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As a visitor sets eyes on the brilliant pools of paradise that characterize Brazil’s Lençóis Maranhenses National Park for the first time, it wouldn’t be out of line to assume hallucination. Dazzling blue lagoons numbering in the thousands hide below towering sand dunes draped across 598 square miles. Every single one is inviting — scratch that, begging! — travelers to toil across the sand and hurl themselves into the beautiful abyss. At least one imagined version of heaven surely unfolds in a scene similar to this. Brazil’s Lençóis Maranhenses National Park may not seem real to the uninitiated, but this…
The biggest city in Brazil justifiably hogs the superlatives — the biggest this! The most that! The tallest this! The longest that! — but São Paulo is not only about its headline-stealing concrete jungle of a capital. The state of the same name plays no second fiddle, clocking in at slightly bigger than the United Kingdom, much of it rolling pastoral countryside, jungly Atlantic rainforest and sun-toasted shoreline ripe for exploring. There are numerous skyscrapers you can scale for a head-spinning view of the São Paulo city skyline (Edifício Copan, Edifício Itália, Hotel Unique to name but a few of our favorites)…
Inside its grounds, the Qasr Al Sarab hotel has all you’d expect from a high-class UAE resort — luxury villas, private pools, top-notch restaurants and a fully equipped spa. Beyond the walls, it’s got one feature that few others can match — sheer beautiful nothingness. That’s because the Qasr sits perched on the edge of the world. Or at least on the edge of the Empty Quarter — Rub’ al Khali in Arabic — the planet’s largest uninterrupted sand desert. Stroll out past the hotel’s Royal Pavilion and travel south: It’s just mile after mile of shifting dunes, right up until the dusty highway…
Color-blocked rooms, floor-to-ceiling floral patterns and Sherle Wagner marble toilets aren’t obvious style touches for Hollywood’s modern high-end homes. But for one reimaging of a 1960s property, bland has been avoided at all costs, in favor of eccentric individualism. “Call it anti-establishment taste,” Mary Kitchen told Architectural Digest when she invited the magazine into her Regency-style home in the Holmby Hills, Los Angeles for the July/August issue. “These are things that most people wouldn’t want or would tear out of an old house,” the television presenter, model, and philanthropist said of the more unusual decorative choices including gilt-finished fixtures, Dorothy Draper cut…
Acity is rising from the waters of the Indian Ocean. In a turquoise lagoon, just 10 minutes by boat from Male, the Maldivian capital, a floating city, big enough to house 20,000 people, is being constructed. Designed in a pattern similar to brain coral, the city will consist of 5,000 floating units including houses, restaurants, shops and schools, with canals running in between. The first units will be unveiled this month, with residents starting to move in early 2024, and the whole city is due to be completed by 2027. The project — a joint venture between property developer Dutch…
By historical standards, New York is still a relatively new city — a youngster compared with the likes of London, Cairo or Beijing. But in its short life, New York has captured the world’s collective attention like no other. Whether it’s entertainment, restaurants or finance, everyone everywhere seems to know everything about New York. Its architecture is no exception. Viewed on TV and in movies or seen in person, New York’s buildings are famous world over. From soaring skyscrapers to hallowed entertainment venues, take a tour with CNN Style and discover fascinating facts and historical tidbits of 20 celebrated buildings: Apollo Theater Opened: 1914 | Use: Entertainment…
A105,000-square-foot mansion in Bel Air, dubbed “The One,” could become the most expensive property to sell in the United States when it hits the auction block next month. The hillside property, which spans over a sprawling 3.8 acres, will be listed on January 7 at an eye-watering $295 million, with an online sale held February 7 to 10 via Concierge Auctions. From its elevated perch, the home boasts 360-degree ocean and alpine views as well as ones of downtown Los Angeles. Few properties in the world have ever sold above that list price, including the Chateau Louis XIV in France,…
As home to some of the most epic tourist attractions in the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi is the go-to destination for visitors who want to enjoy a more genteel pace than its flashier neighbor, Dubai. That aside, the UAE’s charming capital still packs a travel punch and is abuzz with activity, especially at night. A cultural hub, shoppers’ paradise and home to everything from souks to super clubs, there’s definitely plenty of places to indulge. Floating serenely on its own island, Louvre Abu Dhabi has been quite rightly basking in the limelight since it opened in 2017 to the tune of $1 billion. As one…
Animation has been the driving creative force behind the “Star Wars” universe for some time, a state of affairs cast into sharper focus by how live-action series Lucasfilm has produced for Disney+ have drawn upon those shows. That relationship continues with “Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi,” an animated anthology that provides an opportunity to flesh out the stories of peripheral but familiar lightsaber-wielding figures. It’s hardly a surprise that this latest addition to the mythology comes courtesy of producer Dave Filoni, who oversaw such series as “The Clone Wars” and “Rebels” before throwing his fertile mind for all things “Star Wars” into…
Matthew Perry opens up in his new book about his attention-getting relationship with Julia Roberts in the mid-1990s and the reason it came to an end. The actor recalls in his new memoir “Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing,” according to an excerpt published by the Times of London, that Roberts expressed interest in appearing on “Friends” but “she would only do the show if she could be in [Chandler’s] story line.” At the urging of “Friends” creator Marta Kauffman, Perry sent Roberts three dozen roses and a witty card, in an effort to “woo” the “Pretty Woman” star to take the job.…