Layers of Luxury: A Sky, A City, A Story

🖋 From the Editor

Where Empires, Dawn & Flavor Converge

These aren’t tips. They’re tells. Subtle, unspoken signals that someone doesn’t just travel often, they travel well.

Imagine emerging from your suite at first light, drifting in a hot‑air balloon above Teotihuacan.

The Pyramids of the Sun and Moon rise from the mist like ancient sentinels. When you land, breakfast awaits in a cave, coffee steaming, tortillas warm, time still.

Later, you'll wander into the sacred quiet of the Anahuacalli Museum, built of volcanic black lava by Diego Rivera. Inside, pre‑Hispanic sculptures and Rivera’s collection speak in stone, while outside, orchids and begonias emerge quietly from volcanic rock, a subtle pulse of life in an architectural sanctuary.

By midday, you're walking cobbled alleys in the historic center. The aroma of mole enchiladas, lime‑bright ceviche tostadas, and charred tortillas becomes the city's heartbeat. Each bite is history incarnate: ritual, memory, and lived heritage.

These aren’t merely excursions; they are sensory chapters of Mexico City, where dawn, stone, scent, and legacy converge.

Where to Wake Up in Story

Casa Polanco

This 19‑room boutique hides in a restored 1940s Spanish Colonial Revival mansion in Polanco, offering the elegance of living with a friend’s quiet luxury. It overlooks Parque Lincoln, blends custom design with serene ambiance, and positions you steps from fine dining and cultural icons. casapolanco.com

Your day begins in calm refinement, perfect before ascending into dawn’s history.

Colima 71 Art Design Hotel

Nestled in Roma Norte, this architect‑designed hotel by Alberto Kalach pulses with artistry, from lobby installations by Iñaki Bonilla and Darío Escobar to terrace studios overlooking tree‑lined Colima Street. Every room is gallery‑like, merging form, function, and narrative. colima71.com

It re-grounds your explorations in Mexico City’s living art and design culture once evening falls and the city exhales.

Ready to book your best Mexico City Experience?

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Latest Luxury Travel News

Querétaro: Mexico’s Next Gourmet Frontier

Travel + Leisure (link) names Querétaro as the food-lover’s surprise of 2025—now blooming with boutique hotels, farm stays, third‑wave cafés, artisanal cheeses, and vineyards that blur the line between wine trail and indulgence. Meanwhile, Querétaro made history in March 2025 as the first Mexican wine region awarded national Protected Geographical Indication (IGP), certifying its unique terroir and elevating its sparkling and table wines to bona fide luxury status.

Think altitude, bubbles, and colonial charm. Querétaro is quietly uncorking itself.

Europäischer Hof Baden-Baden Reopens After Heritage-Rich Renovation

H World Group (link) completes an extensive overhaul of the Steigenberger Icon Europäischer Hof, the 1930 birthplace of the Steigenberger brand. The historic spa-town legend now boasts 126 bespoke rooms, vaulted spa suites inspired by Roman baths, a Porsche Studio, and three standout culinary venues—including a rooftop bar with sweeping city views. LTA

It’s where century-old elegance meets modern luxury, and tradition gets a stylish new suit.

Reckon with the Cosmos—The Perseid Meteor Shower Rises Above

The sky is putting on its most spectacular show of 2025: the Perseid meteor shower peaks August 12–13, offering one of the year’s most cinematic travel moments. Earth passes through the wake of ancient comet Swift‑Tuttle—painting shooting stars across August skies. Even with an 80–85% waxing gibbous moon dimming the view, expect luminous fireballs to blaze through the dark between midnight and dawn. For the best experience? Head somewhere with no light pollution, lie back, and let time disappear. WASHINGTON POST

Because true luxury isn’t just about plush pillows, it’s the night you lie under the stars and remember how small your itinerary really is.

📘 The Video Savvy Guide to The Day of The Dead

Mexico doesn’t just preserve memory; it breathes it.

Día de los Muertos is not a festival. It’s a sensory storytelling, where cemeteries glow with candlelight, altars bloom in marigolds, and the air hums with laughter and remembrance.

In this week’s Savvy Traveler Video Guide, we step into a world where grief becomes joy, memory becomes artistry, and culture becomes an immersive embrace.

You’ll discover:

• Altars dressed in marigolds, sugar skulls, and flickering candles — luminous expressions of love and legacy.

• Processions filled with skeleton dancers and shimmering papel picado, echoing centuries of ritual and celebration.

• A tradition where ancestors come alive, and the living rejoin them — not in mourning, but in bright homage.

A country that remembers not with silence, but with color, sound, and heart.

Global Events | August - September 2025

Extraordinary moments. Unforgettable settings.

🎾 US Open – New York City
📅 August 24 – September 7
There’s nothing like watching Grand Slam tennis live. You don’t have to be an expert, the energy is electric, the drama is real, and the world’s best are all fighting for the final major of the season.
Why go:
• Two matches a day, midday and night
• Final chance to see tennis at its highest level in 2025
• New York in early fall = perfect
Want to go? Tell us when and where you’d like to sit, we’ll help you get great seats without losing your mind (or your wallet).

🎤 Coldplay – Wembley Stadium, London
📅 August 22, 23, 26, 27, 30, 31 + September 3, 4, 7, 8
Still dreaming about their tour? This is it, the last stretch of Coldplay’s massive world tour. 10 final nights at Wembley, and then… who knows? Take the chance to see them where music history is made, and make a little of your own.

🦅 The Eagles – The Sphere, Las Vegas
📅 Sept 5–6, 12–13 • Oct 3–4, 10–11, 31 • Nov 1, 7–8
Want to see the newest entertainment venue on Earth while listening to one of the greatest rock bands of all time? The Eagles take over The Sphere every Friday and Saturday this fall. Classic hits. Mind-blowing visuals. Vegas-level everything.

→ Write us. We’ll handle the rest.

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