Natasha Bazika

1 week ago | nzherald.co.nz | Natasha Bazika

From spicy snacks to sacred spaces, these travel tips will help you make the most of your Indian adventure. Photo / Natasha BazikaVisiting India? There are things you should know before exploring the beautifully chaotic destination, writes Natasha Bazika India is a continent’s worth of cultures, cuisines and contradictions packed into one sprawling subcontinent. It has a way of flipping your expectations on their head, in the best, most beautiful kind of way.

2 weeks ago | luxurylifestylemag.co.uk | Natasha Bazika

Name a more iconic Venetian hotel than Hotel Danieli. You can’t, because there isn’t one. Overlooking the lagoon and just steps from Piazza San Marco, this is the address in Venice. We checked in to see if, after all these years, it still holds the gold standard. HotelThe hotel has been welcoming guests, including a long list of VIPs, for over 200 yearsIt’s hard not to feel important when you walk (or better yet, arrive by boat) into the lobby of Hotel Danieli.

3 weeks ago | luxurytravelmag.com.au | Natasha Bazika

Successfully subscribed to the Luxury Travel Database. Slovenia Art & Culture, Cities, Food & WineWords byPublished14 May 2025In medieval Ljubljana, dishonest bakers were caged and dunked in the Ljubljanica river – a punishment that might explain why this city’s culinary traditions have remained so honest. This peculiar bit of history comes to light as I check into Zlata Ladjica, a boutique hotel sitting beside the very same waterway.

3 weeks ago | afr.com | Natasha Bazika

Natasha BazikaMay 13, 2025 – 5.00am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Morning light pours through the monastery windows as Valeria Oblak, a flight attendant, throws a fist of clay onto a wheel. We’re in Salemi, a rural Sicilian town an hour’s drive from Palermo, with peeling facades and views across the Belice Valley. “Have you done this before?” I ask.

4 weeks ago | marthastewart.com | Natasha Bazika

Credit: Carolina Andrade Whether you're designing a kitchen from scratch or giving your current one a refresh, you’ve likely discovered how complicated a renovation can be. The big choices—like layout and appliances—and even the smaller ones, such as drawer pulls and grout color, all matter. And while function should always be top of mind, style matters too. This year, interior designers are spotlighting a few kitchen renovation trends that merge form and function in fresh, thoughtful ways.