Luxury and experiential travel inspiration rooted in diversity, discovery and discernment

The Overview Effect
Antarctica

Locals sit in the grass by the Elbe, observing the skyline of Dresden, Germany

Hidden depths
Dresden, Germany

Soneva:
Making waves

Inspired by the Soneva Fushi Maker's Place initiative to upcycle waste into art, OutThere asked the studio to craft our Experientialist® Awards trophies.

Founders of Galena Bakehouse outside their store in Illinois

Enjoy Illinois:
Where diversity is in the ‘Middle of Everything’

Inclusion has always been at the core of the Illinois spirit. It's a state that cherishes togetherness, celebrates diversity and warmly welcomes everyone who visits.

Boatman and geisha rowing boat on lake to backdrop of skyscrapers in Tokyo

Tokyo:
What’s your Tokyo vibe?

Tokyo, Japan is undeniably one of the world’s most OutThere cities – a vibrant, dynamic and fast-paced metropolis...

Explore the latest print edition

The Experientialist® Awards Issue
Our winners’ special, celebrating the world’s most thoughtful and transformative travel experiences

Brave new whirl
Revisiting Vienna, reimagined

Woman in marijuana bush at Hempstock Pharms, Illinois

Illinois on high
Diversity, dynamism and renewal in the USA

The new paradise paradigm?
The BVIs, Costa Rica, Costalegre and Mozambique

Nicholas Frost and Damon Reynolds in Crail

Wholly Crail
Meet the OutThere couple behind The Shoregate

The Experientialist® Awards 24/25:
The winners

Drumroll, please! It’s time to unveil the winners of this year’s Experientialist® Awards – our not-for-profit, feel-good celebration of luxury brands and visionaries who’ve gone above and beyond with bold, community-driven and downright ingenious initiatives.

Illustration for The Layover column on Paris syndrome

The Layover:
Paris syndrome

Paris is always a good idea – except when it’s not. In the latest edition of The Layover, just in time for Valentine’s Day, Zack Cahill explores the lesser-known state of extreme disappointment known as Paris syndrome, which has (mostly Japanese) visitors fall out of love with the city of... well, love?

Man jumping in the foothills of Table Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa. An example of the kind of unscripted journeys we'll go on in 2025

Unscripted journeys:
The luxury experiences (and people) we can’t stop thinking about

We spotlight some truly remarkable luxury experiences, alongside the passionate individuals behind them that align perfectly with OutThere’s vision for travel this year: ones that spark joy, curiosity, shared humanity and connection.

Lexie Shaibu-Lenoir at Icons of Inclusion 2024

Icons of Inclusion series:
Lexie Shaibu-Lenoir on queer visibility

Lexie Shaibu-Lenoir has dedicated much of her career to uplifting the underrepresented voices of queer Black women and women of colour in travel and hospitality. But while change is afoot, much remains to be done to level the playing field.

Beachside dining at Voaara, Madagascar, an answer to question of where to travel in 2025

Where to travel in 2025 – and why: Part 2

It’s not so long ago that we made decisions about where to travel to purely on the back of what we were in search of, and which destinations promised to deliver it. But change is afoot in how travel – and travellers – are perceived. And with it, a more nuanced set of motivations behind our journeys is on the horizon.

Aerial view of Dharana at Shillim, India, an answer to question of where to travel in 2025

Where to travel in 2025 – and why: Part 1

Our motivations behind travel are becoming more complex: as we advance, our trips will serve as a wheel to help us steer the world in a direction we'd like to see it go.

A snow leopard in Ladakh, India, photographed during an expedition by Journeys With Purpose

Journeys With Purpose:
Conservation tour provider to host rare access snow leopard trip

With its recently announced expedition tracking snow leopards in northern India, Journeys With Purpose is modelling a new kind of luxury wildlife experience, allowing travellers to actively support conservation.

Topography
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Travel inspiration to feed your wanderlust

Eat your heart’s content
Mallorca, Spain

Mallorca’s restaurant scene is buzzing like never before, with trendy pop-ups, long-established eateries who’ve upped their game and...

A slice of the action
Green Lake, Spicer, Minnesota, USA

In Minnesota, there’s a harvest like no other. The cold-weather crop so sought after here is ice. Watching...

Aurora Borealis as seen from the Arctic Circle, Finland

In the Lapp of luxury
Arctic Circle, Finland

Experiential hospitality and the Arctic Circle are now a match made in heaven, thanks to two entrepreneurs. Jenny...

A Pakayaw tribesman outside Chiang Mai, Thailand

Ways of the valley
Chiang Mai, Thailand

For a magical glimpse into a Thailand that’s rural and authentic but increasingly hard to find, Steffen Michels...

The sauna at Frihmanen in Gothenburg, Sweden

Pioneers of the West
Gothenburg, Sweden

With their egalitarian approach to progress and insistence on doing the right thing, the inhabitants of one city...

Land cruise
Canada

It’s North America but it’s not as he knows it. Clark Harding cruises his way through Canada, from...

Basecamp
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OutThere hotels and resorts

Aerial of The Original FX Mayr, Lake Wörthersee, Austria

Trusting your gut
Lake Wörthersee, Austria

Aerial view of São Lourenço do Barrocal, Alentejo, Portugal

How slow can you go?
Alentejo, Portugal

Aerial view of Miavana by Time + Tide, Nosy Ankao, Madagascar

Going the distance
Nosy Ankao, Madagascar

Aerial view of private villas at NIHI Sumba, Sumba, Indonesia

Equine intervention
Sumba, Indonesia

Aerial view of The Retreat at Blue Lagoon, Grindavík, Iceland

Taking the waters
Grindavík, Iceland

Interiors of the Poliform Penthouse at the Gansevoort Meatpacking NYC, NYC, USA

Coming full circle
NYC, New York, USA

The infinity pool at Borgo Pignano, Tuscany, Italy

Bottled poetry
Tuscany, Italy

Private terrace part of a suite at the Cheval Blanc St-Barth, Isle de France, St. Barts

La vie en blanc
St. Barts

Exterior view of the Silver Endeavour by Silversea, Antarctica

The end of the world
Antarctica

Aerial view of Niehku Mountain Villa, Riksgränsen, Sweden

Up all night
Swedish Lapland, Sweden

Soneva Jani
The Maldives

Soneva Jani, the younger sibling of the global Soneva family of eco-forward sanctuaries, elevates barefoot escapism in the...

Bulgari Hotel Roma
Rome, Italy

With its dedication to making Italian craftsmanship the lynchpin around which each guest stay revolves, and a commitment...

1 Hotel Nashville
Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Draped with plants and free from plastic, 1 Hotel Nashville opened in 2015 with a focus on luxurious...

COMO The Treasury
Perth, Australia

Many hotels market themselves as being central, but few have a greater claim to the label than COMO...

Grand Hotel des Bains Kempinski
St Moritz, Switzerland

You might expect to find a rather traditional Swiss hotel experience behind the storied walls of the Grand...

Villa Dagmar
Stockholm, Sweden

Smack in the centre of the affluent Östermalm district, where Stockholm’s polished elegance converges with its heritage-rich cultural...

Innkeepers
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The world's most OutThere hoteliers

Fleur Huijskens and Nicole Boekhoorn of Sterrekopje, Franschhoek, South Africa

Fleur Huijskens & Nicole Boekhoorn
Sterrekopje, Franschhoek, South Africa

That its creators call Sterrekopje a ‘healing farm’ might seem disingenuous, given its sumptuous appointment and breath-stealing setting....

Julian Cole and Jean Abreu, Cable Street Inn, London, United Kingdom

Julian Cole & Jean Abreu
Cable Street Inn, London, United Kingdom

Just a mile from the internationally recognised symbol for London that is Tower Bridge, in a quiet corner...

Gary Abela and Andreas Zaremba at Hof Flieht, Uckermark, Germany

Gary Abela & Andreas Zaremba
Hof Flieth, Uckermark, Germany

Sometimes it’s the places and situations you least expect that surprise and delight you. In a rural idyll...

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Discover our world

Aruba

Turquoise waves gently crawl to a powdery, white shore in this small but mighty destination in the southern...

British Virgin Islands

Half billionaire playground and half sailing destination with a healthy amount of pirate bars scattered across their turquoise...

Norway

Throw a stone anywhere in Norway and it’ll hit something beautiful: from the colourful houses of Oslo and...

Hong Kong

A melting pot of sights, sounds, smells and culture – Hong Kong is high up on the list...

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

A chain of stunning little islands seemingly competing with one another over the title of the prettiest isle...

Canada

Canada on the whole is the quintessentially happy-cliche. A place where cultures don’t collide, but melt and merge into...

Travel in style
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Sartorial stopovers

Narcissus Lost, British Columbia, Canada

Into the woods
B.C., Canada

Ticket to ride
London, United Kingdom

The renaissance
Tuscany, Italy

For the win
London, United Kingdom

Koko in Paris
Paris, France

Namal Lanka at l'oscar London, United Kingdom

Wilde style
London, United Kingdom

Voices
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OutThere people

Alan Cumming OBE
NYC, New York, USA

It doesn’t do to label Alan Cumming. Call him Scottish, he can flash you his U.S. papers. Call him an...

John T Reddick
NYC, New York, USA

“There’s nothing like being a clued-in stroller navigating Harlem,” says John T Reddick, this long-time resident of NYC’s...

Guido Ignatti
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Internationally acclaimed Argentine artist Guido Ignatti shares his thoughts on life, work, country and sauna. Guido Ignatti’s home...

Dinesh Perera, owner of Mahasen by Foozoo, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Dinesh Perera
Colombo, Sri Lanka

Travel and its culture-blending opportunities were always key inspirations for Colombo native Dinesh Perera. So he ditched a...

Hubert Hlatky-Schlichter
Budapest, Hungary

With his five stylish and much-loved restaurants across Budapest, self-made entrepreneur Hubert Hlatky-Schlichter has helped usher in a...

A self-portrait of photographer Surachai Saengsuwan.

Surachai Saengsuwan
Phuket, Thailand

He’s the visual storyteller making every frame count – Thailand’s leading photographer Surachai Saengsuwan walks us through his...

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