Fife Arms hotel review: The Times

Fife Arms hotel review: The Times

This astonishing Hauser & Wirth-owned hotel, is crammed with some of the world’s best artworks. I go back to see if the new chef has upped the food offering.  The extraordinariness of The Fife Arms hotel in Braemar is a given. Since being transformed in 2018...
See Rome in a Bubble Car: The Times

See Rome in a Bubble Car: The Times

A vintage cinquecento tour of Rome’s best bits is a great way to see the city In Rome, the allure of an original Fiat 500 — the Cinquecento — is so strong that if you park one beside a Ferrari Testarossa it is the little bubble car that gets the attention. When...
Where to eat and drink in Trancoso, Brazil: Olive Magazine

Where to eat and drink in Trancoso, Brazil: Olive Magazine

Where and what to eat and drink in Trancoso, an idyllic, palm-fringed beach town in the northeast of Brazil Brazil’s 8000km of coastline isn’t short of tropical, palm-fringed paradise. But the best bit is surely Trancoso, in Bahia, Brazil’s northeastern coastal...
Sri Lanka’s food scene: The i

Sri Lanka’s food scene: The i

From Colombo market stalls to tea-tasting on the coast, Sophie Pither eats her way around this must-visit food destination. Day one in Sri Lanka, and I’m mid Colombo food tour with my guide Naushad in Pettah market. He’s naming vegetables I don’t recognise. “Those are...
Family Adventure in Costa Rica: Conde Nast Traveller

Family Adventure in Costa Rica: Conde Nast Traveller

Sophie Pither and family head to Costa Rica’s east coast, for some Caribbean coastal and jungle adventure, plus a luxe hotel that’s grabbing attention Most people go to Costa Rica and busily criss-cross from coast to coast in an attempt to see absolutely...