Anthony Dennis
Anthony Dennis is weekend editor of Traveller in The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.
Opinion
FIFA Women's World Cup
This World Cup’s been a huge success, but for one Olympic-sized fail
The Sydney Olympics set the standard for promoting Australia to the world. This Women’s World Cup is a reminder of how to get it all wrong.
- by Anthony Dennis
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Scandinavia: Europe made easy
Scandinavia is Europe made easy – everyone everywhere generously switches to perfect English and crime is so low, it makes Nordic noir seem like works of gross invention.
- by Anthony Dennis
★★★★★
Hotel reviews
The verdict on notorious Melbourne prison’s luxe hotel conversion
Pentridge has been converted from a place you don’t want to be to a place you don’t want to leave.
- by Anthony Dennis
Record-smashing pedestrian and cycling tunnel is a real bore
The bicycle-loving burghers of Bergen set another boring record when they opened Fyllingsdalstunnelen, the world’s longest dedicated bicycle and pedestrian tunnel.
- by Anthony Dennis
★★★★★
Hotel reviews
Perfect score for this cool hotel in a hot destination
Doha’s searing heat tends to deter travellers over summer, but there’s more than enough to do in the cool of this magnificent Mandarin Oriental outpost.
- by Anthony Dennis
The French couple behind a luxurious new NSW escape
The site of a former dairy farm offered all the elements for this French couple’s accommodation dream: wildlife, natural bush, good wines, luxury comforts and star-gazing.
- by Anthony Dennis
★★★★
Hotel reviews
Good-value hotel is in the heart of Gangnam Style-land
With South Korea’s increasingly dynamic capital now challenging Tokyo as a must-visit North Asian city, this hotel offers a wholly agreeable stay.
- by Anthony Dennis
Inside the untouched, ancient world of Japan’s Arashiyama
Japan’s getaway for nobles and hot-springs wonders, Seoul’s vibrant heart, and more: North Asia’s travel hits from Good Weekend’s 2023 Dream Destinations issue.
- by Anna-Lisa Backlund, Ute Junker, Ben Groundwater, Katrina Strickland, Brian Johnston and Anthony Dennis
★★★★½
Hotel reviews
Renovation makes this gastronomic getaway even more compelling
If you’re into food and drink (and if you’re not, best to turn the car around), you’ve arrived at a prandial paradise.
- by Anthony Dennis
New luxury Singapore hotel blurs line between indoors and outdoors
The Pan Pacific Orchard is the latest impressive addition to the vegetation nation’s sustainable, greenery-enveloped towers.
- by Julietta Jameson and Anthony Dennis
★★★★★
Hotel reviews
No harbour views, but new $300 million Sydney hotel gets perfect score
Capella’s world-class interior design and amenities throughout more than compensate for the general absence of views.
- by Anthony Dennis