The Suite Collection
The Suite Collection
The house is not the subject here. The room is: individual suites, villas and residences that shape a stay.
What this is
Not a room directory. A selection.
Most journeys are chosen by hotel. Yet it is often a single room that decides how a week is remembered — the orientation of a window, a terrace, a second bedroom, a kitchen.
This collection approaches the matter from the other side. It begins with the accommodation and leads from there to the address, the region and the right season.
It is neither a ranking nor a booking guide, but a selection of rooms that convinced us — with a note on whom they suit, and whom they do not.
Six perspectives
Collections
Suites No. 01 — 4 suites
Suites With A View
Rooms where the window sets the rhythm of the day.
Suites No. 02 — 4 suites
Villas Worth The Journey
Standalone properties that justify the distance.
Suites No. 03 — 3 suites
City Suites We Love
Retreats above the traffic — the city, when you want it.
Suites No. 04 — 5 suites
Suites For Special Occasions
For the journeys you later remember by date.
Suites No. 05 — 4 suites
Family Retreats
Room for several generations, without changing the tone.
Suites No. 06 — 5 suites
The Editor's Favourite Suites
Six rooms that stayed with us longer than expected.
Every room
The suites at a glance
Alcova Tiepolo Suite
Aman Venice — San Polo, Venedig
A library beneath ceiling frescoes, with a window onto the Grand Canal.
Palazzo Vendramin
Belmond Hotel Cipriani — Giudecca, Venedig
A house of its own beside the hotel, looking across the basin to San Marco.
Ava Gardner Suite
Belmond Splendido — Portofino, Ligurien
A terrace above the bay of Portofino, level with the pines.
Mesa Pool Suite
Amangiri — Canyon Point, Utah
Concrete, desert and a private pool that changes colour at five.
Park Suite
Aman New York — Fifth Avenue, New York
A fireplace, a balcony and Central Park at the right height.
Suite au Quai
Cheval Blanc Paris — 1. Arrondissement, Paris
The Seine, zinc rooftops and a salon built towards the window.
Authors' Suite
Mandarin Oriental Bangkok — Chao-Phraya-Fluss, Bangkok
The older wing on the river, with teak, fans and a great deal of quiet.
Villa im Borgo
Rosewood Castiglion del Bosco — Val d'Orcia, Toskana
A stone retreat of your own in the Val d'Orcia, with a pool, a kitchen and cypresses.
Raja Mendaka
NIHI Sumba — Sumba, Indonesien
A timber hotel above the surf, worth two flights to reach.
Grand Water Villa
One&Only Reethi Rah — Nord-Malé-Atoll, Malediven
Built above the reef, with a private pool and steps into the water.
Lebombo Private Villa
Singita Lebombo Lodge — Krüger-Nationalpark, Südafrika
Glass, steel and bushveld — a property for one family, with its own guide.
Three-Bedroom Villa
The Brando — Tetiaroa, Französisch-Polynesien
A beach retreat on Tetiaroa, behind palms, facing the lagoon.
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Where to look next
An Invitation
Once a month: hotels, new openings and travel ideas
One hotel that convinced us. One new opening we are watching. And one travel idea for the right season. Carefully selected and reduced to the essentials.