The Design World’s 19 Most Beloved Travel Destinations | Architectural Digest

After, I love to do the stroll throughout the Thames, pop into the Tate, head out the again door, and head over to my favourite tapas place, Jose on Bermondsey, with a cease on the Flea Classic Makers market or the Borough Market (my absolute fave!). Additionally, I really like Fortnum & Mason and Liberty, and Sir John Soane’s Museum is one other little hideaway for me. —Brandon Jørgensen, Atelier Jørgensen

County Laois, Eire

Ballyfin is likely one of the most stunning nation home lodges in Eire, if not all of Europe. The glamour of this Nineteenth-century stately home is unequalled for its restored decor and sumptuous furnishings. For a really grand expertise—and if in case you have ever needed to really feel just like the Lord of the manor—that is your home. Located in County Laois, it’s a couple of two-hour automobile trip exterior of Dublin and in its personal demesne (higher often called an property and parkland), it’s full with a magical castle-like folly inside the grounds permitting you to be transported again in time. The lavish adorning that creates the luxurious rooms is a real lesson in country-house fashion, whereas the Irish hospitality and repair is unequalled. It’s an immersive and inspirational expertise the place aristocratic Irish historical past surrounds you at each flip. —Martyn Lawrence Bullard

Botswana

It’s such an expertise to take a seat in a Jeep and observe the wild animal life in a totally untouched and unpolluted surroundings, surrounded by nothing however your self and the peacefulness of nature. I really like wildlife. To witness the sport of life and be amongst wild animals of their most pure components is really particular. —Jean-Michel Gathy

Istanbul

The world tends to be my paintbox, the color-drenched inspiration to all I do. I like to journey as a lot as potential and infrequently return to beloved places that feed my soul. Istanbul is a significant participant in my love affair with journey. The town presents not solely historical past and tradition, but in addition reveals stunning individuals, meals, and superb artisans, lots of which nonetheless apply crafts handed down for a lot of generations. It’s a real mix of East and West with touches of recent luxurious and old-world glamour. Design abounds everywhere in the complete metropolis the place faith and tradition have blended over centuries to formulate a mode very a lot its personal, echoing the grandeur of the Ottoman Empire. —Martyn Lawrence Bullard

Kep, Cambodia

Knai Bang Chatt Resort in Kep, Cambodia [is a must-see]. Although it’s positively off the overwhelmed path, Knai Bang Chatt holds a spot in my coronary heart as essentially the most stunning place I’ve stayed. I used to be there years in the past after a two-week-long journey by Vietnam and Cambodia. On the very southern tip, dealing with the Gulf of Thailand, is Kep. There’s a protracted and unhappy story about its historical past: Kep was Cambodia’s hottest seashore city, however fell on onerous instances as a result of Khmer Rouge. A lot of Kep’s largely French villas are deserted, however some have been restored. The water is heat and the ocean is calm. One has to go to Angkor Wat if in Cambodia, and as soon as in Kep take a trip with a fisherman to a neighborhood personal island for a casual dinner on the seashore. —Elizabeth Roberts

Bhutan

My prime locations are the place there’s wildlife, mountain retreats, or distant islands. Having been sequestered at dwelling for the previous 12 months and a half, I’ve heard many individuals react by expressing a eager for life and nice events, however not me. I instinctively need to journey in the direction of expansive open areas, plains and mountain backdrops, and most of all, expertise the recent air within the mountains, the oceans, or amongst wildlife.