This year, PALMER asked frequent contributor and storied writer Michael Gross to pen a travel column. The result? Carnet de Voyage, a series filled with unique destinations, and insider tips.
Rome’s Best Kept Secret
The inside scoop on Due Ladroni, the best restaurant in Rome. Read more →
The Sicilian Vineyard with a Leisurely Twist
Why Southern Italy is quickly becoming a destination for wine lovers. Read more →
The Ever-Changing Acapulco
“Acapulco has been a destination since Hernán Cortès made it the first great port of the eastern Pacific,” writes Gross, as he explores how the city is rebuilding post-Hurricane Otis. Read more →
Dining in Deauville
Scoping out restaurants—and cinema—in France. Read more →
How to Tour Versailles Like a King
“If hospitality, the business of tourism, is the creation and maintenance of the fantasy that you are somewhere else, somewhere different, somewhere special, then the Airelles Le Grand Contròle in the Chateau de Versailles is doing its job well,” Gross writes of the hotel set within Louis XIV’s Royal palace outside Paris. Read more →
How to See the Venice Biennale Without the Crowds
“Is off-season travel a new normal?” Gross posits: “I’ll take the ability to reserve last-minute at good restaurants and stroll along canals on quiet (or at least quieter) calli, which is why I went to Venice at the end of May, a month after it opened but before the summer rush.” Read more →
The Secrets of Eleuthera’s Potlatch Club
“If the story of The Potlatch Club is ever made into a movie, it could be called Eleuthera Jones and the Temple of Discretion,” he says of the Bahamian island. “And the opening scene will plunge the audience into an incredible adventure story.” Read more →
Is Outer Space the Next Luxury Destination?
Inside Orbite, the latest company looking toward the outermost frontier of adventure. But can they live up to the hype? Read more →
The Most Decadent Food in Palm Springs
One chic hotel. Three luxurious restaurants. Here’s what happened at the Parker. Read more →