Èze, France
Cap Estel
A private peninsula estate at Èze-Bord-de-Mer with two hectares of gardens, a seawater infinity pool and only a few dozen keys.
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The Directory
Every property researched and profiled by the Browntravels editorial team. Sponsored placements are always clearly labelled.
Phuket, Thailand
A private-bay villa estate on Phuket's quiet north-west coast whose name means 'the garden in the third heaven', crowned by tasting-menu dining at PRU.
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Conca dei Marini, Italy
A seventeenth-century monastery suspended above the Gulf of Salerno, reborn as an intimate twenty-room retreat with a legendary infinity pool.
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Porto Cervo, Italy
Jacques Couëlle's 1963 fantasy village on the Costa Smeralda, still the social summit of Mediterranean summer by its famous saltwater pool.
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Hangzhou, China
A Jiangnan-style water garden of pavilions, lagoons and willow walks beside West Lake, built new but faithful to the region's classical grammar.
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Imerovigli, Greece
An intimate white-on-white retreat at Imerovigli, the highest point of Santorini's caldera rim, built around one of the island's most photographed pools.
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates
A low-rise, Moorish-inspired beach estate at the tip of the Palm that trades Dubai's usual scale for gardens, quiet and skyline views across the water.
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Halkidiki, Greece
Europe's most decorated family resort — a private 1,000-acre ecological reserve on Halkidiki's Kassandra peninsula with five hotels, seven kilometres of white-sand beach and childcare that sets the world standard.
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Oslo, Norway
A 1930s Art Deco power company headquarters in Frogner reborn in 2022 with restored public baths, a rooftop pool and neighbourhood soul.
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Muscat, Oman
A serene study in Omani-Zen minimalism, where black reflecting pools, white arches and lantern-lit gardens meet a long private beach outside Muscat.
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