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 house, 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 houses 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 house of your own in the Val d'Orcia, with a pool, a kitchen and cypresses.
Raja Mendaka
NIHI Sumba — Sumba, Indonesien
A timber house 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 house for one family, with its own guide.
Three-Bedroom Villa
The Brando — Tetiaroa, Französisch-Polynesien
A beach house 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, with our advice on suite and season. The openings that actually matter. And a destination at its best right now. No offers, no advertising.