At RunawayNow, we love to embrace the perfect eco-friendly combination of sensibility and sustainability. Ilaria Venturini Fendi (yes, of the famous Fendis) is collaborating with The Ethical Fashion Programme of the United Nations Agency, the ITC and Milan’s greatest taste arbiteurs at 10, Corso Como in Milan to create handbags that are made 100% in [...]

Photos Courtesy of La Sultana
Exhausted. Need to get away. Need to be pampered. Need delicious food. Need to just sink into a bliss of having everything PERFECT.
Now that the commute to Morocco has got so much better again (from the UK, British Airways have reintroduced the London-to-Marrakech route, meaning –Hallelujah — no more Royal Air [...]

Plunge into the mysterious world of Marrakesh. To do this you want to be staying deep in the ancient Medina, where navigating home from dinner in Djemaa el Fna, the city square with its snake charmers and story tellers and stalls selling snail soup, is a challenge.
To me, Marrakesh is about secrets, which is [...]

Mohammed Bouskri has been guiding people through the maze that is the walled Medina old town of Marrakech for thirty years. Over that time Presidents Nixon, Carter, Bush Sr. and Reagan have availed themselves of his brilliance as have Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise and Sean Connery.
He’ll meet you at your riad (courtyard hotel) although he’d [...]

Words by Kirk Owers
Set against the Indian Ocean and the spectacular Tabletop Mountain, Capetwon has long been spruiked as Africa’s most beautiful and happening city. Generally people don’t look to the African continent for a city experience but this is slowly changing. After a post-apartheid economic boost, Cape Town is steadily acquiring the cool tickets [...]

Words Adam Blakey
Photo Dustin Humphrey
Beautiful? Without doubt. Powerful? Absolutely. Ned Kelly? Not even close. This image, captured in Alexandria, showcases the extraordinary talent of Paperplane’s contributing portrait artist Dustin Humphrey. Dustin originally went to Egypt as part of a surf exploration venture but came home with a swag of material that literally defies the [...]

Within the past ten years, since apartheid ended in South Africa, the country has emerged as an attractive destination for tourists. With its beautiful beaches, world-class wine regions, natural beauty, and cosmopolitan lifestyle Capetown has become the country’s most popular destination. Its currency, the Rand, is relatively weak so the opportunity to indulge in luxury [...]

TO DIE FOR
Food Court Marrakech Style
Courtesy Paperplane Magazine
Words Adam Blakey, Photo Dhump/sippingjetstreams.com
Setting up food stalls in an area of town known as the “Assembly of the Dead”? may not seem the smartest move for anyone hoping to attract hungry tourists, but in Morocco visitors flood the Djemaa el Fna every night eager to bury their [...]