A Tuscan Affair
Hidden in the hills of Montevarchi, a centuries-old estate gets a hand-painted second act, courtesy of decorator Remy Renzullo and his partner
The Last Frontier
How a wilderness outpost built by legendary hunter Jack Bousfield—guide to Clark Gable and Ernest Hemingway—became Botswana’s most decadent tented hotel
The Somerset Cure
A former Daily Mail editor and his Texan wife have turned an 18th-century Gothic rectory into a wellness-focused country-house escape—complete with ice baths, blood analysis, and a gong
Meet Me at Metrópolis
For more than a century, Madrid’s gilded Beaux-Arts landmark was best admired from the pavement. Now the duo behind Amazónico has turned it into a 19-suite hotel and private club
Isle Take It!
A private oasis in the Venetian Lagoon can be yours for $6.2 million. But as more of the lagoon’s islands go up for sale, locals are fighting to keep their sinking city from becoming a water park for the ultra-rich
Water Works
On Kastellorizo, a tiny island at the easternmost edge of Greece, a seven-room hotel opens directly onto the Aegean
The Talk of London Town
Four years after leaving Soho House, its founder, Nick Jones, is back with St. Clement, an ambitious new hotel on the Thames
Room to Roam
Malcolm Forbes’s former Colorado retreat, a 16-room lodge set on 172,000 acres in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, offers high-alpine wilderness on the scale of a national park
Wild at Heart
At Wildland’s latest luxury lodge on the banks of Loch Hope, 100,000 acres of Highland wilderness meet rare antiques, single malts, and old-fashioned Scottish hospitality
Beach Culture, Italian-Style
From the historic Lido of Venice to Le Sirenuse Mare, a tour of Italy’s most awe-inspiring stabilimenti in time for Ferragosto
A Change of Spirit
Once a retreat for Salvador Dalí, Josephine Baker, and Jean-Paul Belmondo, liquor magnate Paul Ricard’s private island in the South of France has reopened as a luxury resort after a $115 million restoration
A Special Delivery
Tucked away in Caledon, Ontario—Canada’s answer to the Cotswolds—a historic 19th-century post office gets a second life as a tranquil woodland retreat and spa
When the Sky’s Not the Limit
The days of simply getting from point A to point B are so over. Today’s private-jet operators cater to passengers’ every whim, from Alice in Wonderland–themed birthday parties to vitamin water for pets
A Serenissima Escape
The French hotel group Airelles has opened its first hotel in Venice. The highlight? Villa Frollo, a stand-alone 17th-century palazzo within the property that can be rented as a private residence
Masters of the Wilderness
A luxury travel firm gives restless high achievers the vacations they crave: extreme adventures in exquisite lodges—and no strangers killing the vibe
Home Is Where the Art Is
On the banks of the Hudson in Tivoli, New York, Helen Marden runs a hotel filled with blue-chip art from the collection she built with her late husband, Brice Marden
Holy Spirits
Casa Agrícola da Levada, in northern Portugal, offers a tranquil escape among some of the country’s best vineyards—and an unexpected encounter with one of its strangest religious mysteries
Your Own Private England
The Newt, in Somerset, has unveiled Yarlington Lodge, a private-use country house with Jane Austen–inspired bedrooms, a village pub on the doorstep, and the run of one of Britain’s great estates
Hydra’s Secret Salon
On a car-free Greek island where donkeys still carry the luggage, a Czech-Austrian aristocrat has turned an 18th-century sea captain’s house into a recording studio—and the art world’s favorite post–Art Basel party
There’s Something About Malta
The island’s Mediterranean, North African, and British influences converge at Casa Bonavita, a restored 18th-century home turned boutique hotel in the quiet town of Attard
Encore for Le Bus
Serge Gainsbourg sang about it, Salvador Dalí arrived with a panther, and Mick Jagger celebrated his birthday there. Now Paris’s legendary nightclub Bus Palladium has a second act as a hotel
Monks, Pinot, and Thomas Jefferson
In Burgundy’s storied village of Pommard, a newly restored 12th-century château reopens as a hotel, reviving historic vineyards once praised by America’s third president
The Viscontis of Georgia
Fleeing the Years of Lead in the 1970s, a branch of the Italian aristocracy traded Milan for rural Georgia—where their family estate has since become one of the South’s most singular hotels
How to Win at the Paris Flea Market
At the world’s largest antiques market, a new breed of personal shopper helps deep-pocketed visitors navigate the stalls, haggle with vendors, and ship their treasures home