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Jasper, in Alberta, Canada, is a beautiful town within its namesake (spectacular!) national park. This summer will be a ...
07/03/2025

Jasper, in Alberta, Canada, is a beautiful town within its namesake (spectacular!) national park. This summer will be a crucial one, as the community rebounds from last year’s wildfire. If you need ideas for en epic summer vacation — look north.
has recommendations for you up on the Fathom site.
fathomaway.com/just-back-from-jasper-alberta-canada/

In our third installment of the Best New Hotels Preview for 2025, we’re heading to Europe. Which means we have now repor...
30/01/2025

In our third installment of the Best New Hotels Preview for 2025, we’re heading to Europe. Which means we have now reported on 300 new builds, clever renovations, and affordable lookers opening this year. (A lot of rooftop bars, all-day cafes, and infinity pools — but we’re not complaining!)
Find them all: FathomWaytoGo.substack.com

Shout out to good people doing good things in travel: Ethical, regenerative agriculture is at the heart of the compound...
22/01/2025

Shout out to good people doing good things in travel:

Ethical, regenerative agriculture is at the heart of the compound, a lively wine farm (circa 1692) in the Cape Floral Kingdom (a great name for one of the most special places for plants in the world in terms of density, diversity, and number of endemic floral species) just 20 minutes from Cape Town International Airport. The beautifully renovated hotel has a sunny Cape country look and feel. New restaurants will serve Spier’s vintages and South African farm-to-table cuisine, and 80 refurbished rooms and suites are filled with art, lovely textiles, and private terraces. From the Cape Herbal Bath House treatments to the Buzz Club activities for kids, the point is clear: This is a full farm immersion. Opening in March.

We’re clocking the best new hotel openings this year. Bookmark your faves: fathomwaytogo.substack.com

The - which includes the legendary and , will deliver a dose of Euro glamour stateside for the first time with in Pal...
16/01/2025

The - which includes the legendary and , will deliver a dose of Euro glamour stateside for the first time with in Palm Beach, Florida. We’d be disappointed if the legacy building did not have a pale pink façade (rest assured, it does!), but a top-to-bottom renovation by Tino Zervudachi will bring in fresh interiors to a range of accommodations across 41 elegant rooms. The new lounge, bar, dining area, outdoor courtyard, pool are glamorous and relaxed — think ladies in crisp white dresses enjoying spritzes in cane chairs shaded by big umbrellas, slender palms, and flowering vines. (Spring)

Bookmark the year’s best hotel openings on fathomwaytogo.substack.com

When you want to get out of dodge (and your dodge is, like, Houston, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio): Now open in Frederick...
15/01/2025

When you want to get out of dodge (and your dodge is, like, Houston, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio):

Now open in Fredericksburg, Texas, close to the bustle of town. is a charming Hill Country hotel welcoming guests through the doors of its historically protected house on Main Street and into a sophisticated new building tucked behind it. Progress mixed with reverence of the past pretty much sums up the look and feel. Style is contemporary, regional, and timeless, with 105 guest rooms, four dining options, two bars (one at the pool), and a full-service spa. BBQ is taken seriously around here. There’s also a gourmet dining experience, a neighborhood market with homemade breads, and a watering hole serving divey snacks.

Check out our list. We’re clocking the year’s best hotel openings on fathomwaytogo.substack.com (http://fathomwaytogo.substack.com)

Seeking solitude, beauty, peaceful nature:The sustainably minded - thirty minutes from the port town Puerto Escondido a...
14/01/2025

Seeking solitude, beauty, peaceful nature:
The sustainably minded - thirty minutes from the port town Puerto Escondido and currently in its soft opening phase, has 22 suites that blend into the landscape. The rooms — some with hot tubs, private pools, and/or panoramic ocean views — pay homage to the life “flourishing between sea and land.” The architecture, by Mexican studio incorporates traditional building techniques and materials like wood and clay in sandy terracotta tones. Four different gardens have been designed for regeneration. Three restaurants reflect the stories and ingredients of Oaxaca old and new.
** Check out our list. We’re clocking the year’s best hotel openings on fathomwaytogo.substack.com

A bright pink spot in our 2025 Hotel Preview!Ritzy British-based Iconic Luxury Hotels crossed the pond with their first ...
13/01/2025

A bright pink spot in our 2025 Hotel Preview!

Ritzy British-based Iconic Luxury Hotels crossed the pond with their first American offering: the pretty — and very pink — 79-key near Royal Palm Beach village in Palm Beach. We’re gaga for Christa Wilm’s seashell wall installations and the pink marble bar and Murano-glass chandeliers suspended from the vaulted ceiling. This one already feels like a new Florida classic.

Check out our list. We’re clocking the year’s best hotel openings on fathomwaytogo.substack.com

Happy New Year! ✨ We’re starting fresh, with intel and developments that will make 2025 another exciting and busy year i...
03/01/2025

Happy New Year! ✨ We’re starting fresh, with intel and developments that will make 2025 another exciting and busy year in travel. Head to the link in bio for Way to Go’s “Out with the Old, In with the New: 2025 Edition” and all the hospitality and travel trends you’ll need to know for a year full of adventure.

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‘Tis the season for bad behavior in the friendly skies.✈️✋Is it really too much to want the airline experience to be a l...
20/12/2024

‘Tis the season for bad behavior in the friendly skies.✈️✋

Is it really too much to want the airline experience to be a little easier, more polite, and less stressful? To board a flight efficiently without any elbowing? To have a pleasant and uneventful flight? Ho, ho, holdup! Have you ever wondered to what extend you might be a wrench in the machine?

We’ve drawn up the Traveler Naughty List. 🍭👎Head to the link in bio for our quiz and check all that apply. Be honest! As we can course correct your behavior with five steps to recovery (aka how to get yourself back on the nice list😉) Now for goodness sake, let’s all have a delightful holiday travel season.

For our fourth installment of the world’s best new hotels from 2024, we’re checking in on European five-star stunners, c...
20/11/2024

For our fourth installment of the world’s best new hotels from 2024, we’re checking in on European five-star stunners, continental U.S. charmers, and top-to-bottom makeovers of beloved standbys. Head to the link in bio to subscribe to Way to Go and receive the full list in your inbox. 🗝️❤️

We’re ragged, exhausted, and sick and tired of feeling ragged and exhausted. Whichever side of the political divide you’...
08/11/2024

We’re ragged, exhausted, and sick and tired of feeling ragged and exhausted. Whichever side of the political divide you’re on, this election season took an acute psychic toll — and we’re probably not the only ones feeling it. We’re also probably not the only ones desperate for hopeful escapism. As our post-election public service to you, here are beautiful places in remote corners of the earth where we’d like to be right now — places we dream of discovering or long to return to — far, far, far (there’s no such thing as far enough) from any madness. 









What’s the universe trying to tell us by giving us three very candy-filled holidays in one this weekend? That we could a...
31/10/2024

What’s the universe trying to tell us by giving us three very candy-filled holidays in one this weekend? That we could all use a little more sweetness in our life — especially given the election season we’ve suffered this year? We’ll take it. And seconds, please. In today’s newsletter, we’re handing out:

🍬Special treats for Halloween, Diwali, and Día de Los Mu***os

✈️New passport tricks that save time and money

🔑Tips to feel safer while traveling in uncertain times

Keep It Sweet for Halloween, Diwali, and Día de Los Mu***os and subscribe to Way to Go (linked in bio).

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As we were saying… We applaud of 2024 and the many Fathom Favorites that made the cut. And we have suggestions for even...
30/09/2024

As we were saying…

We applaud of 2024 and the many Fathom Favorites that made the cut. And we have suggestions for even more hotels that are intimate, idiosyncratic, independent, and under the radar. (And anything but the usual suspects spotted in influencers’ Instagrams.) 

As they say in Hollywood during awards season, for your consideration… 

Read more: https://fathomwaytogo.substack.com/p/the-worlds-50-best-hotels

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We applaud of 2024. So many Fathom Favorites are on the list — including jaw-dropping beauties like Lake Como’s ( #2),...
30/09/2024

We applaud of 2024. So many Fathom Favorites are on the list — including jaw-dropping beauties like Lake Como’s ( #2), Hong Kong’s
( #5), and Tulum’s ( #48) — we would have loved to see even more hotels that are intimate, idiosyncratic, independent, and under the radar. (And anything but the usual suspects spotted in influencers’ Instagrams.)

So we came up with a few additions to the list.

As they say in Hollywood during awards season, for your consideration…

Read more: https://fathomwaytogo.substack.com/p/the-worlds-50-best-hotels

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Come for pizza, stay for the dance party. Wake up and board the rollercoaster, that’s one way to do Brooklyn, the Fathom...
23/09/2024

Come for pizza, stay for the dance party. Wake up and board the rollercoaster, that’s one way to do Brooklyn, the Fathom way. Head to our Substack (linked in bio!) and subscribe for our mix of tried and true, new and iconic, unsung and beloved Brooklyn haunts. ❤️🚕

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Meet the best new hotels of summer 2024! 🗝️☀️ We’ve rounded up the exciting newcomers that have opened since May includi...
12/08/2024

Meet the best new hotels of summer 2024! 🗝️☀️ We’ve rounded up the exciting newcomers that have opened since May including a former 19th-century equestrian school (paging Snoop), a fresh perch for the wildebeest migration, more reasons to escape to a Mediterranean island, Maine motels for modern times, and a medal worthy round of French newcomers. Receive the full list by subscribing to our Substack, Way to Go (linked in bio!) and plan a late-summer escape.

Time to rewild yourself. Over a thousand studies regarding humans in nature conducted over the last several years point ...
05/08/2024

Time to rewild yourself. Over a thousand studies regarding humans in nature conducted over the last several years point to the same outcome again and again: the more time we spend in natural settings, the better we feel emotionally, psychologically, energetically. From mountains to prairies to deserts to oceans white with foam, we’ve rounded up spectacular places across North America to get back in touch with your wild side. Find more in our book, “Travel North America (And Avoid Being a Tourist)”(linked to our shop page 📚✈️)

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France is the main character right now. In anticipation, we’ve put together a few getaways around the country and asked ...
26/07/2024

France is the main character right now. In anticipation, we’ve put together a few getaways around the country and asked Paris-based music video director and gadabout Phil Andelman to share his favorites. On our Substack today, we’re checking out:

*a new hot spot in an old seaside castle

* a fantastic floral fantasy

* the chic boutique group flying under the radar

* two grand escapes with all the Michelin trappings

* an enchanting estate just an hour from Paris

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We just got back from @forestis.dolomites, a hotel we’ve been dying to visit since we first learned about it — the restructuring of an old Hapsburg mountain home, the thoughtful rebranding, the strong eco cred behind every elegant detail. It did not disappoint. If anything, it overdelivered. The restaurant was like a theater (never seen anything like it anywhere); the majestic Dolomites the main show. From every angle, all you ever see are trees, mountains, clouds, and sky. Is there another human being out there? Not as far as you can see. (Literally.) Ski, spa, eat, sleep, dream — then do it all again tomorrow. Yeah. No complaints here. Just 💕💕💕 #fathomontheroad with @pavianyc #dolomites #winterwonderland

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