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The honey-stone Georgian facade of Hadspen House on a clear summer afternoon, lawns running up to the front door.

Semaine du 8 juin

The Newt in Somerset

A working Somerset estate set around a Georgian house and a walled garden, with two hotels, a Roman villa and a cyder press — quietly run, slowly farmed, and hand-built down to the apple labels.

The castellated grey-stone façade of Swinton Park reflected across its lake at midday.

Semaine du 1 juin

Swinton Estate

A castellated North Yorkshire country house on a twenty-thousand-acre family estate — Samuel's Restaurant in the oval room, a country club and spa set in the woods, a cookery school upstairs, and the longer English weekend in the dales.

The Victorian façade of Palé Hall seen from the gardens, autumn leaves framing the view, a tall clock tower at the right.

Semaine du 25 mai

Palé Hall

A Victorian country house in the Dee Valley, looking toward Snowdonia — twenty-two rooms, a working wine cellar, and Luke Selby's kitchen at Henry Robertson.

A Georgian country house at sunrise from above, sunbeams cutting through the trees that surround it.

Semaine du 18 mai

Heckfield Place

A Georgian country house in Hampshire, restored slowly and farmed biodynamically, with two kitchens written by Skye Gyngell and a thatched-roof spa at the edge of the woods.

The Fife Arms seen from across the bridge in Braemar, the granite façade beneath low Highland cloud and the Cairngorm hills behind.

Semaine du 11 mai

The Fife Arms

A Victorian coaching inn in Braemar, restored by Manuela and Iwan Wirth and hung with serious art — Lucian Freud, Picasso, Bruegel, Zhang Enli — set inside the Cairngorms.

The Abadía Retuerta abbey at sunset, terracotta roofs and a stone bell-tower above autumn vineyards.

Semaine du 4 mai

Abadía Retuerta LeDomaine

A twelfth-century abbey returned to use as a thirty-room hotel above the Duero — Marc Segarra's Refectorio at its centre, the working bodega at its foot, the Santuario spa cut into the new wing.

The long flat-roofed Pepe Vieira pavilion at twilight, lit from within and set in tall grass at the edge of the Galician woods.

Semaine du 27 avril

Hotel Pepe Vieira

Fourteen woodland galpones above the Ría de Pontevedra, behind a two-Michelin-star kitchen written from the Atlantic edge — a Galician landscape hotel from chef Xosé T. Cannas.

The pale Aragonese stone of Torre del Marqués reflected in the manor's pool at the height of the afternoon.

Semaine du 20 avril

Torre del Marqués

A 1702 manor of the Marqueses de Santa Coloma, restored as a five-star hotel in the Matarraña — eighteen rooms in pale Aragonese stone, the Atalaya del Tastavins kitchen, four outdoor gastronomic corners across the estate, and a long Aragonese pause at the edge of the Beceite mountains.

An aerial view of Cap Rocat — the limestone cape running into the Mediterranean, the fortress buildings set back on the headland, deep blue water below.

Semaine du 13 avril

Cap Rocat

A nineteenth-century coastal fortress on the south side of the Bay of Palma, restored as a thirty-room hotel — battlements, sentry rooms cut into the cliff, two restaurants and a private cove.

Monaci delle Terre Nere on the eastern slopes of Mount Etna, lava-stone terraces dropping away under late light.

Semaine du 6 avril

Monaci delle Terre Nere

A Relais & Châteaux wine retreat on the eastern slopes of Mount Etna — sixty-two acres of vineyard, citrus and lava-stone terraces shaped by Augustinian monks four centuries ago, restored by hand since 2007 by Guido Coffa and his family.

The arched stone façade of Masseria Le Lamie at midday, a flagstone path crossing the courtyard between two ancient olive trees.

Semaine du 30 mars

Masseria Le Lamie

A nineteenth-century masseria above Villa Castelli, between Brindisi and the Itria Valley — vaulted stone rooms, a long pool ringed by olive trees, and a kitchen that draws from the orchard at the gate.

An aerial view of Il Borro at sunset — the rose-coloured villa and its formal Italian garden on a wooded ridge above the Valdarno valley.

Semaine du 23 mars

Il Borro

A medieval Tuscan hamlet between Florence and Arezzo, bought by Ferruccio Ferragamo in 1993 and restored over thirty years — sixty suites in the village and the Aie, three villas, an organic farm and winery across eleven hundred hectares.

The Castello di Reschio above its Umbrian hills at midday, stone walls rising over the olive groves.

Semaine du 16 mars

Castello di Reschio

A thousand-year-old castle in the Umbrian hills, restored over three decades by the Bolza family — thirty-six suites in the keep, two restaurants, a vaulted bathhouse, and a thirty-seven-hundred-acre estate at the Tuscan border.

An aerial view of Borgo Santo Pietro — cypress avenues, terracotta roofs and a thirteenth-century villa, the Tuscan hills rising beyond.

Semaine du 9 mars

Borgo Santo Pietro

A thirteenth-century borgo on three hundred Tuscan acres, with a working biodynamic farm, Ariel Hagen's Saporium at its centre, and a spa cut from the same stone as the village.

The auberge at Père Bise seen from the water, chalet roofs against the alps and a small dock at the lake's edge.

Semaine du 2 mars

Auberge du Père Bise

A Bise-family auberge on Lac d'Annecy since the early twentieth century, its kitchen now kept by Jean Sulpice — two stars at the water's edge.

A classic Parisian palace suite with tall windows and soft evening light

Semaine du 23 février

Ritz Paris

The address on the square — gilded, unhurried, kept to the standard of a house that has hosted Paris for more than a century.

A grand Parisian hotel room with garden-facing windows and soft morning light

Semaine du 16 février

Le Meurice

A palace facing the Tuileries, with rooms that open onto the length of the gardens and the roofline of the Louvre beyond.

A light-filled Parisian suite overlooking a private garden courtyard

Semaine du 9 février

Le Bristol Paris

A palace with a garden at its heart — a rare stillness on the Faubourg Saint-Honoré, and the rooftop pool with its view over the Sacré-Cœur.

A Parisian river-facing suite at last light

Semaine du 2 février

Cheval Blanc Paris

A riverside house behind the quiet stone of La Samaritaine, with rooms that hold the Seine and the Pont Neuf in the same frame.

The Villa La Coste hotel building seen from the gardens, limestone façades and a tall cypress hedge against the Provence hills.

Semaine du 26 janvier

Villa La Coste

A five-star villa hotel inside Château La Coste — thirty-one suites between the vines, a contemporary art walk through the estate, and Florent Pietravalle's kitchen at Louison.

The main house at Les Prés d'Eugénie seen from the gardens, palms and parterres at midday.

Semaine du 19 janvier

Les Prés d'Eugénie

Michel Guérard's country house in the Landes — a three-star kitchen, a thermal cure and a garden, held together by the same hand for half a century.

A long timber-and-stone cottage on the edge of a marsh, tall grasses and meadow flowers in the foreground.

Semaine du 12 janvier

Les Sources de Cheverny

A small hamlet of cottages and a manor in the Loire forest, two kitchens by Pierre Frindel and the châteaux at bicycle distance.

The honey-coloured stone of Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey, fourteenth-century walls rising above its Sauternes vineyard.

Semaine du 5 janvier

Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey

A walled fourteenth-century château in the heart of Sauternes — Premier Cru vineyard, two Michelin stars under Jérôme Schilling, and the maison Lalique at every turn. A Relais & Châteaux address.

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