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and in each of its 96 midcentury-style rooms or “workspaces.” Bikes can be borrowed from the lobby for leisurely rides through area parks, and nearby neighborhoods like Fitzroy and Carlton offer an abundance of the quirky shops and cafés that have made Melbourne the San Francisco of Australia.

FOR HISTORY MAJORS OLD NO. 77 HOTEL & CHANDLERYnew orleans

Though it may not be located in the French Quarter, the Old No. 77 Hotel & Chandlery, which opened last month in the up-and-coming Warehouse Arts District, has strong ties to Big Easy history. Constructed in 1854, this building once served as a Port of New Orleans coffee warehouse and a chandlery, selling everything a sailor would need on a voyage,

such as rope and tobacco. Now, each of the 167 rooms features rustic detailing (like exposed brick and hardwood floors) alongside personal touches like a pillow menu, a custom Spotify playlist and original in-room artwork from the hotel’s partnership with the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts. Combine it all and the Old No. 77 offers a recipe for resting easy—provided of course that you rest at all. Remem-ber, this is New Orleans.

FOR FASHIONISTAS

SUBLIME COMPORTAcomporta, portugal

A little over an hour southof Lisbon, the rustic seaside village of Comporta might seem an unlikely hub for style mavens and scenesters. After all, unlike the resort-clogged Algarve farther down the coast, the town is surrounded for miles by the rice

and grain farms of the humble Alentejo region, Portugal’s breadbasket. But that hasn’t stopped the likes of shoe designer Christian Louboutin from decamping here, earning “Cool Comporta” (as it’s nicknamed) comparisons to Ibiza or Montauk just before they hit big. Opened last May by pilot Gonçalo Pessoa and his wife, Patri-cia, the 14-room Sublime is the first property worthy of the town’s newfound hip cred, with petrified wood tables, bamboo furnishings by Italian design studio Gervasoni and heated concrete floors. Outside, in the shade of umbrella pines, guests can relax by the sleek infinity pool or the nearby fire pit.

FOR URBAN EXPLORERS

THE LUDLOWnew york city

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THE PRESS HOTEL portland, maine

Extra, extra! Portland, Maine—which has been stealthily ascending the ranks of America’s coolest Portlands—is finally welcoming its first boutique hotel, and it’s one that speaks to the coastal town’s locally minded, design-focused hipness. Housed in the storied 1923 headquarters of the Portland Press Herald newspaper, the 110-room Press Hotel calls to mind a retro-chic newsroom at every turn, from the vintage writing desks and herringbone rugs in the guest rooms to lobby art installations that incorporate antique typewriters and letterpress blocks. We can’t help but imagine Clark Kent stopping by for happy hour in the aptly named lobby cocktail bar, the Inkwell, where coasters are shaped, appropriately, like typewriter keys.

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