You can’t help but feel exhilarated biking over the hills of the Emmental valley on a Flyer electric bicycle. The 150-mile Heart Route is not only good for your heart but also heartbreakingly beautiful.
Morellino and Montecucco Wines Woo the American Palate
As the adage goes, “When in Roma…” – which is to say that there’s always something to be learned from Italians. For years, Tuscans have been enjoying Morellino and Montecucco wines, appellations that are relatively new to the American market. Located in the Maremma region in southwestern Tuscany, Montecucco flanks the better known Brunello and…
Naturopathica Opens Chelsea Healing Center & Spa
One of the Hamptons most cherished sanctuaries of well-being is coming to Manhattan. For more than a decade, Naturopathica’s East Hampton Healing Arts Center & Spa has provided weekend warriors and weary commuters with a full-service spa and wellness center. Opening on December 7th, 2015 (with previews commencing on 20 November), Naturopathica Chelsea Healing Arts…
Alsace to Unveil Unterlinden Museum
As the adage goes, some of the best treasures come in the smallest packages – and as the smallest of France’s 27 mainland regions, Alsace offers numerous masterpieces, including Strasbourg Cathedral and the Unterlinden Museum’s Isenheim altarpiece. This December, the town of Colmar in the heart of Alsace will unveil its latest extraordinary treasure with…
A Day in Vevey with Charlie Chaplin
It cannot be easy to be exiled from a country one has grown to love, but were that to happen, as it did to Charlie Chaplin, there are few places more restorative to resettle than Vevey in the Montreux Riviera region in Switzerland. For the last 25 years of his life, Chaplin lived happily above…
It’s Better in Bern
It’s hard to argue with Einstein and Goethe. Einstein spent 7 years in Bern, which is where he began writing his Theory of Relativity—and Goethe called the Swiss capital “the most beautiful we have seen.”
St. Moritz Gourmet Festival to Honor Japan
In an age of extraordinary dining experiences where global gourmands dine in complete darkness or under the sea or deep within a cave or surrounded by snow or suspended in a Ferris wheel, one of the world’s most remarkable gastronomic festivals takes place a few kilometers from the highest summit in the Eastern Alps. Held…
‘Berlin Metropolis’ at New York’s Neue Galerie
Between the years 1871 and 1919, the population of Berlin quadrupled as people from around the world found themselves drawn to the glittering, burgeoning metropolis in the heart of Europe. The political center of Germany, Berlin was also considered the crossroads of the modern age, a perception that inspired the works of numerous artists, film…