Escape Australia

1 month ago | escape.com.au | Jenny Hewett

I’m sitting on a milk crate drinking a cold local beer in a bar on the edge of Dubrovnik’s walled Old Town. This stripped-back hole in the wall known as Buža Bar is staggered down a steep limestone cliff. On either side of me, tourists shriek and cheer as they throw themselves off the cliff into the Adriatic Sea below. Many sport mullets and most were likely fresh out of the womb when I first visited this bar 17 years ago.

1 month ago | escape.com.au

Got travel plans to the capital of Italy? Heinz Beck, chef at La Pergola, knows exactly where you should check off your bucket list.

1 month ago | escape.com.au | Alessandra Allegretti

Where Eastern allure meets Hellenistic design, the 2000-year-old sandstone city of Petra was once the capital of the Nabataean Empire. Now you can visit the rock-carved wonder in the height of luxury, with items fit for an Arabian escape. Frank Green bottle, $60Stay hydrated with Frank Green’s classic 595ml ceramic bottle, which now comes in a new toffee shade. Triple wall insulation means your water stays cool for an entire day of sightseeing.

1 month ago | escape.com.au | Jenny Hewett

“Nobody’s bigger than their neighbourhood,” says our guide and hip-hop artist Rayza as we set off around one of the US’s most influential areas to see the sites that gave rise to the genre. With its musical roots, soul food and strong Latino population, Harlem in Uptown is the centre of multicultural Manhattan and one of New York City’s most multifaceted ’hoods. As Rayza attests, Harlem is emblematic of the power of creativity and community.

2 months ago | escape.com.au | Steve Madgwick

How to spend enlightening day and gritty night in the Mississippi Delta Two mid-’70s Cadillacs, the model once favoured by pimps and mob bosses, sit nose to tail in the Delta darkness. Tyres flat, vinyl roofs peeling like scabs, one painted with a promo for a blues café. We cross the deserted street towards a shabby building emitting deep, bassy growls. The single question on our parched lips? “Is Morgan here?”Ground Zero Blues Club’s doors rasp open.