Peter Terzian

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Peter Terzian is the features editor of Travel + Leisure, where he has been on staff since 2017. He has been an editor at Elle Decor, Culture and Travel, and Out magazines, as well as Newsday, the Long Island newspaper. He has written for The Paris Review, Bookforum, The Los Angeles Times, and T Magazine, and is the editor of "Heavy Rotation: Twenty Writers on the Albums That Changed Their Lives," which was published by Harper Perennial in 2009.

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Latest from Peter Terzian

A pool on the grounds of an estate hotel in Umbria, Italy
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View of Florence, Italy from a window
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Scenes from the Berkshires: plates of food on the table at Cantina 229; view from a hotel room onto an autumn landscape
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Bed in Nijo suite at Hotel the Mitsui Kyoto
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Bed in deluxe room at Aman Tokyo
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Two people ride bikes past a hotel in Copenhagen
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Bedroom in suite at The Langham, Chicago
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Luxurious lobby area of The Westbury in Dublin
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Bedroom in Adare Manor
Travel + Leisure Readers' 5 Favorite Resorts in the U.K. and Ireland of 2023
Exterior of the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park Hotel in London
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Aerial panorama of Trondheim city, Norway in spring
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The Water of Leith river in Edinburgh, Scotland
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Scenes from the Catskills in autumn, including the view from an A Frame cabin at Eastwind, and kayakers on the Delaware River
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A guest room with a canopy bed at Ashford Castle
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Interior of a guest room at Coco Hotel
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Flowers & Lower Terrace at The Merrion Hotel in Dublin
Our Readers' Favorite Hotels in Dublin in 2022
Restaurant at Shangri-La The Shard, London
Our Readers' Favorite Hotels in London in 2022
Aerial view of spa at Inns of Aurora
Our Readers' Favorite Resorts in New York State in 2022
Penha Longa, Sintra, Portugal
Our Readers' Favorite 5 Resort Hotels in Spain and Portugal in 2021
Cotton House, Barcelona, Spain
Our Readers' Favorite 5 Barcelona Hotels in 2021
Interior space at Ballyfin
Our Readers' Favorite 10 Resort Hotels in the U.K. and Ireland in 2021
Pool with view of London at Shangri-La At The Shard
Our Readers' Favorite 10 London Hotels in 2021
The Reeds at Shelter Haven, Stone Harbor, New Jersey
Our Readers' Favorite 10 Resort Hotels in the Mid-Atlantic in 2021
Bar and restaurant at The Lake House on Canandaigua, voted one of the best resorts in New York State
Our Readers' Favorite 10 Resort Hotels in New York State in 2021