Where to Stay
Every hotel in the VV Vetted section below has been stayed in by Albert or Nouri. We book our own rooms, pay our own bills, and do not accept complimentary stays in exchange for coverage.
Hotels marked as On Our Radar are properties we are watching closely before a visit — new openings, significant renovations, or places generating serious word-of-mouth from people whose taste we trust. Not yet personally vetted.
VV Vetted — Personally Visited
Every bill paid. Every stay booked ourselves.
InterContinental Danang Sun Peninsula
VIETNAM · FROM ~$500Bill Bensley's masterpiece on Vietnam's Son Tra Peninsula. Four tiers — Heaven, Sky, Earth, Sea — connected by a private funicular down to a 700-metre beach.
Hotel Nolinski Venezia
VENICE · FROM ~€500The bottles. The Christofle. The top floor.
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Mondrian Ibiza
IBIZA · FROM ~€500A privately owned resort with good bones that Mondrian acquired and rebranded. The name is doing most of the work. The finishings are not.
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Cap Juluca, A Belmond Hotel
ANGUILLA · FROM ~$1,200Greco-Moorish architecture on Maundays Bay since 1988. Acquired by Belmond in 2017, restored with a $121 million renovation. The calmest water in the Caribbean.
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The Rome Edition
ROME · FROM ~€350Staff briefings most Editions skip.
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The Twentytwo
LONDON · FROM £450Twenty-two rooms. The smallness is the point.
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The London Edition
LONDON · FROM £350In the Soho area — close to the action and the charm of Marylebone. The secret bar nobody has found yet.
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Carlton Cannes, A Regent Hotel
CANNES · FROM ~€600Belle Époque palace on La Croisette since 1911. Grace Kelly met Prince Rainier here in 1955. Reopened 2023 after a full renovation. The most famous terrace on the French Riviera.
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Le Mas Candille
MOUGINS · FROM ~€450An 18th-century Provençal farmhouse in the hills above Cannes, redesigned by Hugo Toro as the first Clarins hotel. Eight acres of olive groves, the village of Mougins outside the gate.
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Hotel Costes
PARIS · FROM ~€500Since 1995 on the Rue Saint-Honoré. The courtyard restaurant is the most reliably Parisian room in Paris. Book Le Castiglione rooms only — the originals are small.
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New openings generating serious buzz. Not yet personally visited.
Airelles Palladio Venezia
GIUDECCA ISLAND · FROM ~€1,400First Airelles outside France. Vongerichten, Grolet, Nobu. Largest spa in Venice. Opened April 2026.
Orient Express Venezia
CANNAREGIO · FROM ~€1,200Palazzo Donà Giovannelli. First time as a hotel in six centuries. Aline Asmar d'Amman. Opened March 2026.
Cambridge House — Auberge
94 PICCADILLY · FROM ~£500Jean-Louis Deniot design. 102 rooms. Two pools. Most anticipated London opening of the decade.
L'Aventure by Costes
PARIS · OPENING 2026The new opening from the Costes group. Early reports suggest a different register from the original — more intimate, more considered.
Palazzo Talia
CAMPO DE' FIORI · FROM ~€350Luca Guadagnino's debut hotel. Everyone in hospitality is paying attention to what he does next.
Le Grand Mazarin
MARAIS · FROM ~€280The Marais address, the right size, the right price. Everyone who stayed there this season is talking about it.