erimaldives.com Places to stay The Reef You Return To: A Week on Eri Maldives "In one drop of water are found all the secrets of all the oceans." — Kahlil Gibran There is a category of Maldivian island that the travel world has largely overlooked. Not the overwater-villa archipelago shaped for the honeymoon market, nor the villa-and-infinity-pool compound designed By Natalia Nova • 6 min read
Luxury Hotels The Fortress Resort & Spa: A Different Side of Sri Lanka’s South Coast Some hotels become part of a destination. Others become the reason to slow down and notice it. The Fortress Resort & Spa belongs to the second category. Located on Koggala Beach, approximately twenty minutes from Galle Fort, this boutique resort occupies one of the most interesting stretches of Sri Lanka’ By Natalia Nova • 6 min read
Luxury Hotels Locanda La Raia: Where Italian Hospitality Begins with the Land “He who sows utopia will reap reality.” — Carlo Petrini Some places do not try to impress immediately. They wait until the guest’s pace changes. La Raia is one of them. In Lower Piedmont, in the hills of Gavi, around an hour from Milan and less than an hour from By Natalia Nova • 7 min read
Events & Society A Front-Row Seat to Formula 1: Riflessi Hosts an Exclusive Monaco Grand Prix Experience From June 4 to 7, as the Principality welcomed the world's most prestigious motorsport event, the Formula 1 Louis Vuitton Grand Prix de Monaco, a select group of guests enjoyed one of the most coveted vantage points on the circuit from an exclusive private terrace by Riflessi in By Natalia Nova • 3 min read
Gastronomy Pavyllon Monte-Carlo: Yannick Alléno’s Contemporary View of Riviera Dining Monaco has no shortage of prestigious dining rooms. What distinguishes Pavyllon Monte-Carlo is not formality, but its deliberate move away from it. Located within the historic Hôtel Hermitage Monte-Carlo, Pavyllon opened in 2022 as Chef Yannick Alléno’s Monaco interpretation of a concept first developed in Paris. The By Natalia Nova • 4 min read
Photo by Yaro R. @monacophotographerr Events & Society Cannes Film Festival 2026 Winners: Palme d’Or, Jury Awards and Key Moments The 79th edition of the Cannes Film Festival concluded with a prize selection that leaned toward controlled storytelling, psychological tension and formally restrained cinema rather than overt spectacle. This year’s competition unfolded against the familiar backdrop of the Croisette — premieres, standing ovations, late-night acquisitions and couture-heavy red By Natalia Nova • 4 min read
RU Восхождение над собой. Андрей Волков о границах человека, целях и Alpine Academy «Жизнь есть усилие во времени», говорил философ Мераб Мамардашвили. Эта фраза могла бы стать эпиграфом к жизни Андрея Волкова. Физик-атомщик по образованию, первый ректор Московской школы управления СКОЛКОВО, мастер спорта международного класса по альпинизму, вице-президент Федерации альпинизма России, советник министра образования. Профессор, создающий бродячий университет в горах, под By Natalia Nova • 12 min read
Highlighted Open Conversation with Elena Ezopova “The most important thing in life is life itself — to feel it and to express yourself within it” — Elena Ezopova There are few good psychologists, and those who are capable of changing a life in one hour are extremely rare. She is called an extraordinary psychologist, and behind this word By Natalia Nova • 10 min read
Highlighted Ascent Above Oneself. Andrey Volkov on Human Limits, Goals, and Alpine Academy “Life is effort in time,” said the philosopher Merab Mamardashvili. This phrase could have become the epigraph to the life of Andrey Volkov. A nuclear physicist by education, the first rector of the Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO, a Master of Sports of international class in mountaineering, vice president of By Natalia Nova • 14 min read
marriott.com/en-us/the-st-regis-dubai-the-palm Luxury Hotels Return to the Palm: Five Years at The St. Regis Dubai, The Palm On a quiet anniversary, a property that has learned to read Dubai rather than compete with it "He who does not know his past cannot make the best of his present and future." — Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Most hotels on Palm Jumeirah ask to be admired. By Natalia Nova • 5 min read
dhigufaru.com Travel Dhigufaru Maldives: A Thin Line of Sand in the Baa Atoll "Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away." — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry The grammar of modern luxury has become additive. Every property I visit now feels louder than the one before it, every hour of the By Natalia Nova • 7 min read
hyatt.com/alila-hotels-and-resorts Luxury Guides New Luxury Hotels in the Maldives: A Guide to Openings A survey of the properties redefining the Maldivian archipelago, from remote northern atolls to emerging private-island concepts in the south. Introduction: The Archipelago Shifts The Maldives has long operated as a kind of laboratory for high-end hospitality. A nation of roughly 1,200 islands, fewer than 200 of By Natalia Nova • 17 min read
