Le journal

Récits de la collection

Les villas que nous réserverions nous-mêmes, les régions où nous retournons, et comment une maison mérite vraiment sa place ici.

Pets welcome

Villas where the dog comes too

Most villas quietly say no. A handful say yes properly: pool, garden, and a lead-free rest at the end of a long drive. Two that get it right.

27 juillet 2026 · 4 min de lecture Lire le récit

Portugal

Two Algarves: the coast and the hills

Everyone pictures the same Algarve: cliffs, beach clubs, golf. Twenty minutes inland is a quieter version most visitors never see. Here's how to book either one.

25 juillet 2026 · 5 min

The edit

Five villas we'd book ourselves this summer

Not the most expensive, not the most photographed: the five homes our team keeps quietly coming back to, and exactly who each one is for.

17 juillet 2026 · 6 min

The difference

What it takes to make the cut

We don't list every villa we can. We list the best. Here's the bar a home has to clear before it earns a place in the collection.

14 juillet 2026 · 4 min

Italy

A slow week in Chianti

No itinerary, no rush. A seven-day rhythm built around a hilltop pool, one long lunch a day, and a single trip into Siena: the week Chianti actually rewards.

10 juillet 2026 · 6 min