The Atlas · Design travel by Martyn White
Where to next?
Hotels, restaurants and landmarks, chosen for their design and filed by the city they belong to.
101stories · 37countries & territories · 65citiesPictured: Qasr Al Sarab, Empty Quarter
Plan by what you’re after
Stay, eat, see
City guides
Where the Atlas goes deepest
25.2048° N · 55.2708° E · DubaiUnited Arab Emirates
20 stories7 Stay3 Eat & Drink8 See2 Clubs & Wellness
51.5072° N · 0.1276° W · LondonUnited Kingdom19 stories4 Stay9 Eat & Drink4 See2 Clubs & Wellness
24.4539° N · 54.3773° E · Abu DhabiUnited Arab Emirates10 stories3 Stay7 See
40.7128° N · 74.0060° W · New YorkUnited States5 stories5 Stay
48.8566° N · 2.3522° E · ParisFrance4 stories1 Stay2 Eat & Drink1 See
22.2793° N · 114.1628° E · Hong KongHong Kong3 stories1 Stay2 Eat & Drink
Collections
Journeys, curated
Stories from across the Atlas, gathered by an idea rather than a map.
Collection · 3 stories · London
Restaurants that are really galleries
Collection · 3 stories · Abu Dhabi · Dubai · Palm Springs
Desert, done properly
Collection · 3 stories · Santorini · Kos
Islands of the Aegean
The map
Every place, drawn to scale
Pins grow with the number of stories. Filter by what you’re after, then choose a city.
Zoom
Real coastlines (Natural Earth). Zoom into a region to separate close cities; where pins are still very close, they are nudged apart slightly so each one can be clicked.
On the horizon · Abu Dhabi
Ten wind towers over a courtyard: Guggenheim Abu Dhabi opens on 11 December 2026
61Days to opening
11.12Opening day, 2026
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Every destination
The index
5 regions · 37 countries & territories · 65 cities
Europe20
United Kingdom25London, Bath, Hampshire, Lake District, Manchester, Norfolk, Stoke-on-Trent, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Elgin
Bulgaria1Sofia
Czech Republic1Prague
Malta1Senglea
Montenegro1Herceg Novi
Poland1Kraków
Sweden1Jukkasjärvi, Stockholm
Switzerland1Martigny, Basel
The Netherlands1Amsterdam
Turkey1Istanbul
AustriaVienna
DenmarkCopenhagen
IrelandDublin
Monaco
Norway
SpainAlicante, Barcelona
UkraineKyiv
Africa1
Morocco2Marrakech
At sea · 1 story
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