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The House Is the Holiday
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items When the place you stay becomes the reason for the trip. Distinctive vacation rentals and holiday homes chosen for their architecture, interiors and setting. From a mirrored desert house to a restored Italian trullo, these are places for slow morning...
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Design Worth the Journey
Behind the Garden Gate
Stay for the View
Mountains & Woods
Design Worth the Journey
Architectural holiday homes chosen for their distinctive forms, materials and use of light. Places where exploring the house is part of the holiday.
A Comporta home with architecture by MIMA and interiors by Lotta Agaton Design Studio. The private pool, open living spaces and covered outdoor dining make it one to save for days spent mostly at home.
Casa Cima | Comporta, Portugal
A mirrored house in Joshua Tree, with glass walls, desert views and a long indoor pool. A stay to save when the architecture is the reason for the trip.
Invisible House | Joshua Tree, California
A bamboo villa with curved ceilings, a private pool and a tropical garden. For warm mornings, slow swims and a stay where the structure itself becomes part of the experience.
Bamboo House EcoBreeze | Sidemen, Bali, Indonesia
Behind the Garden Gate
Courtyards, olive groves and gardens that make staying in feel like a plan. Places for outdoor breakfasts, long lunches and time to yourself.
A restored Puglian trullo surrounded by olive trees and stone walls, with its own pool overlooking olive and almond groves. For long lunches, quiet afternoons and a house that feels rooted in its landscape.
Trullo Due Ulivi | Monopoli, Italy
A Mérida home with a private courtyard, a pool and a striking half moon doorway. For slow mornings, long lunches and a city break where the house is part of the destination.
Casa Lolo | Mérida, Mexico
A restored Kyoto machiya with tatami rooms, original architectural details and a Japanese garden. The cypress bath overlooking the garden makes this one to save for evenings that stay close to home.
Reikaku Kiyomizu Gojo | Kyoto, Japan
A restored Provençal farmhouse dating to 1778, with an inner courtyard and a private pool bordered by olive trees. For long lunches in the shade, quiet afternoons and a house that makes staying in feel like a plan.
Mas du Grand Bausset | Ménerbes, Provence, France
Stay for the View
Coastal and lakeside homes where the view becomes part of your daily rhythm. For slow mornings by the window and evenings spent watching the light change.
A former wine cellar carved into Oia’s caldera cliff, now a cave house with a private veranda overlooking the caldera. For slow mornings and a view worth staying home for.
Hector Cave House | Oia, Santorini, Greece
Designed by Edgar Allan Steinau, this Sea Ranch home pairs wood interiors and a stone fireplace with forest surroundings and ocean views. One to save for reading, cooking and watching the weather change.
The Rookery | Sea Ranch, California
A lakeside home designed by MA+HG Architects, with heated concrete floors, a covered outdoor dining space and a private dock. For swimming, reading by the water and watching the mountains change with the light.
Kawkawa Lakefront | Hope, British Columbia, Canada
An Icelandic home by Sigurður Hallgrímsson, with large glass windows, timber floors and a private outdoor hot tub. For cooking together, watching the weather and ending the day in warm water beneath an open sky.
Bakki Design Villa with Private Hot Tub & Outdoor Kitchen
A villa drawing on Ibizan and Menorcan architecture, with cushioned reading benches and terraces overlooking the sea and mountains. For shaded lunches on the porch, afternoon swims and evenings watching the light change over Port d’Andratx.
Can Milana, Mallorca, Spain
Mountains & Woods
Mountain chalets and forest hideaways with warm interiors and nature close by. For fireside evenings, quiet mornings and days that unfold at your own pace.
An Alpine chalet near Lake Bohinj and the Savica River, with a fireplace and a private sauna. For slow breakfasts, walks by the water and evenings spent warm inside while the mountains set the scene.
Chalet Pršivec by ALPIK | Bohinj, Slovenia
An A frame treehouse reached by a private footbridge, with warm timber interiors and a deck among the trees. For reading by the fire and listening to the river below. The outdoor hot tub and sauna are shared.
Riverside Treehouse at Uncommon Accommodations | Johnson, Vermont, USA
A Lake Ōhau home by Lisa Webb, with timber interiors, a fireplace and a Japanese soaking tub. For reading beside the fire, walks by the lake and watching the mountains from the warmth of the house.
Brown House 2, Lake Ōhau, New Zealand