Arta Ghanbari

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Travel Editor at Condé Nast Britain

Travel Editor at House & Garden (UK)

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30 of the world's most beautiful villas to book now

1 month ago | houseandgarden.co.uk | Arta Ghanbari

There are plenty of reasons to choose a villa for your holiday over a hotel: perhaps you're travelling in a large group, perhaps you want privacy, or maybe you just prefer to cook for yourself and not worry about getting down to breakfast on time. Staying in a villa can make you feel part of your surroundings in a way that hotels rarely manage.
10 exciting travel moments to know for 2025

Jan 23, 2025 | houseandgarden.co.uk | Arta Ghanbari

Ogliastra district© Massimo Ripani/4Corners ImagesThe new luxury hotels to know on SardiniaAn A-list crowd has long been drawn to the white-sand beaches of Costa Smeralda, but now a string of five-star hotel openings are sure to make Sardinia the Italian island to visit. Away from the glamour of the north-east coastline, there is much to enjoy.
The most exciting new design hotels to know for 2025

Jan 7, 2025 | houseandgarden.co.uk | Arta Ghanbari

EriroAt the top of the cable car on Ehrwalder Mountain in Tyrol, a 90-minute drive from Innsbruck, this timber hotel sits on the plot of an old inn. Co-owners Amelie and Dominik Posch (also behind LaPosch, a collection of chalets in Biberwier village) and architectural designer Martin Gruber have brought together local stone, spruce and bouclé wool to create a contrasting raw-yet-hand-crafted and cosy feel.
Announcing the winners of our very first House & Garden Travel Awards

Nov 26, 2024 | houseandgarden.co.uk | Arta Ghanbari

Hôtel du Couvent in Nice, France was awarded ‘Hotel of the Year’Alixe LayIt's a big year for travel in the House & Garden world. This year marks our first ever Travel Guide, which will launch with the January 2025 issue of the magazine. Together with the guide, we're delighted to announce our first Travel Awards, to celebrate outstanding achievements within the industry.
Four creative holidays to consider for 2025

Nov 21, 2024 | houseandgarden.co.uk | Arta Ghanbari

Lucy LauchtExploring artisanal values in Oaxaca, MexicoCrafts reveal the rich diversity of the people and history of this southern state, with many having been practised since the time of the Zapotecs and Mixtecs. The Central Valleys that surround Oaxaca's old town - dubbed the ‘magic route of crafts’ - are dotted with villages, each of which specialises in a trade. San Bartolo Coyotopec was put on the map by potter Doña Rosa during the 1960s.
Navigating Mallorca's coastline by beautifully restored art deco sailing yachts

Oct 17, 2024 | houseandgarden.co.uk | Arta Ghanbari

In full sail at sunsetCoco CapitanAs we anchored at Cala Deià and the sun tired into a haze over the Tramuntana Mountains that stretch along Mallorca's northern coast, the sea's temperament began to change from the calmness of the day. Lying on deck, rocking from side to side to the rhythm of the waves passing under us, I watched as each star perforated the black sky, eventually drifting off into a deep sleep.
Our travel editor's love letter to the hilltop towns of Basilicata

Sep 15, 2024 | houseandgarden.co.uk | Arta Ghanbari

Matera is among hundreds of time-locked towns in the isolated and barren Basilicata region of Southern Italy, which stretches between the green Dolomiti Lucane mountains and the Ionian Sea. Its beauty cannot be defined by a single monument or building, but rather by the sum of its parts. When you walk through the beguiling cobbled lanes, it is hard to imagine its deterioration from one of Europe's first settlements in the Paleolithic period to a source of national shame by the 20th century.
A 17th-century convent becomes Nice's best new hotel

Aug 8, 2024 | houseandgarden.co.uk | Arta Ghanbari

His touch, however, far exceeds his modest reflection. The roof was replaced and structurally weak beams were repurposed to make furniture. Walls were replastered with lime and floors were stripped of cement repairs and returned to wood and terracotta, as they would have been in the early 19th century.
A journey through Morocco's lesser explored regions

Jul 25, 2024 | houseandgarden.co.uk | Arta Ghanbari

In just under an hour, the fortified walls of Taroudant – the Grandmother of Marrakech, as it is known – signal our arrival into a bygone era. It is sheltered between the Atlas Mountains to the north and the Anti-Atlas and Sahara Desert to the south, with views alternating from a dry plain stretching into the horizon to red-tinted mountains dipped in the clouds.
Checking in: Nicola Harding brings a new lease of life to The Cavendish

Jul 22, 2024 | houseandgarden.co.uk | Arta Ghanbari

Just by Chatsworth House, The Cavendish Hotel in Baslow has been given a new lease of life by interior designer Nicola Harding, who has injected its public spaces and bedrooms with her signature play on colour and whimsical take on English country style.

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