August 3, 2026

Kelly Hoppen’s Travel Secrets | Her Favourite Places, Hotels & Meals Around the World

Award-winning interior designer Kelly Hoppen CBE joins Tanya Rose to reveal the travel experiences that have shaped both her life and her extraordinary career. From spending every Christmas in South Africa as a child to designing some of the world’s most beautiful homes, hotels, yachts and private jets, Kelly explains why travel has been her greatest source of inspiration. In this episode, Kelly shares: why Kelly believes everyone should experience Asia at least once how childhood trips to South Africa shaped the designer she became the unforgettable hike to Bhutan’s Tiger’s Nest the hidden side of Beijing and Shanghai the best meal she’s ever eaten in Capri and her favourite hotels and restaurants her top travel tip for packing and planning every trip the final holiday she shared with her father in Sicily why a sunset in Mallorca is one of her most treasured travel memories Chapters  01:32 How travel shaped Kelly’s life and career 06:20 Secret #1: The one destination everyone should visit 10:18 Secret #2: Her most unexpected travel experience 13:49 Secret #3: Most overrated (and underrated) destinations 19:36 Secret #4: Favourite food and restaurants around the world 24:18 Secret #5: Kelly’s best travel tip 31:02 Secret #6: Her most poignant travel memory 35:25 Designing cruise ships, yachts and hotels 37:16 What’s next for Kelly Hoppen? Places mentioned South Africa Asia China Hong Kong Beijing Shanghai Japan Bhutan Finland Antwerp The Cotswolds Capri Ravello Lake Como Sicily Mallorca Ibiza Puglia

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