Aspen’s alpine aesthetic gets a chic modern update at the new White Elephant Hotel, an ultra-luxe oasis with a boutique clubhouse vibe and museum-quality artwork. Families will appreciate the multi-bedroom suites (including the 1,660-square-foot Ajax Penthouse), and pets are pampered with turndown service and handmade ceramic bowls.
La dolce vita is even sweeter now that Dior Spa has opened in Sicily, nestled among the cypress trees in the gardens of Belmond’s Grand Hotel Timeo. Relax in elevated treehouse cabins (with sea-view terraces), choose a semi-precious Sicilian gem as your vitality talisman, and drift away with Dior’s blissful, bespoke treatments.
Wake up to a window full of Mount Kilimanjaro at Kitirua Plains Lodge, the newest A&K Sanctuary — a sustainable, solar-powered safari outpost on the edge of Kenya’s Amboseli National Park. The 13-suite property strays from the standard canvas-tent style with a curved, organic design inspired by native Maasai homesteads. Go on game drives and watch elephants wander past your veranda.
If you ever dreamed of an Indiana Jones-style adventure (minus the snakes), the eco-luxury company White Desert has launched Dr. Jones expeditions across Latin America on a modified 1940s propeller plane that can land anywhere: on dirt, grass, gravel, snow, and ice. Chart your own red line across the map to find fortune and glory, kid. Fortune and glory.
Travelers to Cappadocia in Turkey will encounter an otherworldly landscape of underground cities, whimsical stone pillars, and ancient painted churches — and now Hilton has opened its first-ever cave hotel in the heart of it all. Elika Cave Suites Cappadocia, Curio Collection features 36 rooms and suites carved into centuries-old rock formations, some with plunge pools, fireplaces, and terrace hot tubs.
Explore all eight of Alaska’s national parks on one trip with the new tour from Off the Beaten Path, the Alaska National Park Grand Slam Small Group Adventure. You’ll travel by boat, seaplane, train, and automobile on the 20-day itinerary, now booking for 2027.
The world’s most exclusive hotel brand, Aman, arrives in Mexico’s Baja California Sur on August 1 with the opening of Amanvari. Find floor-to-ceiling glass walls and heated pools in each of 18 casitas; detox in a Mesoamerican sweat lodge and enjoy access to a private marina, yacht club, and golf course. And heads up: Aman is building its first ranch-inspired hotel right now in the Texas Hill Country.