Fridae

When you visit a city as vibrant, creative and photogenic as Barcelona, you’d want your accommodation digs to be the same. Fridae checks out the flagship property of Generator Hostels, Europe’s fastest growing hostel brand.

Set on the edge of an isolated white-sand beach overlooking Vinh Hy Bay, about a one hour flight north-east of Ho Chi Minh City, Amano'i – a portmanteau of Sanskrit and Vietnamese for 'peaceful place' – more than lives up to its moniker.

The Mandarin Oriental is located on the banks of the Huangpu River in the new Harbour City district, a mixed-used development on the site of the city's old docklands.

Fukuoka-based architect Koichi Futatsumata and chef Daishi Yuen have set up a restaurant that not only visually complements the magnificent natural surroundings of Teshima island, but also highlights the local fare.

This hotel is conveniently located in Wan Chai, formerly a prosperous fishing village and now one of Hong Kong's busiest business and entertainment neighbourhoods.

Large, stacked concrete 'pipes' not only provide a striking update to the Art Deco façade but also create a series of cosy spaces within.

Shanghai architect-designers Neri & Hu have meticulously renovated a three-storey, colonial-style former police station, preserving the original red brickwork and salvaged signage, to house Design Republic Commune, a new creative hub in the central Jing'an district.

Just 30 minutes away from Singapore by ferry, Montigo Resorts' slick pool villas on the northeastern shore of the Indonesian island of Batam have a panoramic view of Singapore's skyline. Fridae checks it out.

Named after the first spacecraft to land on the moon in 1959, this Modernist-style 'studiotel' on the west coast of Bali is fittingly cosmic.

It's a city with ample green spaces, but even in Singapore you probably wouldn't expect a building to sprout so much greenery from its façade.