| Our Selection |  | | It’s summer in South America, and carnival season | | February is possibly the best month for a winter sun escape. The January crowds have dissipated and summer is in full swing in the tropics. In Brazil, it's also carnival time with feasts, festivities and parties popping everywhere, making it the best time to head to Rio where the biggest carnival happens. | | | | |  | | Valentine’s Day is coming | | It’s that time of year again… Valentine’s Day is upon us, and we are all feeling the pressure of planning something that won’t disappoint our significant other. There are the classics, of course, like a fancy dinner or a bouquet of perfect blooms delivered to the office, but for something a little different, we’ve rounded up 6 Valentine’s Day splurges that are truly one of a kind. | | | | |  | | Embrace the cold with a cosy European break | | Some European capitals are the very image of a wintry romance. Frozen canals, snow-draped streets and along those streets, cute little candle-lit bistros… Take St Petersburg, for instance. A city of palaces, poets and philosophy, the Venice of the North never fails to amaze, just like Stockholm, with its preserved historic centre. In Stockholm, we also have a new hotel that doesn’t feel like a hotel at all but an ultra-stylish townhouse: The Ett Hem. | | | | |  | | Paris in winter | | Paris is beautiful any time of year, but in winter, when the city is in its quietest season, that’s when the magic really happens. Everywhere is open but the lines at the museums and other sights are shorter and the streets aren’t thronging with tourists from all over the world. Then, of course, the City of Love should be an obvious pick in February, when bars add vins chauds to their menus and love is in the air. | | | | |  | | The Gastrofestival of Madrid | | This one’s for the gourmets. Once again, for two weeks in February, Madrid will be hosting a feast for the senses with a new edition of the Gastrofestival, bringing together the city’s chefs and artists in a series of events that combine food, wine, painting, literature, music and photography. The festival is happening between February 7 and 23. | | | | | | | |  | | Winter Wonderlands | | From Copenhagen to the quaint town of Gstaad in Switzerland | | |  | | A spotlight on Morocco | | Where to go, where to stay and what to do | | | |  | | Dive Headfirst... | | 11 of the most beautiful hotel pools in our collection right now | | | | | | |
