VANE.
A curated collection, Mediterranean first

A few places, chosen by hand. Where you stay and where you dine, judged as one.

We don't rate. We select. If a place is here, it cleared the bar.

by Dimitris Stathopoulos
The heart of VANE

The Collection.

Every hotel and its restaurant we stand behind, on one shelf and judged as one. No scores, no sponsors. This is VANE.

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The Front Updated daily

One story a day, and the latest around it.

The vaulted bar at La Colombe d'Or, bottles on a stone mantel beneath a painted fresco with a bowl of lemons to one side

La Colombe d'Or

You come up through the lanes below Saint-Paul-de-Vence and reach a low ochre house with green shutters and a cypress by the door.

Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Côte d'Azur, France Read the close reading →
Agli Amici Rovinj, Rovinj
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Agli Amici Rovinj

Rovinj, Wider Mediterranean
Also on VANE

Newest first, from every section.

  1. 01 Le Louis XV and the room that redrew the hotel restaurant BearingsLe Louis XV and the room that redrew the hotel restaurantThe Table
  2. 02 BenBen by Dhara at dusk, its white terraced rooms lit on the granite of a Nile island, feluccas moored at the water below FolioBenBen by DharaHeissa, Aswan, Egypt
  3. 03 Vista, Portimão TableVistaPortimão, Wider Mediterranean
Les Roches Rouges
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Les Roches Rouges

A 1950s modernist landmark on the Estérel coast
Free city files

Guides.

Twenty-five places in every city. Chosen, not ranked. Free to read.

All Islands Mainland For the table For design For quiet For the place

The Collection

108 selections
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Latest Bearings

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The Olivetti Valentine, Sottsass's red typewriter
Bearings

The Olivetti Valentine, Sottsass's red typewriter made to travel

The Object
Bosa, Sardinia
Bearings

Bosa, the coloured town on Sardinia's only navigable river

Field Notes
Bergamot, Reggio Calabria
Bearings

The bergamot of Reggio Calabria, the citrus that grows nowhere else

The Table

Latest Folio

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The pink facade of Palazzo Avino above Ravello
Folio

Palazzo Avino

Ravello, Amalfi Coast
Crillon le Brave, Provence
Folio

Crillon le Brave

Provence, France
Palazzo Daniele, Gagliano del Capo
Folio

Palazzo Daniele

Salento, Italy

"If a place is here, it's worth your time and money. If it's missing, it didn't clear our bar."

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