A watermelon, a vendor who had no interest in my Moroccan darija, and forty-five seconds that told me more about where I was than anything else I did that day. On why the local market is the most honest room in any city, and the first place I go. The hotel concierge will send you somewhere safe. The market will send you somewhere true.

We proudly introduce Liberty Barrons, our new Senior Luxury Travel Curator. She has solo backpacked from Colombia to Antarctica, sent clients to frozen lakes in Swedish Lapland, and has very considered opinions about the hotel you found on Instagram.