Arta Ghanbari

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.