This article is part of FT Globetrotter’s guide to MadridWhen I was living in Madrid in my early twenties, warm Sunday afternoons were for El Retiro park. My flatmate and I, normally a bit worse for wear from partying the...
Our image of London’s top hotels is probably a kind of discreetly classical institution; a weighty, stone-clad landmark embedded in the city’s streets and become familiar. It might be surprisingly subtle but seemingly permanent, an architecture of solidity and dependability....
This is my digital nomad guide to living in Hanoi. Vietnam’s capital city is a fantastic location for remote workers to consider calling their home base. It offers the perfect mix of dedicated coworking spaces, culture, and social fun; working...
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Eco-friendly elegance in the AtlanticThe Azores are emerging as a model of lo-fi regenerative tourism, with local enogastronomic and architectural traditions being...
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Aldourie CastleThe Steadings Dining Hall at Aldourie © Chris HorwoodBoasting high turrets, oriel windows and a round tower, Aldourie Castle on the banks...
Below the hulking rocky mass of the Devil’s Point, a group of young women approach a small mountain shelter on a rainy late-summer day. Grey skies bear down. Having traipsed across the Lairig Ghru mountain pass, they are grateful to...
In Shela, in the Lamu Archipelago off the northern coast of Kenya, the pace and rhythm of daily life are set by the call to prayer. Despite the febrile social atmosphere at the start of every New Year, and contrary to...
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.I’ve had a long love affair with Gloucestershire. I first came here because I worked for the fashion stylist and editor Isabella...
The capital city of Croatia is a lively, historic, vibrant, and fun place to spend some time. If you’re thinking of living in Zagreb, get ready for an experience like no other; this place is full of things to see...
I listened as people talked to penguins at Boulders Beach, but the humans rarely made more sense than the birds. From a crowded boardwalk overhanging the famous colony in Simon’s Town, just outside Cape Town, the tourists leaned over barriers,...
