Seaside

The sea is not a view at Mazzarò Sea Palace. It is the project’s organizing principle. Set directly on the water in Taormina’s Mazzarò Bay, the hotel has reopened following a comprehensive redesign by Milan-based architecture and design studio De.Tales. The intervention completes a broader transformation that began with the guestrooms and now extends across the property’s principal public spaces: the lobby, Almarè Bar, Armònia restaurant, the new indoor dining room at signature restaurant

For nearly eight decades, the Naples Beach Club has occupied a singular place in the cultural landscape of Florida’s Gulf Coast. Established in 1946 by the Watkins family, it was more than a resort: a beachfront gathering place where residents and visitors came together for dinners, celebrations and long evenings overlooking the water. Its identity was embedded in a series of familiar images – the striped awnings moving in the Gulf breeze, sunsets at the bar and the enduring presence of