Where you'll sleep
A hotel is not a category — it's a neighborhood, a view, a breakfast terrace and a concierge who knows your name by the second morning. These are houses I have walked through myself, and the ones I recommend most often to honeymooners, couples and groups of friends.
Booking through me costs you nothing extra, and it usually means a better room, a breakfast or credit included, and someone in your corner if anything needs fixing while you're away.
France
In Paris the address matters as much as the room. These are the houses I return to — one for gardens and quiet, one for grandeur beside the Tuileries, one for the view everyone hopes for.
Planning a trip to Paris
Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 8th
A true Parisian palace with a rare interior garden, so mornings feel countryside-calm a few steps from the best shopping in the city. Service is warm rather than formal, and the couture houses are on the doorstep.
Ideal for
Honeymoons and long, unhurried stays
Rue de Rivoli, facing the Tuileries
Eighteenth-century grandeur directly across from the Tuileries, with the Louvre and Place Vendôme within a short walk. Ask me about the garden-view rooms — they are the ones worth planning your dates around.
Ideal for
First-time Paris and art lovers
Avenue Montaigne, 8th
The geranium-red balconies of Avenue Montaigne, with Eiffel Tower views from the right rooms and a courtyard that turns into the loveliest lunch in Paris. Couture shopping begins outside the front door.
Ideal for
Celebrations and girls trips
Italy
Rome rewards staying central and sleeping quietly — two things that rarely come together. Each of these puts you inside the historic centre while giving you somewhere green or high above the noise to return to.
Planning a trip to Rome
Between Piazza del Popolo and the Spanish Steps
Its terraced secret garden is the reason to book — breakfast under the orange trees, aperitivo in the same courtyard at dusk, and the Villa Borghese just above you. Piazza del Popolo is thirty seconds from the door.
Ideal for
Couples who want a garden in the middle of Rome
Via Ludovisi, above Via Veneto
The rooftop is one of the great views in Rome, looking across the domes toward St Peter's. Rooms are calm and beautifully restrained, and you are walking distance from the Spanish Steps and Trevi Fountain.
Ideal for
Honeymoons and special-occasion dinners
Via di Monte d'Oro, near Piazza di Spagna
Around thirty rooms in a converted townhouse that feels more like a private home than a hotel — you'll be greeted by name by the second morning. The best choice in Rome if grand lobbies aren't your thing.
Ideal for
Travelers who prefer small and personal
Greece
On Santorini you are choosing a view and a village, not only a hotel. These three sit on the caldera in Oia and Imerovigli, where the sunset arrives at your own terrace instead of in a crowd.
Planning a trip to Santorini
Oia, on the caldera edge
Whitewashed cave suites stacked down the cliff in Oia, several with private plunge pools facing the sunset. Adults-only and famously romantic — this is the Santorini people picture before they arrive.
Ideal for
Honeymoons
Oia, a quieter stretch of the village
Converted wine caves turned into serene suites, with a pool terrace over the water and a walk into Oia that avoids the busiest lanes. Their dining is a genuine reason to stay in for a night.
Ideal for
Couples who want Oia without the crowds
Imerovigli
Cool, minimal and set in Imerovigli, the village with arguably the finest caldera view on the island and far fewer day visitors than Oia. Breakfast on your terrace is the memory you'll keep.
Ideal for
Design-minded travelers and girls trips
Views, floors and wings vary enormously inside the same hotel, and the best rooms go early in high season. Send me your dates and the occasion, and I'll come back with the houses that suit you and what's actually available.