The famed Sicilian hotel San Domenico Palace in Taormina to reopen as a Four Seasons experience

  Regarded as one of the most famous hotels in the world, San Domenico Palace welcomed notable guests including Oscar Wilde, Elizabeth Taylor, and DH Lawrence, among many others. Along with idyllic natural surroundings, Taormina is also home to countless historical attractions, including an ancient Greek Theatre and the Corvaja Palace from the medieval era. … Read more

Forest cabins, country parks and cosy pubs scoop VisitEngland awards

Winners at the 35th annual tourism awards also included a nature reserve, a cafe that works with young people with learning difficulties, pubs, museums – and the Guardian Travel desk!

Lexus launches its first global digital cookbook, Culinary Perspectives

      Lexus hopes the automotive audience will embrace the opportunity to explore their own epicurean artisanship. In the first installment of the new Lexus Creates’ series, this unusual cookbook offers eight delectable recipes created by some of the automaker’s culinary partners. Lexus launches Culinary Perspectives, its first global digital cookbook. In its first … Read more

Proteus – An International Space Station, Underwater

    Proteus, the brainchild of the Fabien Cousteau Ocean Learning Center is a state-of-the-art underwater habitat imagined by Swiss designer Yves Béhar. Time to Listen to Nature: A new underwater research station Aquanaut, oceanographic explorer, conservationist and documentary filmmaker Fabien Cousteau lives by the principle that “there is no such thing as the impossible!” … Read more

Safety first: the future of Britain’s restaurants

Eating out is back – but the changes facing both customers and staff are immense. How is the new normal shaping up?