
A Mountainside Lodge in Upstate New York
Situated on a seven-acre lot at the foot of Catamount Mountain and just west of the part of the New York-Massachusetts border where the Hudson Valley meets the Berkshires, the newly opened Little Cat Lodge is an ode to the region’s historic ski culture…

An Icelandic Gallery Modeled on Slow Art
In 2017, the Marshall House, a former herring factory built on Reykjavik’s Grandi harbor, reopened as a multipurpose art space that counts the Living Art Museum and Olafur Eliasson as tenants. As of this month, it’s also home to i8 Grandi…

A Provençal Perfumer Turns Hotelier
On the Rue du Palais, a narrow street off the Place du Forum in Arles, France, where Roman senators once debated and, many years later, Vincent Van Gogh painted his famous “Terrasse du Café le Soir” (1888), is an 18th-century stone building with its own history…

A Grand Hotel Opens in the Heart of Kyoto
At the heart of Kyoto is Nijo Castle, which served as the seat of the Japanese empire. But just across the street is a property that for centuries housed a different sort of dynasty...

Bottega Veneta’s Unisex Puddle Rainboot
The clog-like shoe has a cushioned Nappa footbed and is made from 100 percent biodegradable materials, so buying a pair in lieu of boots made with, say, vinyl — the toxic plastic used in most rain gear — is one more step you can take to help keep the planet healthy. But there is nothing earthy about this boot’s aesthetic.

The Designer Angel Chang’s Ethical Textiles
For Angel Chang — the New York City-based designer who, after a decade of research and development, launched her eponymous clothing line last month — “sustainability” is less a word than a way of life.

On the Cliffs of Italy, a Fortress for Rent
Sitting 500 feet above the sea, atop a cliff on Capraia, Italy — one of seven islands making up the Tuscan Archipelago — is a restored 16th-century fortress built to house Genoan soldiers.

Jewelry Inspired by the Colors of Jaipur
At first glance, Monica Vinader’s new jewelry collection, which launched this week at Nordstrom, brings to mind sweet and jagged rock candy.

A New Kyoto Inn Where Desserts are the Main Course
South of the Kyoto Imperial Palace, which has been rebuilt eight times (most recently in 1855), the streets are lined with machiya, or narrow wooden townhouses that date as far back as Japan’s Heian period…

An Italian Vacation for Your Skin
Connected to Verdura Resort, a Rocco Forte hotel located on a particularly serene stretch of Sicily’s southwestern coast, is an expansive orchard filled with lemon and pomegranate trees, prickly pear cactuses and several thousand olive and orange trees, plus a hearty organic vegetable garden. It’s here that Irene Forte came to source ingredients for her eponymous skin-care line, which includes cleansers, masks, scrubs, serums and more…