Yonderbound

Paid vacation is precious, and you can’t always take time off to travel the world. There are the weekends, but..

A whole lot of YES.

A guide to restaurants, shops, hotels and culture in Montreal, with expert advice from fashion designer Marie Saint Pierre, ringmaster Daniel Lamarre, musician Martha Wainwright and author Josip Novakovich.

Lagos is a perfect destination for your next vacation, due to its variety of beautiful beaches and rock formations, numerous restaurants and bars, and vivid summer nightlife.

If there were ever a place that could get by on its looks, it would be this Greek isle. Whitewashed cave houses framed by bougainvillea and backed by blue-domed churches spill down the rim of an ancient volcanic crater; at sunset, the Sea of Crete is bathed in a rosy glow. Santorini’s appeal also lies in its wealth of diversions: extraordinary wines, black- sand beaches, and archaeological sites like the Akrotíri settlement, often referred to as the “Minoan Pompeii.” Make your base Perivolas, in the village of Oia. Set within the alcoves of 300-year-old caves, the hotel’s 20 rooms have vaulted ceilings and cliff-side terraces. For a romantic dinner, the open-air balcony at Assyrtico Wine Restaurant, in a renovated 1960s mansion in Firá, overlooks the volcanic islands of Nea Kameni and Palea Kameni. Order the flaky pastry-wrapped saganaki (traditional fried cheese) with fig jam and wine from the local Argyros estate, then make your way back to Oia for a stroll along its nine-mile walkway.

Each of these four properties is a private home owned by “hoteliers” that double as designers, art dealers, and even winemakers.