National Spritz Day is August 1st, so we’ve rounded up five refreshing recipes from hotels around the world.

One of Europe’s most exclusive vacation spots, Sardinia’s Emerald Coast is the ultimate jet-setter paradise.

Like the West Village in New York or Trastevere in Rome, Paris’s Left Bank (or Rive Gauche) has a history filled with students, bohemians, intellectuals, and artists. We’re outlining some of Local Foreigner’s recommendations for the next time you find yourself south of the Seine.

What begins as a one-time, bucket-list trip becomes a love affair that leads to decades of return visits full of child-like wonder.

We chatted with Ruairi McDowell, Chief Concierge of the new Six Senses London, about the best of Bayswater (and beyond).

Mykonos is one of the marquee summer destinations in Europe but over the past decade, its hotel scene has remained surprisingly stagnant. That all changes this summer, when a few new big names arrive on the Island of the Winds. First up? Fouquet’s Mykonos, which will pull back its breezy curtains on June 27.

New York City is still abuzz with the energy of this past weekend’s Tony Awards, but true theater buffs know that Broadway is just the beginning. We’ve put together a list of what’s on the world’s stages this summer, and some of our favorite hotels that put you right in the middle of the drama.

We spoke with Giulio Polegato, General Manager of Verdura Resort, about his favorite parts of this slice of Sicily.

We spoke with Kalia Konstantinidou, founder of Empiria Group, about all the flavors of the Cyclades.

We got off the grid with Katy and John Fatiaki of Fiji’s Kaibu Private Island.

Whether you’re dragging after days hitting the highlights in a European capital or groggy from a week of early-morning safari drives, here are five spots to take a vacation from your vacation.

Impossibly blue snow-fed lakes sit at the base of cartoonishly picturesque mountains dotted with lacy edelweiss blooms that bob in the breeze. The overall effect of Switzerland in the summer is that of stepping into a screensaver (if you feel inclined to yodel, no one will blame you.)

Even among hard-to-impress travel professionals, New Zealand consistently wows.

Louisa Vann is an explorer at heart.

Where Hollywood hides away.

Old Hollywood’s pink palace.

The world’s most glamorous trains are less about transportation than atmosphere - this is the type of trip wherein the journey is allowed to be the point.

Go on safari once, and it’s all but guaranteed you’ll want to return and bring your loved ones along.

When it comes to variety of experience, there are few corners of the world as diverse and dynamic as southern Africa, so in November, six Local Foreigner advisors boarded a flight to Johannesburg for a comprehensive scout of South Africa and a taste of Zimbabwe.

With frivolity as your guide, let the wind carry you from Gustavia, to Baie St. Jean, to the Cote Sauvage.