Frankfurt-based designers and gallerists Johanna and Friedrich Gräfling share a personal insider's guide to their home city – from an immersive, experiential restaurant and a food hall with more than 100 stalls to their favorite places to party and enjoy a weekend stroll.

As he prepares to welcome art and design lovers to NOMAD ABU DHABI 2025 (19-22 November), co-founder of the art fair, Nicolas Bellavance-Lecompte, shares some of his favorite spots in the UAE capital. They include a hotel deep in the desert, an atmospheric underground bar and a gallery that's nothing short of an architectural masterclass.

Although Mallorca, the largest island in the Balearic archipelago, has been enjoyed "almost to exhaustion", this green jewel off the east coast of Spain is evolving, pushing back on package holidays to protect its true soul: monasteries, citrus groves, Moorish ruins, and narrow cobbled streets. The new luxury is a return to simplicity, finds writer and photographer Sam Parkes.

Lagos-based art patron, curator and collector, Ugoma Ebilah, shares a highly curated insider’s guide to the nonstop Nigerian capital, revealing a vibrant city full of tranquil escapes, atmospheric restaurants, and soulful corners bursting with creative energy.

There is perhaps no more recognisable city on earth than Havana, writes photographer Sam Parkes, who has dreamt of visiting the Cuban capital since childhood. Resisting the urge to romanticise the city with tired cliches of 'beautiful decay' and 'crumbling beauty', Sam allows his camera, and words, to tell their own story.

Berlin-based curator, maker, hotelier and former stylist Kirsten Landwehr talks Cabana through her perfect weekend in the German capital - from a cozy bar where conversations last for hours, to intimate galleries, open-air swimming and a go-to Peruvian restaurant. 

For architect Cayley Lambur, co-founder of California design studio Electric Bowery, Big Sur is much more than home - it's a community woven from creativity, nature, and kinship. From forest-framed cafes and candlelit dinners to eccentric fashion shows beneath the redwoods, Cayley shares the places that capture its spirit.

From the hidden charm of juxtaposed villas in a magical folia, to a grand historical palace with Moorish motifs, lush wilderness and formal English gardens, Italy's Piedmontese lakes, Lago Maggiore and Lago d’Orta, offer so much beauty for the curious traveller. Caroline Feiffer explores.

For centuries Sintra has been a refuge for kings, poets and collectors, its palaces and sacred mountains described by Lord Byron as "Glorious Eden" and a meeting point between myth and history. In the newly opened Albuquerque Foundation, Renato de Albuquerque’s six-decade passion for ceramics finds a home in these romantic hills just outside Lisbon.

Hospitality is a hugely important part of eating in the Mediterranean, so much so that it’s written into the region's history as far back as the ancients, writes Anastasia Miari. The Greek-British author and cook shares an ode to Mediterranean hospitality, gathered from years spent travelling the region and cooking with its elderly matriarchs.

From hidden Japanese bistros to exceptional wine temples, Paris-based Max Aniort, founder and CEO of Le Collectionist, takes Cabana on a personal tour of his favorite spots in the French capital. Blending food, art, and culture with secret escapes that only a true local will know, Max's guide is one to bookmark.

In this series, we travel the world's great museums – large and small – through the eyes and minds of Cabana Curators, asking one question: if you had only an hour to spare, what would you see? This week, Dr. Sarah Grant, Senior Curator of the Marie Antoinette Style exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum, talks Cabana through six of the museum's most notable objects.

Since the 11th century, Marrakech has been a market place wedged between mountain and desert, a neutral ground where nomads and traders would meet to exchange goods. This history has made it a city of storytellers, and superstitions, with markets that have outlived empires. Sam Parkes explores the dichotomous Moroccan city, documenting its color, vibrancy and distant panoramas.

A small jewel in the centre of Greece’s Cycladic archipelago, Antiparos is beloved for its slow rhythms, bustling town and family-friendly vibe. From the boutique hotels to the best villas, relaxed taverns and stylish bars, Kate Lough shares the best places to bookmark on the island.

Sam Parkes captures the charm of Arles, a Provençal town forever immortalised by Van Gogh, yet one that is far more than the artist’s echo. Once known as “Little Rome” for its amphitheatre and cobbled alleys, today Arles is alive with the spirit of the new creative avant-garde.

A city of profound contradictions and enchantments, Cairo's beauty extends far beyond its world-famous sights and souks. Photographer Zein Khalifa, co-founder of Tintera Gallery, shares an insider's guide to a captivating city where French balconies crumble above Ottoman courtyards, and the Nile drifts past brutalist relics and gilded palaces.