Travel

Life on the Edge (Part 1)

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Jonathan Bastable visits Lucerne, a lakeside city with medieval charm, contemporary cool and a dramatic Alpine backdrop. Lucerne – This is a view of the “Old City” from the bridge. Wherever you go in Lucerne, you are bound to catch occasional glimpses of architect Jean Nouvel’s striking Kultur- und Kongresszentrum (Culture and Congress Centre). Standing … Read more

Hidden In Plain Sight (Part 2)

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Tripura’s forested hills hide many such secrets, such as the rock murals of Devtamura. These panels lie in an extension of the Baramura range in south-central Tripura. The river Gomati cuts an impressive gorge through it, on its way past the old capital of Udaipur and beyond to the Meghna river in Bangladesh. We got … Read more

Chicago – Around Town – The Loop (part 4) – Shops

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Shops Macy’s Once Marshall Field’s, Chicago’s oldest and best-known department store continues to be famous for its elaborate Christmas displays, dazzling Tiffany dome, and iconic clock. Established nearly 100 years ago, it offers top styles for home and body. 111 N. State St. DA Clock at Macy’s Filene’s Basement Here you’ll find some fantastic budget-friendly … Read more

Berlin – Around Town : Charlottenburg & Spandau (part 5) – Restaurants

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Restaurants Francucci’s A well-kept secret, this popular Tuscan restaurant has excellent pizza, home-made pasta and creative meat and fish dishes. Kurfürstendamm 90 noon–midnight daily 030 323 33 18 Alt-Luxemburg Chef Karl Wannemacher (one Michelin star) dishes up good international and German food. Windscheidstr. 31 5pm–midnight Mon–Sat 030 323 87 30 Eiffel A large but still … Read more

Hidden In Plain Sight (Part 1)

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Escaping a Delhi summer is too tantalising to turn down, but the sight of Tripura’s rolling green land, as our plane descended on Singerbhil airport in Agartala, was a bigger relief than I imagined. To parched eyes longing for green trees and cool shade, Tripura seems like paradise. Like most people outside the Northeast, I … Read more

Chicago – Around Town – The Loop (part 3) – Best of the Rest

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Best of the Rest Loop Theater District A sidewalk plaque at Randolph and State Streets denotes Chicago’s Theater District, a cluster of old and new theaters. Civic Opera House This 1929 structure was inspired by Paris’s Opera Garnier. Inside, there are gleaming marble floors, crystal chandeliers, and a grand staircase . Civic Opera Building Symphony … Read more

Berlin – Around Town : Charlottenburg & Spandau (part 4) – Cafés

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Cafés Café Wintergarten im Literaturhaus One of Berlin’s most beautiful cafés is based in the conservatory of an old city mansion. In summer guests can sit outside, in the Literaturhaus garden. Fasanenstr. 23 9:30am–1am daily 030 882 54 14 Café Savigny This gay and lesbian café, with traditional 19th-century interior, has a relaxed atmosphere; the … Read more

Cover Story Paris … The Museum-Lover’s Guide (Part 4)

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The Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art All over the world, the name Cartier evokes fine jewellery or precision watches, but to Parisians, and Parisian artists especially, it also evokes a contemporary art ‘space’ that rivals any state-sponsored institution in terms of diversity, pedagogical approach to curating as well as practical support for the creative process. … Read more

25 Reasons To Go To Milan (Part 2)

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13.     Zona Tortona Zona Tortona In the last 20 years, places have open architecture and interior are for rental with cheap price,  built industry around Tortona made this place become the magnet for designers, restaurants, museums , shops and hotels. This area is known as a place of creativity, including the artwork from David Chipperfield … Read more

Cover Story Paris … The Museum-Lover’s Guide (Part 3)

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The Orsay Museum (Musée d’Orsay) Mention the Universal Exhibition or ‘World’s Fair’ in Paris, and nearly every Parisian will tell you that that is the event for which the Eiffel Tower was built, as a temporary exhibit, in 1889. But in the Paris World Fair which followed in 1900, a no less illustrious but lesser … Read more

Cover Story Paris … The Museum-Lover’s Guide (Part 2)

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Decorative Arts Museum (Musée des Arts Décoratifs) Right next door to the Louvre is a wonderful excuse to indulge in some exquisite ‘window shopping’ in a museum which showcases the works of some of the world’s most accomplished creators of fashion, advertising and decorative art. Decorative Arts Museum The Decorative Arts Museum houses a permanent … Read more

San Francisco – Around Town : Downtown (part 1)

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The downtown area is small but highly variegated, including some of the city’s oldest and newest landmarks, as well as some of its most exotic and eccentric neighborhoods. Colorful Chinatown, exuberant North Beach, posh Nob and Russian Hills, run-down Polk Street, the bustling Financial District, the graceful Ferry Building, and the noble architecture and cultural … Read more

Cover Story Paris … The Museum-Lover’s Guide (Part 1)

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Paris is often called the museum city, and walking down its streets, past centuries-old buildings and statues, through beautifully planned squares and wonderfully manicured parks and gardens, one sometimes feels that one is in a very large, open-air museum. But Paris – museum city – also refers to the myriad museums that are dotted around … Read more

Rome’s Top 10 : Restaurants

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Checchino dal 1887 The premier restaurant of Testaccio since 1887 boasts Rome’s largest wine cellar. Working-class dishes – this is the place that invented coda alla vaccinara  – and more elegant fare are prepared divinely, with the best selection of Italian and French cheeses in town . Checchino dal 1887 Terrace, Checchino dal 1887 Agata … Read more