Editor's Picks: Top Travel Links We Love - April 6, 2019
Every week, our travel editors and experts select the best travel finds on the internet and beyond.
The XXXII Triennale di Milano is underway in Milan. CoolHunting's Italy correspondent, Paolo Ferrarini reports on the "profound and frightening questions" provoked by the main show, Broken Nature: Design Takes on Human Survival. The show sounds like a tour de force of art and socio-political commentary. We have until August 31 to see for ourselves. - Pavia, CEO
The 79-room clever, no-nonsense Muji Hotel Ginza opened this week, and not a moment too soon, considering the dearth of cool, affordable, boutique-style hotels in Tokyo. In a genius move, the powerhouse company also launched the Muji passport, where you can earn travel miles for hotel stays by shopping at their stores. – Jeralyn, editorial director
Austin-based hotelier Liz Lambert is on the Second Life podcast this week, going deep on changing her career from a job in the district attorney's office to running some of the world's most Instagrammable hotels. – Berit, senior editor
Get this: For his latest project, the artist Christo will wrap the Arc de Triomphe in 270,000 square feet of blue recyclable polypropylene fabric. – Daniel, editor
Finland was just ranked the happiest country in the world for the second year in a row. Before you start Googling "relocating to Finland," the country's tourism board is launching "Rent a Finn," a contest where eight winners will win a free summer trip to experience all that happiness and learn the Finnish way with a local guide. To make sure everyone feels the Finnish love whether they win or not, they also created a wellness quiz about how to become a happier person. – California, editorial intern
Talk about a grand prize: Airbnb is giving away a night at the Louvre, complete with drinks under the Mona Lisa, dinner alongside Venus de Milo, and a private concert in the apartment of Napoleon III. - Daniel
Gippy Plantation's feed is my latest Instagram infatuation. Follow along for an up-close look at a historic (but thoroughly modern) property overhaul outside Charleston, South Carolina.– Berit
The Instagram feeding my wanderlust this week is @lepostcard with an endless scroll of crystal-blue ocean moments. - California
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