John Oseid

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The tourism sector in Florida’s Palm Beach County alone brings in $10 billion annually to the local economy and supports more than 85,000 jobs, according to the Discover The Palm Beaches promotion organization. As one of the country’s first major tourism sites, Palm Beach is famous for the celebrated historic Breakers Hotel, posh shopping along Worth Avenue and endless opportunities to enjoy polo, golf, boat shows, fine art, food and wine. With the good life beckoning, it would be easy to mis...

You know Florida’s Palm Beach for its glitz and glam, for the many larger-than-life figures that have shaped its history as a high society playground. You know how promoters and ambitious architects helped create one of early last century’s first luxury tourism destinations out of nothing. But collectively, The Palm Beaches have got a whole other side to discover right outside the hotels that line the barrier islands and along 47 miles of beach. Outdoor adventures and conservation themes can ...

Art hotels are happening these days. Some collections more impressive than others. Having started a few decades ago, one Barcelona hotel in the elegant Eixample district now displays some 1,000 fine pieces that all come from the personal holdings of the ownership family. Mounted all throughout the property, from public spaces to your room, the Majestic Hotel & Spa Barcelona’s artworks are your chance to discover—if you don’t know them already—major Spanish artists such as Antoni Tàpies and Ed...

With Barcelona booming these days, locals’ displeasure over hordes of visitors clomping around town has made lots of news. But rest assured that those looking for a classic and peaceful sojourn need only head to the ever elegant Eixample district where the grand Hotel El Palace Barcelona remains a stalwart of luxury on the Gran Via.
You feel the grandness of the 1919 Palace just as soon as you spin out of the revolving door and step into the marbled reception room with a chandelier, sweeping ...

As host of the 37th America’s Cup, Barcelona was abuzz in late summer and into fall with all kinds of civic events. To coincide with the 200th anniversary of the Passeig de Gràcia, famed tenor Josep (José) Carreras and flamenco dance star Sara Baras gave a free concert that included countless encores on a closed off stretch of the iconic avenue. The stage was right in front of the chamfered corner of the Majestic Hotel & Spa Barcelona, a reminder that one of the city’s most historic and celeb...

It’s all about the mice here a few miles inland from the Aegean Sea at Türkiye’s westernmost point in Çanakkale province. You just need to know where to look in this pleasant hill country of olive cultivation where a magnificent ancient marble temple will pop up before you outside of the small village of Gülpınar. And with a new bridge crossing the Dardanelles strait, it’s now easier than ever to get from Istanbul here to the Apollo Smintheus Sanctuary, or Smintheion, as you follow the countr...

It’s not often that you can visit a well-preserved site from antiquity and have it all to yourself. In the rich archaeological crossroad of Western Türkiye’s Balıkesir province, you can indeed at a small site that faces the sea. Lying right off a modern highway along the Aeneas Route of ancient sites, the ruins of Antandros are tucked so tightly into a wooded slope of sacred Mount Ida that you could easily drive right by. But find the city and you’ll be rewarded with a series of marvelous 4th...

It’s not often that you can visit a well-preserved site from antiquity and have it all to yourself. In the rich archaeological crossroad of Western Türkiye’s Balıkesir province, you can indeed at a small site that faces the sea. Lying right off a modern highway along the Aeneas Route of ancient sites, the ruins of Antandros are tucked so tightly into a wooded slope of sacred Mount Ida that you could easily drive right by. But find the city and you’ll be rewarded with a series of marvelous 4th...

The ancient world certainly knew just where to build. Imagine a prime hilltop spot facing the northern peaks of Lesbos island just across the Mytilini Strait, its slopes plunging 700 feet down to clear Aegean waters. Fishing and sailing boats are sheltered in a marina fronted by restaurants, while the ruins of a nearby ancient breakwater are still visible underwater. If this stunning scene were California, there would be condos all over.
But this is Assos, the perfect place to build an acropo...