From the collection
The Editor's Selection
Six addresses we recommend most often — and the reasons why.
This selection is more personal than the others. These are addresses that keep coming up in conversation, because they have stayed reliable over years and because guests talk about them once they are home.
No ranking, no award. Closer to what you would tell a friend who asks where to go.
The addresses
Houses in this collection
San Polo, Venedig
Aman Venice
Twenty-four rooms in a 16th-century palazzo, arrival by water gate, a private garden in the middle of Venice.
- Suits:
- Returning Venice travellers and couples who value privacy over infrastructure
- Suggested length:
- Four nights
- Season:
- November to early December, late September
Krüger-Nationalpark, Südafrika
Singita Lebombo Lodge
Glass suites above the N'wanetsi river, game viewing across 130,000 hectares of private concession.
- Suits:
- First safaris and experienced bush travellers alike
- Suggested length:
- Four nights
- Season:
- May to September, the dry season
Tetiaroa, Französisch-Polynesien
The Brando
A largely self-sufficient private atoll — thirty-three villas, and otherwise bird islands.
- Suits:
- Couples and families, for the quiet part of a longer journey
- Suggested length:
- Five to seven nights
- Season:
- May to October
Val d'Orcia, Toskana
Rosewood Castiglion del Bosco
A medieval borgo on 1,100 hectares of the Val d'Orcia, with its own Brunello and suites in the old farmhouses.
- Suits:
- Families and couples who want one place for a whole week
- Suggested length:
- Five to seven nights
- Season:
- May to June, September to October for the harvest
1. Arrondissement, Paris
Cheval Blanc Paris
Seventy-two rooms inside the Samaritaine, nearly all facing the Seine, with a pool beneath the house.
- Suits:
- Paris regulars who want the city and a retreat under one roof
- Suggested length:
- Three nights
- Season:
- May to June, September to October
Sumba, Indonesien
NIHI Sumba
Horses on the sand, a well-known wave and an island barely developed for tourism.
- Suits:
- Active travellers and families with older children
- Suggested length:
- Seven nights, arriving via Bali
- Season:
- April to October
Our perspective
What connects them is consistency rather than facilities: the same quality in February as in August, the same attention on a second booking as on a first.
If you are torn between two journeys, one of these is rarely the wrong decision.
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