Hugging The Curves of Spain’s Costa del Sol

For those passionate about driving and luxury travel,” says Forbes travel contributor Shelby Knick, “few destinations can rival the thrill of navigating the sun-drenched roads of southern Spain.” Knick’s posh road trip along the Costa del Sol started on Marbella’s Golden Mile—which is longer than its name and has several luxury hotels, including the legendary Marbella Club—and featured a pit stop (for more auto adventures) on the famed Ascari Circuit in nearby Ronda. “From the thrill of mountain driving to the simple pleasure of olive oil on warm bread,” she says, “this is luxury travel redefined for those who find joy on the open road.”

Forbes Travel Guide Unveils The Edge List for Extreme Travelers

This month, Forbes Travel Guide announced the Edge List, a new accolade that recognizes high-octane land and sea adventures in the farthest reaches of the world. Among the inaugural honorees is Le Commandant Charcot, the world’s first luxury icebreaker. This 245-passenger expedition vessel transports passengers to the geographic North Pole and deep Antarctic regions. With a 1-to-1 guest-to-crew ratio, the ship also includes a spa and the only Alain Ducasse restaurant at sea.

The Rise of Luxury Elopements

When Dolly Parton—whose husband of nearly 60 years died earlier this month—was asked what the secret to a long marriage was, she always had the perfect answer: “Stay gone!” Sure, traveling separately may work wonders to keep the romance alive over the years, but it’s not how newlyweds think. In fact, a rising number of couples are now avoiding the concept of large destination weddings and opting instead for luxury elopements. (Even the concept of eloping has evolved—today, it could mean having an intimate destination wedding.) Here’s what you need to know about luxury elopements before you say, “I do.”

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There’s no need to bring Shake Shack to-go onto your next Delta Air Lines flight. Beginning this month, Delta is now serving Shake Shake burgers as in-flight meals to first class passengers traveling out of Atlanta, Los Angeles, New York’s LaGuardia and Seattle. (Additional airports will be added in the near future.) The meal also features chips, a Caesar salad, and a dark chocolate brownie—and, yes, burgers can be customized with toppings on the side.

This Iconic Golf Resort Got A Makeover—And Every Golfer Needs To See It

As golfers know, it’s not (just) your swing that needs improvement, sometimes it’s the course itself. Following a multimillion-dollar restoration, PGA West’s trio of Pete Dye-designed courses in La Quinta, California, have been brought back to their original—and often devious—glory. The legendary Stadium, Mountain, and Dunes courses now have bigger and faster greens as well as more treacherous hazards. Consider Alcatraz (above), the iconic 17th hole with its island green where jagged rock edges, as Forbes travel writer David Hochman notes, now “jut out menacingly like the teeth of an apex predator.”



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