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The world is not equally interesting in every month. Here is when every place is at its best — and why that matters more than where you go.
Edition 01Sports
When
Late May
Where
Monte Carlo, Monaco
The most glamorous weekend in Formula One. Superyachts in Port Hercule, the Rascasse corner from the terrace at Café de Paris, Amber Lounge after dark. One week when the principality closes to become a racetrack and the world's wealthiest arrive by sea.
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Edition 02Culture
When
Mid May
Where
Cannes, French Riviera
Twelve days of premieres, parties, and yacht rentals at rates that never recover. The Croisette becomes impassable, the hotels Martinez and Carlton become impossible, and the side streets fill with the world's most interesting people pretending not to notice.
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Edition 03Fashion
When
Late February & Late September
Where
Paris, France
Two weeks, twice a year, when the city's restaurants fill with editors and the cars outside Chanel form a line. The shows are invitation-only. The after-parties are where the real season happens — Costes, Castel, the flat in the 7th arrondissement that nobody will name.
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Edition 04Sports
When
Late June — Early July
Where
London, England
Two weeks of strawberries, cream, and the most demanding dress code in sport. Centre Court debentures trade for five figures. The Royal Box is genuinely royal. The queue at 5am for ground passes remains, somehow, the most democratic part of English summer.
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Edition 05Nature
When
Late March — Mid April
Where
Japan
Two weeks when Japan becomes the most beautiful country on earth and also the most impossible to book. Kyoto's Philosopher's Path, the Chidorigafuchi moat in Tokyo, the gardens at Himeji Castle. Hanami picnics under trees that have been cultivated for a thousand years.
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Edition 06Music
When
Late May — Early October
Where
Balearic Islands, Spain
Five months when the island becomes the center of global nightlife and the world's largest floating city moors off Formentera. Pacha reopens, Ushuaïa hosts its residencies, and the closing parties in October become the most coveted reservation of the year.
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Edition 07Sports
When
Mid December — Mid March
Where
Colorado, United States
Three months when a mining town becomes the most expensive real estate in America. The X Games in January, the Food & Wine Classic in June's foreshadow, and Kemo Sabe hats on every street corner. The Little Nell is always booked. The lift lines reveal more than the slopes.
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Edition 08Maritime
When
June — Early September
Where
Amalfi Coast, Italy
Twelve weeks when the coast is inaccessible by road and essential by sea. Da Adolfo in Praiano, lunch at Lo Scoglio in Nerano, an anchorage off Li Galli. The Amalfi by boat is a different country from the Amalfi by car. One requires a captain. The other, patience.
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Edition 09Social
When
Third Week of June
Where
Berkshire, England
Five days of racing, the most rigorous dress code in the world, and the Royal Enclosure — which requires a sponsor, a morning coat, and patience for the rules of a society that has survived three centuries by not relaxing them. The hats at Ladies' Day remain worth the trip.
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Edition 10Culture
When
Last Week of August
Where
Black Rock Desert, Nevada
One week when 80,000 people build a city in the desert and then burn it. The camps vary from raw survivalism to fully catered compounds with private chefs and air conditioning. The principles are radical inclusion, gifting, and decommodification. The private jets at the airstrip remain, as always.
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Edition 11Culture
When
First Week of December
Where
Miami Beach, Florida
Five days when Miami becomes the center of the global art market and every major gallery, collector, and hotel is booked for the week. The fair itself is at the Convention Center. The real work — the dinners, the acquisitions, the relationships — happens in the suites at the Faena and Setai.
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Edition 12Sports
When
Early December
Where
Yas Marina, UAE
The season's finale and, increasingly, its most sophisticated weekend. The after-race concerts at du Arena have featured Beyoncé, Eminem, and Kanye. The hotels on Yas Island sell out by October. The real accommodation is the megayacht moored at the circuit's edge.
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Edition 13Fashion
When
Mid February & Mid September
Where
Milan, Italy
One week when the city that already takes itself seriously takes itself more seriously. Prada's show at the Fondazione, Giorgio Armani closing out the calendar, and the aperitivo at Bar Basso that every editor pretends to have discovered.
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Edition 14Sports
When
Mid December — Mid March
Where
Bernese Oberland, Switzerland
Three months when a cattle village becomes the most discreet luxury address in Europe. No traffic lights, no chain stores, no photography in the restaurants. The Palace Hotel's New Year's Gala is invitation-only for families that have been coming for four generations.
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