The Hickory Shack & Charlie's Garage Craft Brewery sits at 98 St George's Street in Simon's Town, right on the main drag near the penguin colony and harbour. It's a casual Texas-style smokehouse BBQ spot with an on-site craft brewery run by Charlie Murray (of Charlie's Garage). The vibe is rustic, welcoming and low-key Southern—think slow-smoked meats over hickory and pecan wood, house sauces, and fresh craft beers poured straight from the taps. No fancy fine-dining here: it's hearty, meat-focus.....

Famous for its rolling three-month residencies, XOYO turned a simple programming idea into one of London's most influential club formats after opening in Shoreditch in 2010. By handing a single artist a curated season of dates, it let DJs build immersive runs of nights and gave clubbers a reason to return week after week. The two-floor venue pairs a pulsing basement dancefloor with an upper level, creating distinct spaces under one roof. Its residency series has hosted a roll-call of leading n.....

A collectively run club with politics woven into its DNA, about blank stands apart from Berlin's commercial nightlife. Opened in 2010 on Markgrafendamm near Ostkreuz, it is operated as a non-hierarchical project that channels proceeds into leftist, anti-fascist and queer causes. Spread across two indoor floors and a much-loved garden, it offers one of the city's most charming open-air dancing experiences in summer. Its programming runs the gamut of house and techno, with a strong commitment to.....

With the successful move of Tocqueville, owners Marco Moreira and Jo-Ann Makovitzky set about re-inventing the restaurant's original space with the help of acclaimed architect Rechard Bloch. Reborn as 15 East, the restaurant serves contemporary Japanese cuisine and traditional sushi in an elegant, comfortable setting.

Opened in 1973 as the first bridge to span the Bosphorus, the 15 July Martyrs Bridge connects the European and Asian shores of Istanbul and stands as a symbol of the city that famously straddles two continents. Stretching more than a kilometre between Ortakoy on the European side and Beylerbeyi on the Asian, the elegant suspension bridge was designed by British engineers and built in just over three years, its completion timed to the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Turkish Republic. .....

Housed in a graceful eighteenth-century mansion at 8 Rue d'Anjou in the 8th arrondissement, Restaurant 1728 takes its name from the year the building was raised and weaves that heritage through every detail. The period architecture sets a tone of genuine refinement, with high ceilings, ornate mouldings and the accumulated patina of three centuries of Parisian history. The house once belonged to the Marquis de La Fayette, lending the address a romance that few dining rooms in the city can claim.....

One of only a handful of surviving outposts of the celebrated 1OAK brand, the Tokyo edition has become a flagship of the city's premium, celebrity-focused nightlife. Short for One of a Kind, the club carries the hip-hop-leaning, high-glamour formula that made the name famous in New York into the upmarket Azabu-Juban and Roppongi area. Its lavish room is built around bottle-service tables and VIP zones flanking a central dancefloor, crowned by a striking commissioned artwork above the booth. A .....

An import of the celebrity-favoured New York brand, 1OAK brought its exclusive, high-glamour formula to the JW Marriott Marquis on Sheikh Zayed Road. Short for One of a Kind, the name signalled the venue's ambition to stand apart as a premium nightspot pitched at a fashionable, well-heeled crowd. The interior carried the brand's signature opulence, all plush seating, dramatic lighting and an art-filled, maximalist aesthetic. Its music policy leaned on an open-format mix of hip-hop, R&B and com.....

High on a Midtown rooftop with the Empire State Building looming dramatically overhead, 230 Fifth is one of New York's largest and most famous rooftop bars. More glamorous lounge than nightclub, it draws huge crowds for after-work drinks, weekend parties and unbeatable views across the Manhattan skyline. Its sprawling open-air terrace offers panoramic vistas, with the floodlit Empire State Building as its signature backdrop. In colder months the rooftop transforms into a winter wonderland of h.....

Perched on the 94th floor of the tower at 875 North Michigan Avenue, the observation deck branded today as 360 CHICAGO ranks among the highest public viewpoints in the city. The skyscraper opened in 1969 as the John Hancock Center, and an observatory has occupied its upper floors almost from the beginning, carrying sightseers roughly 1,000 feet skyward in about 39 seconds aboard some of the fastest elevators in the country. A multi-million-dollar renovation in 2014 retired the old name, introduc.....