists

remote swath of the continent to see walk the sun-scorched earth among Parks. Taking it a step further are
what this tract of wilderness had elephants whose behavior is chang- individuals who are leasing mas-
left to save—and if it merited their ing out of fear for their lives, strikes sive tracts of land and providing
A ranger (far philanthropy. at the core of what makes us human. the financial support to restore and
right) hauls a tusk I, too, was in Gambella during the It is a story I have been covering protect them. Facilitating both
retrieved from an
poaching incident. The moment was closely for the last few years, on trips forms of the phenomenon is a new
elephant poached
in the Democratic
overwhelming—both for the beauty into parts of the African continent breed of specialists who help broker
Republic of of the landscape, peppered with rare where frontline conservation is tak- deals and, equally important, cre-
Congo’s Garamba Nile lechwe and elegant shoe-billed ing place but mainstream tourism ate the travel experiences to expose
National Park storks, and for the bleakness of the has yet to penetrate. These assign- potential donors to off-the-radar
(above and
situation. Witnessing the wet blood ments, largely for the Financial opportunities.
previous pages).
In Kenya, Richard
on the ivory, and the silence of the Times, have taken me to 13 African “I guide all over Africa, experienc-
Roberts (top right, rangers when they came back into countries, including Chad, Rwanda, ing beautiful lodges on $100,000-plus
foreground) and camp carrying the lone tusk, I expe- and Ethiopia. At times, the facts and itineraries,” said Michael Lorentz,
his team tend to rienced an entirely different emo- figures—an elephant is killed every the South African safari specialist
a tranquilized
tional response than I had at any 15 minutes, a rhino every 8 hours— who brought me to Gambella and
elephant.
other time in my years of reporting can be heart-wrenching. But I have whose company, Passage to Africa,
on poaching and conservation issues. noticed a philanthropic trend reach- arranged the complex logistics for
I thought of the glittering fund-raisers ing over all these stories like an African Parks’ donors. (On their
I had attended for African wildlife, umbrella. In its simplest iteration, return home, the group committed
where Prince William and others the trend involves a high-net-worth to an annual donation of $1 million
cast their celebrity magic dust about individual traveling to a remote area, to $3 million as a direct result of their
the room. All of this helps, of course, engaging in its conservation, and trip.) “Most guests want to have a
TOM PARKER

but to witness the stench of death in writing a check—often from a foun- beautiful vacation in the African
the field, to observe the strength of dation the person has established— wilderness, but there are also tra-
men and women doing this work, to to an organization such as African velers out there with deep pockets

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 who want to be exposed to the issues. the environment; they have a more
So I take them to those places. It’s by spiritual, emotional, and holistic
no means always luxurious, but it is approach.”
sophisticated. It is about the interac- Milton has worked with the U.S.
tion between tourism, conservation, hedge-fund manager Paul Tudor
and philanthropy in parts of Africa Jones, who leases 350,000 acres in
where they come together in a very Tanzania as part of a luxury tour-
real sense.” ism and conservation project called
According to Paul Milton, whose Singita Grumeti. This is a well-
London-based Milton Group advises documented story, not least because
private family offices on conservation- of the quality of the lodges Tudor
oriented philanthropy, it is a conflu- Jones and his South African partner,
ence that gained traction with the Singita’s Luke Bailes, have put in
financial collapse in 2008. “NGOs place. The property’s extravagant
could no longer fill the gap with small suites, swimming pools, spa treat- Republic, Chad is a country where
donations from the man in the street ments, and private-guided safaris security issues and threats to wildlife
with regards to funding the conser- help lure first-time visitors to Africa are very real. In Zakouma National
vation of large, at-risk environ- in an environment where they can Park, poaching has decimated the
ments,” he said. “But there has also feel safe while still being exposed local elephant population, which has
been another side to the financial to some of the conservation issues dropped from around 4,000 to fewer
collapse. Families are starting to pay at play. Offering a completely dif- than 500 in the last decade. These
more attention to the future eco- ferent perspective is African Parks’ numbers have started to improve
nomic sustainability of their invest- project in Chad, which I visited in under African Parks’ care, but threats
TOM PARKER

ments, and the interest their kids January 2015. and security issues remain. The dan-
hold in projects for the long term. Bordered by Libya, Sudan, Nigeria, gers are not enough, however, to deter
This next generation cares about Cameroon, and the Central African Lorentz—last April he made his sixth

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The Wild Philanthropists

Richard Roberts, one of its founders.

Roberts launched the organization
in 2011 with the Indianapolis-based
philanthropist Suzanne Fehsenfeld,
who, since falling in love with Africa
on safari, has dedicated more than
The U.S. $1 million to the project.
industrialist Two months later, I visited Garamba
James Coleman
and Virunga National Parks in the
helped fund a
new tourism and
Democratic Republic of the Congo,
conservation both of which had received signifi-
project in Chad’s cant funding from the Illinois-based
Zakouma National philanthropist Howard Buffett as
Park (above and
well as sizable donations from a high-
right), where
rangers work in
profile philanthropist who visited
rivers rife with the parks days before I arrived. In
crocodiles. visit to Zakouma—or the most for themselves and understand the Virunga I was guided by Kate Doty,
intrepid of the new philanthropists. challenges it has overcome.” a managing director at the San
James Coleman, an industrialist Coleman’s point rang true when, Francisco–based Geographic
from the United States, donated a few months later, I traveled to Expeditions—another specialist in
funds to build a new high-end tour- Kenya to join an elephant-collaring organizing trips for donors.
ism venture in Zakouma. Called exercise close to the Maasai Mara. Also tapping into this market is
Camp Nomade, it is as beautiful as Veterinarians working with the Mara Will Jones of the UK-based Journeys
anything I have experienced in East Elephant Project were darting the by Design. Jones, who has guided the
Africa—eight elegant canvas tents elephants and attaching GPS collars likes of Ralph Lauren, launched Wild
outfitted with rugs from Libya, so the organization could track the Philanthropy Travel in late 2015 to
carved wooden trunks, golden camel movement of the animals and mon- complement his existing safari busi-
bells, and silver jugs—in the last itor their safety. (In the Mara, much ness. Like Lorentz, he has seen more
place on the continent I expected to of the threat to elephants comes from customers asking to travel deeper
find it. The income from every stay agriculturalists, who kill the animals into the issues at play in order to give
is directed 100 percent back into when they damage crops.) Also pres- back on a scale that makes a differ-
conservation. “Zakouma is such an ent at the collaring event was a rep- ence to entire ecosystems, not just
exotic landscape,” Coleman told me resentative of the Irish philanthropist specific charities. But while Lorentz
TOM PARKER

in an interview for the Financial Denis O’Brien, who committed a has worked mostly with large non-
Times. “There’s quite simply noth- six-figure sum to the Mara Elephant governmental organizations, Jones
ing else like it. People need to see it Project after taking a safari with pairs philanthropists with private

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conservation projects. Using an inti-

mate network of contacts on the
ground, he looks for tracts of land
where communities can be enabled
to protect the wildlife. In making an
investment, the funder can also be a
beneficiary by enjoying access to—
and even building private homes in—
areas other travelers can’t easily visit.
There are other benefits too. The
business is set up as a members’ club,
with three tiers of annual fees rang-
ing from $25,000 to $100,000. With
membership, any trip booked to con-
servation areas Wild Philanthropy
is engaged with is charged at cost. In
addition, all the membership funds
On patrol in are channeled back to support the
Virunga National company’s core projects.
Park (right and
When I first heard about Wild
below), where
Howard Buffett
Philanthropy, which has had a few
is helping to fund false starts as Jones finessed the
conservation model, I questioned whether the club
efforts. was as much about conservation as
exclusivity. So Jones invited me to
join him in Ntakata, a remote forest
in western Tanzania, to see the model
firsthand. The roadless forest is
home to the Watongwe, or the
fine-art auctioneer in Nairobi in 1987
to work with the mountain gorillas
in Rwanda. In 1989 he built Greystoke
Mahale, which remains one of the
most exquisite lodges in Africa.
The lodge is located on the white-
sand beaches of Tanzania’s Lake
Tanganyika, where Purcell lived for
17 years with his wife, Zoe, and two
children. Occasionally he guided at
a fee of $1,000 a day, when everyone
else in the industry was charging less
than half that rate. So when Jones
told me he had struck a deal with his
old friend to guide me through a hid-
den forest, which borders the same
lake where Greystoke Mahale still
thrives, I started to believe he might
be offering something off the map.
Tongwe people, who consider east- foot, camping, and eating bowls of We did the same trip, less a helicop-
ern long-haired chimpanzees to rice—Jones pulled Roland Purcell ter, that Purcell is leading for Wild
be sacred. (The Watongwe identi- out of retirement from his rambling Philanthropy members next year—
fied apes as humankind’s direct estate in Ireland, where he had with the intention of locking in a
ancestors long before modern sci- settled after nearly two decades in million-dollar endowment to support
TOM PARKER

entists did.) To elevate our safari the African bush. the forest’s protection in perpetuity.
experience—there was nothing lux- Purcell, who is of Irish and “Just the 5 percent annual interest
urious about traveling by bike and Australian descent, left his job as a on this sum will generate the $50,000

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needed to run the entire ranger force,” year on community development needs to be discussed in the open with
said Purcell, who cofounded the and antipoaching, including helicop- individuals who have enough of a pas-
Tanzania’s Mwiba Tongwe Trust in 2002. “The forest ters, microlites, and staff. We were sion for Africa to engage with the
Lodge is part doesn’t need much: some bikes, bin- flying in Moyowosi—not far from realities at the sharp end. The one
of a massive
oculars, uniforms, and salaries of $100 Purcell’s stomping grounds, on Lake thing everyone who signs up to Wild
conservation
project funded by
a month per ranger for a force of 18.” Tanganyika’s shores—hovering over Philanthropy needs to understand is
Texas’s Friedkin The 187-square-mile, village-owned a gallery forest encircled by swamp that conservation in this century is a
family, which reserve suffers from the slash-and- with a canopy as thick as Ntakata’s. dangerous and thankless task.”
leases more than burn incursions of Burundian refu- Jones, who was with me again, ven- Jones’s words proved prescient. On
5,000 square miles
gees, as well as poachers. Purcell tured that this relic forest might also the same day I was in Gambella in
in the country.
introduced us to the issues, but also sequester chimpanzees; at one time, January, the same R44 helicopter we’d
to the forest’s lures. We took shade he said, the chimps would have flown in Moyowosi was shot out of
under the flying buttresses of vast moved freely between these patches the sky by elephant poachers—killing
200-year-old trunks. We spent time of forest, traveling all the way down the pilot, Roger Gower, with whom I
with the rangers, who carry not this western swath of Tanzania. On had worked 18 months prior. Thus I
weapons but notepads and pens to the 2018 donor trip, which will was reminded of another reality
record the pant-hoots of chimpan- include a tour of the Moyowosi forest behind the wild-philanthropy trend
zees. We followed the paths elephants and the Friedkin concessions, he at play: how giving is by no means
had made through thick bush. We plans to go searching to see if his a soft luxury. In modern Africa, it
lay down and rested by a river close theory holds true. means engaging with the risk of
to one of the Watongwe’s sacred “We want to inspire our members paying the biggest price of all.
groves to listen to the apes. with modest opportunities like
It was a moment of being in wild Ntakata, and giant examples like the African Parks, africanparks.eu;
nature that returned to me a few days Friedkins,” Jones said. “Engaging in Friedkin Conservation Fund,
later when I was flying in the R44 Africa is about understanding the friedkinfund.org; Geographic
helicopter operated by the Friedkin bigger conservation mosaic. It is a Expeditions, geoex.com; Milton
Conservation Fund, a nonprofit orga- complicated, textured world. For Group, paulmilton.com; Passage
nizationbankrolledbytheTexas-based example, Moyowosi is a hunting area, to Africa, passagetoafrica.com;
Friedkin family. The Friedkins, who but the Friedkins are also conserva- Singita Grumeti, singita.com;
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have 5,245 square miles of wilderness tionists on a formidable scale. Not The Tongwe Trust, tongwetrust
under lease in Tanzania, spend more everyone can square the two. There .org; Wild Philanthropy Travel,
than $3 million of private funds every are occasions when I can. All this wildphilanthropy.com

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the Riviera, is gaining international acclaim for its commitment to unveil the new Spa Metropole by Givenchy, one of only a handful of
healthy living as well as its pledge to preserving the environment. Givenchy spas in the world, which will combine Eastern and Western
philosophies in its various treatment offerings. Additionally, Monaco’s
HEALTHY INDULGENCES first destination spa, Thermes Marins Monte-Carlo, underwent an
Within Monaco’s borders, which encompass an area smaller than extensive renovation in 2014. The spa focuses on European massage
one square mile, an eclectic mix of flavors and cuisine is served techniques and therapies, including cryotherapy, and utilizes the
up in more than 130 restaurants—six of which have earned a healing power of salt water—which is only fitting, given that it is set
combined nine Michelin stars. Indulgent fare is always on the in a stunning location that overlooks the Mediterranean Sea.
menu, but a number of restaurants are emphasizing healthier
courses and meals as well. At his namesake restaurant at the A SUSTAINABLE PARADISE
Hotel Metropole Monte-Carlo, for example, Joel Robuchon Since 1873, when Monaco’s Prince Albert I searched for ways to
recently unveiled an eight-course vegetarian and gluten-free preserve the world’s oceans, the independent Principality has been
menu. One mile north along the beach, Chef Paolo Sari relies on steadfast in its efforts as a leader in environmental protection and
his own vegetable garden to produce beautifully arranged dishes conservation. In response to the United Nations’ International Year
at Elsa, the first (and still only) 100 percent organic restaurant of Sustainable Tourism for Development initiative in 2017—a program
to earn a Michelin star. that incorporates 17 goals toward sustainable and environmentally
friendly lifestyles in the future—Monaco has increased its reliance on
public transportation (all of which is powered by electric, hybrid or
Pictured above (L to R):
biofuel) by creating dedicated lanes for those vehicles. The Principality Casino Square and
Monte-Carlo Pavilions
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Dream Trips

8. Be mindful of sleep trackers.

These could backfire and cause anx-
iety if you discover you’re not getting
enough sleep. But, Salas says, they
can help by making sleep a priority.

9. Keep it cool.
To help restore cells, the body and
brain’s temperature drops during
sleep, says Dedhia. Travelers can fall
asleep faster by mimicking this cool-
ing process. Dedhia and Salas both
suggest indulging in a hot bath or
shower before bed. The subsequent
cooling can help prompt sleep. And
keeping your hotel room’s tempera-
ture between 64 and 69 degrees will
help you sleep soundly.

10. Stick to your normal routines

Davis says. Whatever your sleep posi- Dolder Grand, the darkening shades as much as possible.
tion, you want a pillow that supports can even be programmed to let light The brain loves patterns—they help
Above: Inside a your neck. Davis notes that most into the room gradually. it understand when it’s time to wake
Stay Well suite at down pillows can easily be stuffed or sleep. You can give it the same
the MGM Grand
Las Vegas. Right:
into a carry-on. She suggests tugging 7. Embrace sleep-inducing signals when you travel by sticking
The bedroom of
the bottom corners of the pillow technology. to that morning workout or after-
an Etihad Airways down toward the shoulders to make Use downloadable dimmers for your dinner walk. Just avoid strenuous
Residence. a nest for your head. computer and the night-shift func- activity too close to bedtime, Salas
tion on your iPhone to switch over advises, because it stimulates waking
5. Get exposure to light early in from brain-waking blue light to sleep- hormones and endorphins. “The
the day and retire to a dark room inducing warm-hued light. Consider mind and body respond to habits,”
at night. using products like the new Genesis Dedhia says, so consistency of sleep
When you change time zones, you’re lamp from Lighting Science, which and wake times might be even more
really changing when your body is attunes to your circadian patterns and important than the number of hori-
being exposed to light, which con- adjusts its light output accordingly. zontal hours you log.
fuses the sleep/wake signals for the
brain. “If you get light exposure at
the same time every morning, that’s
essentially when your brain is reset,
like a stopwatch,” says Salas. When
you alter that, you scramble the cues
to the brain.

6. Choose a hotel with a pillow

menu, blackout curtains, and
circadian lighting.
Most luxury hotels have made guests’
sleep a priority. MGM Grand, for
instance, offers Stay Well suites in
Las Vegas. They’re equipped with
BOTTOM: JAMIE MACFAYDEN

dawn-simulating alarm clocks,

warm-hued lighting that won’t send
the brain cues to wake more substan-
tially during middle-of-the-night
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ART // AUCTION // DESIGN

Bathed in Style
A Swiss wellness retreat springs
from architecture’s great minds.
With its white exterior and minimal inte-
riors, 7132 Hotel (7132.com) is a far cry from
the traditional Swiss chalet. Designed by
the Pritzker Prize–winning architect Peter
Zumthor in the mid-1990s and built around
thermal springs, the resort is a modern
architectural achievement nestled in the
towering Alps. Recently, the Vals retreat—
which was declared a protected monument
just 2 years after opening—became even
more noteworthy with the debut of 63
guest rooms newly designed by top talents.
Thom Mayne of Morphosis Architects has
created 22 rooms wrapped from ceiling to
wall to floor in indigenous stone or wood;
the Japanese designer Kengo Kuma has
unveiled 23 light-filled accommodations
lined with panels of Swiss oak; and Tadao
Ando, the Pritzker Prize–winning architect
from Osaka, has invoked a sense of tradi-
tional Japanese tea houses with his 18
rooms featuring slatted wood walls and
floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the
verdant valley outside. In July, the hotel
plans to reveal 15 more high-design rooms
and suites, all with access to Zumthor’s
JEREMY MASON MCGRAW

striking thermal baths. —SCOTT HAAS

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Moving Parts
Patek Philippe’s latest travel watch is a study in adjustment.
With its sleek Calatrava-style The Ref. 5930 combines two us it was far easier to modify watchmaker Louis Cottier pro-
case, the latest World Time complications that have been the chronograph than the duced for Patek Philippe and
Chrono graph Ref. 5930 in Patek Philippe’s arsenal for world-time mechanism.” other brands in the 1930s—
from Patek Philippe ($73,700, well over a decade, but the Siftingthroughseveraloptions also underwent changes. The
patek.com) is hands down task of linking the company’s that posed readability issues, designers added a seconds
the company’s most compel- most modern self-winding Barat elected to move the min- scale for the chronograph
ling world-time offering. “The chronograph movement with ute counter, positioned on the hand, between the 24-hour
most challenging part was its world-time complication 6 o’clock axis, slightly toward and city disks. They designed
taking the time with the proved a far steeper technical the center. This seemingly these disks to advance together
designer to make sure that the challenge than it might seem minor adjustment required with a pusher once they have
watch was readable and aes- from the watch’s clean display the modification of the base- been set. The stationary chro-
thetic,” says Philip Barat, Patek and operation. For starters, the plate, bridge, two wheels, a pin- nograph scale, however, intro-
Philippe’s head of research main part of the movement— ion, and the reset hammer— duced a new source of friction,
and development. “This is a the portion containing the changes that necessitated a prompting the designers to
watch for travelers, so we chronograph—simply did not battery of tests over 2 years. swap the paint and lacquer
wanted something modern, fit with the world-time mech- Patek Philippe’s world-time on the disks for a low-friction
sporty, and easy to use.” anism that sits on top, just system—a modification of the PVD treatment. The system’s
under the dial. “The axis of the design that the independent new construction also afforded
minute counter was in the way Barat and his team the oppor-
of the [world-time module’s] tunity to revise the world-time
24-hour disk,” says Barat. “For module, tightly integrating
the dial components into the
working elements underneath
to save space.
—JAMES D. MALCOLMSON

An exploded
view shows the
modified
chronograph
base movement
with the
world-time
module on top.

Look for additional coverage of timepieces in Robb Report Watch Collector, now available on newsstands.

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From a Russian with Love

An exhibition in Paris reveals a Moscow-born collector’s passion for art.
If Paris is always a good idea, as the say- Degas (shown above: La Danseuse dans in Moscow before the collection was con-
MOSCOW THE PUSHKIN STATE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS

ing goes, then it is an especially enticing l’atelier du photographe, 1875), Henri fiscated by Lenin. Curated by Anne Bal-
proposition now: Through February 20, Matisse, Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso, dassari (formerly of the Musée Picasso)
visitors to the City of Light can view a Auguste Renoir, Olga Rozanova, Henri de and produced with help from Russia’s
pivotal private art collection that has not Toulouse-Lautrec, and Vincent van Gogh. Pushkin and Hermitage Museums and
been assembled in a single location since Some 130 pieces on display belonged to the Tretyakov State Gallery, the show takes
the late 1940s. The exhibition, Icons of the Russian businessman and art patron visitors on an aesthetic journey made all
Modern Art: The Shchukin Collection, Sergei Shchukin as part of an even larger the more beautiful by its setting: the Frank
presents works by a long list of celebrated amassment that he housed—and shared Gehry–designed Fondation Louis Vuitton
artists, among them Paul Cézanne, Edgar with the public at no charge—in his palace (fondationlouisvuitton.fr). —LORI BRYAN

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