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Ways of traveling, not a catalogue. Each collection is a short list of stays we know well, chosen with care.
The collections
18 ways of traveling
Short lists of stays we know well, not a catalogue of every property on earth.
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Alpine Escapes
High houses for a winter week: the Dolomites, Courchevel, Jackson Hole, and heli-skiing in Alaska’s Tordrillo Mountains, each chosen for its mountain rather than a ski brochure.
11 stays
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Aqua Expeditions
Aqua Expeditions' five small ships: Aqua Blu in East Indonesia, Aqua Lares in the Seychelles, Tanzania and the Arctic, Aqua Mekong in Cambodia and Vietnam, and Aqua Nera and Aria Amazon in the Peruvian Amazon.
4 stays
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City Houses
Eight cities and walled towns held at a distance: a palazzo on the Grand Canal, a hotel on Florence’s Piazza Santa Maria Novella, high floors above Tokyo’s palace gardens, the Crown Building in Manhattan, antique houses in a Shanghai camphor forest, the carved courtyards of Kathmandu, the ramparts of Galle Fort and a palm oasis beside the Marrakech Medina.
8 stays
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Fairways & Sea
Villas above the fairways and close to the sea: Monte Argentario in Tuscany, LAUCALA in Fiji and Amanera on the Dominican north coast, each pairing golf with a serious spa.
3 stays
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Honeymoons
The most romantic stays we know: water villas in the Maldives, honeymoon tents in the Maasai Mara, a hot spring pool below Arenal and a suite that looks onto the Duomo.
23 stays
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Houses for Generations
Whole houses for the whole family: a hilltop Residence in Fiji, an exclusive-use villa in the Maasai Mara, a 1930s lake house in Austria, staffed villas in Bali, a Tuscan estate of private villas, a staffed sea-view villa on Capri, pool villas of four and five bedrooms on Hvar, three-bedroom Reserves on a Vietnamese bay, a four-suite villa above Lake Wakatipu, a sole-use house between Lake Hāwea and Lake Wānaka, and a garden haveli in Rajasthan.
16 stays
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Island Sanctuaries
Private-island calm and water-first houses: Turks & Caicos, Canouan, the Dominican north coast, Phuket, Bali’s east coast, Vietnam’s Vinh Hy and Ninh Van bays, Sri Lanka’s south coast, Baja’s East Cape, the Anambas, Fiji and the Bay of Islands. Mustique is arranged privately, villa by villa.
16 stays
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Japan Rituals
Tokyo, Kyoto, and Ise-Shima: three Aman houses for a Japan week shaped by ritual rather than checklist.
3 stays
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Mediterranean Hills
Hillside houses in olive country: above the Argolic Gulf and the Aegean at Bodrum, in the hills of Volterra and Chianti, on Monte Argentario, above the sea in Anacapri on Capri, and among the pines of Maslinica Bay on Hvar.
8 stays
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Overwater & Lagoon
Villas set over shallow water: stilted decks in the Maldives, bungalows above an Indonesian marine reserve, and a glass-floored casa on a private cay in Belize.
3 stays
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Private Islands
Islands held by a single house: a Pacific archipelago off Panama, a 3,015-acre Fijian island, two islands off Belize and Aman’s Pamalican, each reached by private airstrip or boat.
7 stays
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Sacred Journeys
Private journeys to the world’s sacred places, for every faith and for none: Himalayan shrines, Bhutan’s dzongs, Kyoto’s temples, Bali’s holy springs and retreats for stillness.
11 stays
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South America Wine Country
Vineyards at the foot of the Andes, beginning in Mendoza’s Uco Valley at The Vines Resort & Spa.
1 stay
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Sportfishing & Adventure
Blue water, clear rivers and the far edge of the map: marlin off Fiji, trout on the Ahuriri, bonefish on South Andros, salmon by helicopter in Alaska and roped days on the Antarctic ice.
17 stays
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Temple Paths
Houses at the edge of Asia’s great temple landscapes and old towns (Angkor, Borobudur, Luang Prabang, the temple hills of Hangzhou, Ubud, the dzongs of Bhutan, the Kathmandu Valley and old Lijiang) where the day starts early on stone and ends in shade.
9 stays
Collection
Weddings & Celebrations
Weddings, vow renewals, milestones, reunions and retreats at the houses we know best: a forest wedding in Phuket, a Tuscan hamlet, a lodge beneath the aurora, or an island with no other guests.
24 stays
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Wellness Retreats
Stays where wellbeing is the reason for the journey: Ayurveda in the Himalaya, onsen above Ago Bay, a desert spa in Utah, three spa floors in Manhattan and healing traditions from Bali to Phuket.
17 stays
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Wild Frontiers
Stays at the far edges of the map: Antarctica’s interior with White Desert, the Maasai Mara with Cottar’s, the Okavango and the Namib with andBeyond, the southern Kalahari at Tswalu, the Ngorongoro highlands at Gibb’s Farm, Ranthambore, the Utah desert, Alaska’s Tordrillo Mountains, the aurora skies of Canada’s Northwest Territories, Moyo Island, and New Zealand’s Ahuriri Valley at The Lindis.
23 stays
About the collections
How the collections work
A collection is a way of traveling rather than a list of hotels. Each one gathers a small number of houses that belong together (by landscape, by season, or by the rhythm of the days), so the choice begins with the kind of week you want, not with a search box. Every stay inside a collection is arranged privately, by inquiry, with a dedicated advisor from the first conversation through the flight home.
Alpine Escapes brings together Aman Rosa Alpina, Aman Le Mélézin, Amangani, Caldera House, Tordrillo Mountain Lodge, Raffl’s St. Antoner Hof, Raffl’s Tyrolhotel, Hotel Villa Honegg, San Luis Retreat Hotel & Lodges, The Rees Hotel & Lakeside Residences, and BEAUSiTE Zermatt.
Aqua Expeditions brings together Aqua Blu, Aqua Lares, Aqua Mekong, and Aqua Nera.
City Houses brings together Aman Venice, Aman Tokyo, Aman New York, Amanyangyun, The Dwarika’s Hotel, Amangalla, Amanjena, and Hotel L’Orologio Florence.
Fairways & Sea keeps a course and a shoreline in the same week: Argentario Golf Villas on the hillside above the Argentario Golf Club on Tuscany’s Monte Argentario, LAUCALA on its private Fijian island with a championship course by David McLay Kidd, and Amanera above the Atlantic at Playa Grande on the Dominican Republic’s north coast, each with a serious spa for the days off the course.
Honeymoons brings together Cheval Blanc Randheli, Cottar’s 1920s Camp, Nayara Tented Camp, Bawah Reserve, Cayo Espanto, Six Senses Ninh Van Bay, Kokomo Private Island, LAUCALA Island, Secret Bay, Tswalu Kalahari, Dera Amer, Amor Arenal, Keemala, The Lindis, Mt Isthmus Villa, Blachford Lodge, Hotel L’Orologio Florence, Villa Gran Sogno, Borgo Pignano, Torfhús Retreat, Las Alamandas, Rosewood Miyakojima, and Triple Creek Ranch.
Houses for Generations brings together Kokomo Private Island, Cottar’s Bush Villa, Villa Anna, Aman Villas at Nusa Dua, Borgo Pignano, The Villa at Blanket Bay, Mt Isthmus Villa, Amanbagh, Villa Giada, Maslina Resort Villas, Six Senses Ninh Van Bay, Nayara Tented Camp, Dera Amer, Sirai House, Villa Le Cannicelle, and The Rees Hotel & Lakeside Residences.
Island Sanctuaries brings together Amanyara, Mandarin Oriental, Canouan, Amanera, Bawah Reserve, Kokomo Private Island, Paroa Bay & Sage, Amanpuri, Amankila, Amanoi, Amanwella, Amanvari, Six Senses Ninh Van Bay, Keemala, Siladen Resort & Spa, Coral Eye, and Rosewood Miyakojima.
Japan Rituals follows three Aman houses in sequence: Aman Tokyo on the high floors above the Imperial Palace gardens in Otemachi, Aman Kyoto’s hillside forest stillness, and Amanemu on a sheltered bay in Ise-Shima National Park, where onsen waters bring the journey to rest.
Mediterranean Hills brings together Amanzoe, Amanruya, Borgo Pignano, Villa Gran Sogno, Argentario Golf Villas, Villa Giada, Maslina Resort Villas, and Villa Le Cannicelle.
Overwater & Lagoon puts the lagoon beneath the floor: Cheval Blanc Randheli’s stilted Water and Lagoon villas in the Maldives’ Noonu Atoll, Bawah Reserve’s eleven Overwater Bungalows among three marine reserve lagoons in Indonesia’s Anambas, and Casa Ventanas, with its glass floor, on Cayo Espanto off Belize.
Private Islands brings together Islas Secas, LAUCALA Island, Cayo Espanto, Amanpulo, Magenta Private Island, Ambergris Cay, and Royal Davui Island Resort.
Sacred Journeys brings together The Dwarika’s Hotel, Amankora, Dwarika’s Sanctuary, Aman Kyoto, Amanemu, Amandari, Amankila, Amanbagh, RAAS Chhatrasagar, Keemala, and Six Senses Ninh Van Bay.
South America Wine Country brings together The Vines Resort & Spa.
Sportfishing & Adventure brings together Kokomo Private Island, The Lindis, Secret Bay, The Villa at Blanket Bay, Bawah Reserve, Whichaway Camp, Mt Isthmus Villa, Paroa Bay & Sage, Amandira, Amor Arenal, Tordrillo Mountain Lodge, Blachford Lodge, Bair’s Lodge, Nayara Tented Camp, Siladen Resort & Spa, Coral Eye, and Triple Creek Ranch.
Temple Paths brings together Amansara, Amanjiwo, Amantaka, Amanfayun, Amandari, Amankora, Amandayan, The Dwarika’s Hotel, and Dwarika’s Sanctuary.
Weddings & Celebrations brings together Keemala, Borgo Pignano, Blachford Lodge, Amor Arenal, The Vines Resort & Spa, Kokomo Private Island, Villa Gran Sogno, Villa Anna, The Lindis, Paroa Bay & Sage, Islas Secas, Bawah Reserve, Cheval Blanc Randheli, LAUCALA Island, Cayo Espanto, Secret Bay, Villa Giada, Mt Isthmus Villa, Dwarika’s Sanctuary, Aman Villas at Nusa Dua, Tswalu Kalahari, Cottar’s Bush Villa, Tordrillo Mountain Lodge, and Las Alamandas.
Wellness Retreats brings together Dwarika’s Sanctuary, Amanemu, Amangiri, Keemala, Amanpuri, Aman New York, Six Senses Ninh Van Bay, Amandari, Bawah Reserve, Cheval Blanc Randheli, Nayara Tented Camp, Amor Arenal, Maslina Resort Villas, Hotel Villa Honegg, San Luis Retreat Hotel & Lodges, Torfhús Retreat, and Cal-a-Vie Health Spa.
Wild Frontiers brings together Whichaway Camp, Echo Base, Explorer Camp, Cottar’s 1920s Camp, Cottar’s Bush Villa, Sandibe Okavango Safari Lodge, Sossusvlei Desert Lodge, The Lindis, Aman-i-Khas, Amangiri, Amanwana, Tordrillo Mountain Lodge, Blachford Lodge, Tswalu Kalahari, Los Cauquenes Resort + Spa + Experiences, Nayara Tented Camp, Dera Amer, RAAS Chhatrasagar, Sirai House, Samara Karoo Reserve, Gibb’s Farm, Jaci’s Private Lodge, and Triple Creek Ranch.
Collections are deliberately short. When your week calls for a house not listed here, your advisor will say so plainly and shape the plan around it. Begin with Plan My Trip, or write to info@exclusivevillacollection.com.