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Wellness is now one of the most prized luxuries on the Costa del Sol, and Don Carlos Spa has it down to a fine art. The spa covers 1,600 square metres of pools, saunas and quiet spaces, with treatments using Natura Bissé and Biologique Recherche and a signature Alma de Marbella ritual scented with citrus and sea air. A Technogym gym, the Rafa Nadal Tennis Center and a private spa suite add to the offer, while Oasis Brunch brings relaxed weekend mornings to Oasis Kitchen
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Saint Roch opens this winter on the Bellecôte piste, the fifth Maisons Pariente address in France and the second in the Alps. Leslie Kouhana and Kimberley Cohen have rebuilt a Courchevel 1850 institution as a private winter home, with 37 rooms and suites, architecture by Friedmann & Versace, and a spa drawn from Ottoman hammams and Caucasian palaces. The 3 Vallées begins at the door, an on-site ski shop handles the mornings, and two Prestige Suites can be joined to take the whole of the fifth floor
Ferrari has pulled the covers off the CZ26 at Monterey, a one-off built for a single client in the United States and drawn by the Ferrari Design Studio under Flavio Manzoni. Underneath sits the SF90 Stradale, which means 1000 cv, 2.5 seconds to 100 km/h and 328 km/h flat out. On top sits a body nobody else will ever own, painted in liquid silver, with 3D-printed seat inserts and a tail cut off flat at the back. Two years of work, one car, no repeats
motoring
Milan's most sought-after seafood house has chosen Whitehall for its British debut. Langosteria's first UK opening takes residence at Raffles London at The OWO, bringing nine restaurants' worth of Italian pedigree with it. Seafood arrives from Italy, Spain, France and Scotland, chosen purely on quality, and the menu pairs the group's signature plates with a handful written for London alone
food & drink
Royal Huisman has revealed new details of Project 410, an 85-metre sailing yacht approaching completion in the Netherlands. Set to become the world’s largest sloop, the yacht combines a Frers Design hull and exterior with interiors by Wetzels Brown, a carbon sailing system from Rondal and technology intended to support quieter, more efficient operation. The project will move from Vollenhove to the shipyard’s deepwater location near Amsterdam in November, ahead of launch and mast stepping