Travel + Leisure India & South Asia

Travel + Leisure South Asia, a stylish and authoritative guide for today’s global traveler, offers stunning photography, incisive commentary, vivid narratives and practical travel information with a strong emphasis on Asia. From the best spa’s to the tastiest street food, from the most luxurious resorts to the hottest rooftop bars, from the latest restaurants to the region’s top designers, from the quietest beaches to the busiest shopping streets – Travel + Leisure South Asia delivers, month after month.

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Travel + Leisure India & South Asia

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Step into Unforgettable • Ten destinations. One seamless journey across Asia Pacific — where every arrival is just the beginning.

10 Ultra-Luxe Experiences for Your Next Asian Adventure • A Prada dining room in Shanghai, a bespoke tailoring session in Singapore, a crab tasting menu in Tokyo’s Ginza, a luxury train through Vietnam, a wilderness camp on the edge of Nepal’s Karnali River. Asia’s most extraordinary experiences, handpicked.

FINDING STILLNESS IN THE SEA • From the nostalgic spice of meals to the thrill of swimming with nurse sharks and the cinematic stillness of a pool suite, Neelangana Vasudeva traces what happens when you’re simply present in the Maldives

JOURNEY THROUGH FLAVOUR • Across its resorts, Sterling is transforming regional cuisines into immersive dining experiences, bringing travellers closer to the stories, traditions and flavours that define each destination.

Urban Luxury Redefined • Park Hyatt Hyderabad combines expansive accommodation, award-winning dining, wellness experiences and versatile event spaces in the heart of Banjara Hills.

SACRED WATERS, SILENT FORESTS • Trade Rishikesh’s bustling ghats for an ancient pilgrim trail where pristine wilderness, rare birdlife, and the Ganga unfold in near-total solitude.

BEAUTY WITHOUT BORDERS • From Taiwan drugstores to Istanbul’s busy souks, the travel-bought beauty products that earned a permanent place in our routines.

DEEP ROOTS, BIGGER DREAMS

NATURE’S SHIELD, HANDCRAFTED • Forget the umbrella. In the wettest place on Earth, they figured out something better a long time ago, and never felt the need to upgrade.

Packed With Flavour • The best souvenirs from Meghalaya don’t sit on shelves. Four chefs share with Rishika Singh the ingredients that earned a permanent place in their kitchens.

Music Between Mountains • The festivals may have put Shillong on the map, but the music was already there. Rishika Singh follows the sound through cafés, buses, backrooms, and weeknight gigs.

Luxury of Belonging • As the state prepares for more visitors, local hosts, guides, and conservationists are shaping a gentler model of travel—one built on access, care, and community.

SPIRIT & STORIES OF STONE • Across Tamil Nadu’s temple towns, ancient monuments, artisan traditions and living rituals keep the legacy of a great empire alive.

A Stake in the Wild • In Cambodia’s Cardamom Mountains, wildlife lover Chandreyi Bandyopadhyay encounters a community determined to save itself by saving nature.

Stitch in Time • Nainaa R Rajpaal enters the rich world of Suzani embroidery, which began in ancient Uzbek bazaars and is experiencing a revival today.

End of the Earth • In summer, Japan’s northern frontier trades snowdrifts for green highlands and near-empty highways. On the road through Hokkaido, one family found both distance and closeness.

Rooted in Many Indias • In the opening scene of Sandeep aur Pinky Faraar, a group of entitled young men drive through Delhi NCR late at night, nonchalantly dissing a woman’s character. One of the friends is mocked for wearing pink before retaliating that he was ‘man enough’ to pull it off. Suddenly, the...