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Don’t feel like making big travel plans abroad yet, for example because you want to avoid the chaos at airports or the traffic jams on foreign motorways? Then the “pleasure expert” Marin Jenni from the SonntagsZeitung has put together seven “retreats with addictive potential” that we don’t want to deprive you of.

Hardly any other tradition is as typically English as afternoon tea. Anyone who thinks it is just a cup of tea is very much mistaken. If you want to celebrate this ceremony properly, you should not miss this article in the online magazine luxurydefined. There you can read all about why “afternoon tea remains a traditional ceremony, yet it is modernizing, too, introducing rare teas, showstopper cakes, cocktails, and topical themes.”

People say that outdoor dining is one of life’s great simple pleasures, whether at a sidewalk café in Paris, a Deep South barbecue, or a clambake on the Maine coast. An article in Christie’s International Real Estate’s online magazine Luxury Defined features eight luxurious villas that are specially built for summer.