Six houses sit in this section. Each was fitted out as a single piece of work, whether by one studio, one owner or one long conversion. Three are in old city buildings, one is a country estate and two were something else before they held guests.
Il Palazzo Experimental
Venice, Italy
The house occupies a palace on the Giudecca canal, on the Dorsoduro side of the water. It was fitted out as one project, with the interiors drawn by a single design studio, so the rooms and the public spaces follow a common language of colour and joinery. A courtyard garden sits behind the building. The entrance opens onto the fondamenta.
CategoryArt Hotels
LocationVenice, Italy
CheckedSeptember 2026
In outline
The plan is that of an old Venetian house, with a long central hall on each floor and rooms opening from it on both sides. Guest rooms are placed along those halls. A bar and a dining room take the ground floor near the water entrance, and a walled garden lies behind, away from the canal.
The setting
Dorsoduro is a low-built district of workshops, small squares and university buildings. The fondamenta outside runs along the wide Giudecca channel, crossed by working boats all day. Water stops nearby connect to the main island and to Giudecca itself, and the walk east leads towards the Zattere.
Before you write
Write ahead about arrival by water, because luggage and bridges make the last stage awkward on foot. Ask whether the garden and the dining room are open in the season you are travelling. High water is possible in the colder months, so it is worth asking how the ground floor is affected.
Maison Proust
Paris, France
Maison Proust stands in the Marais, in a street of stone houses on the northern side of the district. It was fitted out as a single scheme, with strong colour, panelling and dense hanging carried through the public rooms and the bedrooms alike. A library, a bar and a garden room sit on the ground floor. The building is not large.
CategoryArt Hotels
LocationParis, France
CheckedSeptember 2026
In outline
Public rooms are gathered on the entrance floor and run one into another, with the library and the bar among them and a planted room beyond. Guest rooms are stacked on the floors above and reached by a small lift and a stair. A spa with a pool is held in the vaulted space below ground.
The setting
The Marais is a dense quarter of narrow streets, courtyards and older houses, north of the river and east of the centre. Museums, small shops and cafes fill the blocks around the address. The metro is a few minutes on foot and the Place de la République lies a short walk to the north.
Before you write
Ask which floor your room is on and whether the lift reaches it, since the building is old and the stair is narrow. It is worth confirming the hours of the spa and whether the garden room is in use. Street access can be restricted, so check how a car reaches the door.
Casa Cacao
Girona, Spain
Casa Cacao occupies a house at the edge of Girona's old town, joined to a working chocolate workshop run by the same family. The two sit in one property, so the smell of the roasting rooms reaches the courtyard. The interiors were fitted out as one piece of work in warm wood and plaster. A roof terrace looks over the town.
CategoryArt Hotels
LocationGirona, Spain
CheckedSeptember 2026
In outline
Two older buildings were joined behind a single front, and the plan turns around a central courtyard. The workshop and its shop take part of the ground floor. Guest rooms are placed on the upper levels, with a library and a sitting room among them. A terrace on the roof carries seating and looks across the roofs.
The setting
The address stands where the old town meets the Plaça Catalunya, above the river Onyar and its coloured house fronts. The medieval quarter, the cathedral steps and the city wall walk are within a few minutes on foot. Girona's station, with fast trains to Barcelona and to France, is across the river.
Before you write
Ask whether the workshop and shop are open on your dates, since they follow their own working week. Confirm how a car can reach the door, because the old town streets are restricted and narrow. Rooms differ between the two joined buildings, so it is worth asking which one you have been given.
Hotel Peter & Paul
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
The house was made from the buildings of a former Catholic parish in the Marigny: the church, the schoolhouse, the rectory and the convent. All four stand on one block and are now used together, with guest rooms in the three smaller buildings and the church kept for gathering. Each building was fitted out in a different manner. The block is residential on all sides.
CategoryArt Hotels
LocationNew Orleans, Louisiana, United States
CheckedSeptember 2026
In outline
Guest rooms are distributed across the school, the rectory and the convent, so their sizes and windows differ from building to building. The church holds an open hall used for events and gatherings rather than sleeping. A yard and a courtyard lie between the buildings, and reception sits in one of the smaller houses.
The setting
The Marigny is a low neighbourhood of timber houses just downriver from the French Quarter, laid out in a grid of shaded streets. Bars and music rooms run along Frenchmen Street a few blocks away. The river levee walk is close, and the Quarter is within twenty minutes on foot.
Before you write
Ask which of the four buildings your room is in, as the walk between them is outdoors and the rooms are not alike. Confirm whether the church hall is booked for an event during your stay. Summer heat and rain are heavy here, so it is worth asking how rooms are cooled.
Château de la Resle
Montigny-la-Resle, France
Château de la Resle is a small country estate in northern Burgundy, north-east of Auxerre. The owners fitted it out themselves over many years, setting modern furniture and contemporary work inside eighteenth-century rooms. The property holds the main house, outbuildings and grounds with a pool. It takes a small number of guests at a time.
CategoryArt Hotels
LocationMontigny-la-Resle, France
CheckedSeptember 2026
In outline
The main house carries the guest rooms and the shared sitting rooms, which are hung and furnished as a single collection. Outbuildings around the courtyard hold further accommodation and service rooms. The grounds run behind the house with lawn, planting and a pool. Meals are taken in a room off the entrance hall.
The setting
Montigny-la-Resle is a village on the plain north-east of Auxerre, surrounded by farmland and woods. Chablis and its vineyards lie a short drive to the east, and the Yonne valley runs south. The main road and the autoroute pass within a few kilometres, and Paris is under two hours by train from Auxerre.
Before you write
Write ahead about arrival, since the house is small and the owners set the hours for check-in themselves. Ask whether dinner is offered on your dates and whether it must be reserved. The pool and the grounds are seasonal, and part of the year the house closes, so confirm the dates you have chosen.
Almanac Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
Almanac Barcelona occupies a building on Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, in the Eixample. Its public floors are open and joined rather than divided into small rooms, so the bar, the lounge and the dining space run together on the lower levels. A terrace with a pool sits on the roof. Guest rooms take the floors between them.
CategoryArt Hotels
LocationBarcelona, Spain
CheckedSeptember 2026
In outline
The lower levels are given over to public use, with the reception, the bar and the restaurant sharing one continuous space that opens to the avenue. Guest rooms occupy the middle floors and many carry balconies. A terrace on the roof holds seating and a small pool, and function rooms sit below the entrance level.
The setting
Gran Via is a wide avenue running across the grid of the Eixample, lined with plane trees and older stone blocks. Passeig de Gràcia and its buildings are a few minutes to the north-west, and the old town lies downhill to the south. Metro stations and long bus routes cross close to the door.
Before you write
Ask which side of the building your room faces, because the avenue carries traffic and the quieter rooms look inward. Confirm the roof terrace hours, which are seasonal and can be closed for private use. Arrival by car is worth checking, as stopping on the avenue is restricted at most hours.
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