WANDERLUST // Hot New Hotels

By Erika Brechtel @smallshopstudio

…International It List…

Confession: I haven’t been on a plane since September 2010. We “grounded” ourselves last year, planning ahead for family-obligated travel this year, and hopefully a return trip to Italy next year. For someone that used to fly every few months, I am experiencing major withdrawals…the kind that quick jaunts to Napa and Palm Springs don’t fix. So I ask you, are these new hot spots helping or hurting?

Grand Hotel Villa Cora, Florence


Areias de Seixo, Portugal


Mancora Marina, Peru



Le Royal Mansour, Marrakech


Hotel Thoumieux, Paris


Cap Rocat, Majorca, Spain


Armani Hotel, Dubai


Babylonstoren, South Africa


Soho House, Berlin


Hotel Fasano Las Piedras, Punta del Este, Uruguay


Banyan Tree, Al Wadi, UAE

Where are you itching to go?

I typically prefer to go somewhere with history or nature (although I am not much of a roughin-it kind of gal). But give me a cocktail and a view, and I’m a happy girl.