SMAC Gallery was born in Stellenbosch, a location just a few miles from Cape Town best known for its vineyards, almost by chance, as recalled by Director Baylon Sandri

Historic café-restaurant Sant Ambroeus, Milan, reopened to public after having been acquired and renovated by Italian-American entrepreneurs Gherardo Garducci and Dimitri Pauli

At Artist Sandra Pérez Lozano’s house, guests live in harmony with the natural world, promoting consciousness and respect towards the environment – the inhabitants and the culture of Holbox island

The Luigi Rovati Foundation Museum restored the interiors of the building, made by Filippo Perego in the Sixties according to the taste of the Milanese bourgeoisie: colors explosions, golden doors, boiserie

Horto brings the kitchen into an ethical dimension, experimenting with cuisine while staying true to nature though a short supply chain as «everything can be found nearby»

All the walls are painted with tadelakt, an ancient construction technique consisting in a water-proof limestone-based concoction, Maîtresse Maria explains

Each room is dedicated to one of sixty-eight different scents, chosen by an olfactory check-in, solely based on smell: Magna Pars is the first hotel à parfum in the world

How four people with no restaurant background turned an old mill on the Tuscan hills into an inn with a cellar and cocktail bar, combining tradition and innovation

How Crédit Agricole innovation philosophy was adapted to the Italian culture by a female CEO. She is concerned with innovation, ecology, women empowerment and philanthropy

With the rural hinterland behind, Hyatt’s new resort enhances and promotes Sardinian multi-faceted identity while contributing to preserving it