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The Collection

Places to stay, chosen carefully

Not a directory. Houses, villas and suites we would send a friend to — each one real, each one bookable direct.

What the Collection is

A handful of places we would stay in ourselves — and tell you how to reach.

These are working properties, run by the people who own them. Amorielli does not take bookings or a cut; every listing sends you to the property's own site or listing to book. Amorielli's publisher works with the owners of these houses on their marketing, and each page says so. Every photograph is the property's own, and we say plainly who each place suits and who it does not. No prices here — those live with the property, where they belong.

Aerial view of The Cerulean, a pale yellow two-storey villa with a lit pool deck, on a headland above the Caribbean Sea at twilight 01
East End, St. Croix

The Cerulean

A five-bedroom villa on the shore of St. Croix's quiet East End, with an arched veranda over the water, a private pool deck, a guest cottage of its own, and the sunrise …

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Aerial view of the Copacabana Penthouse's rooftop pool above the beach, with the Rio de Janeiro coastline beyond 02
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro · Art de Vivre

Copacabana Penthouse

A thirteenth-floor duplex on Copacabana's beachfront: five suites, a marble staircase, and one of the neighbourhood's largest private pools on the roof.

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Sedona Pickler, a single-storey stucco home in West Sedona at dusk, with a tiled roof under a pink and blue evening sky 03
West Sedona, Arizona

Sedona Pickler

A four-bedroom home in West Sedona built around a private, regulation-size indoor pickleball court — heated, air-conditioned and playable in any season.

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The Collection · 13 places

The U.S. Virgin Islands

Aerial view of The Cerulean, a pale yellow two-storey villa with a lit pool deck, on a headland above the Caribbean Sea at twilight East End, St. Croix The Cerulean Oceanfront villa · Sleeps 12 Aerial view of a white-roofed villa among trees beside a long curving bay of turquoise water on St. Croix Estate Shoys, St. Croix Shoy's Beach House Beachfront villa · Sleeps 12 Private pool on a red wooden deck at sunset, with a white railing and the sea and an island beyond Hope & Carton Hill, East End, St. Croix The Buck Island Overlook Hillside villa · Sleeps 12 Infinity pool with a blue tile dragonfly on its floor, looking out from a covered terrace over green hills to the sea East End, St. Croix Dragonfly Villa Hilltop villa · Sleeps 8 Aerial view of a curving pool and patio among tropical planting, with a bay, green hills and the open sea beyond Judith's Fancy, St. Croix Hook 'em on Paradise Pool villa · Sleeps 6 A white single-storey beach house with pale blue roofs, palms and a lawn, with breaking surf on the sea behind North Shore, St. Croix Toes in the Sand Beach House Beachfront house · Sleeps 8 A white villa with green metal roofs and green shutters on a hillside, with the sea and small offshore islands behind Christiansted, St. Croix Buck Island Views Hillside villa · Sleeps 6 Private pool on a stone deck beside a covered terrace, with scrub trees and the sea on the horizon West End, near Frederiksted, St. Croix Sunset Sea-Clusion Pool villa · Sleeps 4 A two-storey white West Indian-style house with blue shutters and a grey roof on a green hilltop East End, St. Croix Moko Vista Hilltop house · Sleeps 4 A pink cottage with a white roof and porch among tropical planting on a hillside, the sea on the horizon Estate Boetzberg, St. Croix Bananaquit Bungalow Off-grid cottage · Sleeps 2 Aerial view of a low terracotta-roofed condominium complex on the water, a pool and loungers beside a small beach and a reef-lined bay Christiansted, St. Croix Beach-Access Condo Two-bedroom condo · Sleeps 6 View through a stucco arch from a covered balcony over a glass dining table to lawns, palms and a white condominium building Christiansted, St. Croix Sunset Oasis Two-bedroom beachfront condo · Sleeps 4 View through a stucco arch at the top of blue-railed stairs, over palms and a pool to green hills and the sea Long Reef, Christiansted, St. Croix Caribbean Blue Hideaway One-bedroom condo · Sleeps 2
The Collection · 8 places

Brazil

Aerial view of the Copacabana Penthouse's rooftop pool above the beach, with the Rio de Janeiro coastline beyond Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro Copacabana Penthouse Duplex penthouse · Sleeps 10 The Penthouse Jacuzzi loft at dusk: a freestanding tub on a platform by floor-to-ceiling windows over Salvador Cidade Alta, Salvador Penthouse Jacuzzi Loft suite · Sleeps 2 Infinity pool with a flower-draped daybed pergola at the São Conrado Beach View Villa, looking toward Pedra da Gávea and the Atlantic São Conrado, Rio de Janeiro São Conrado Beach View Villa Villa · 12 View along Ipanema beach toward the twin peaks of Dois Irmãos, seen from a balcony Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro Ipanema Beach Linear Penthouse Penthouse · Sleeps 8 Living room opening onto a private balcony, with the Atlantic, an island and Vidigal's hillside visible through floor-to-ceiling glass Vidigal, Rio de Janeiro Lux Vidigal Duplex apartment · Sleeps 2 Suite at dusk with a freestanding tub on a platform by tall windows, a bed with a red throw and patterned rugs, the old town lit outside Cidade Alta, Salvador Vista Elevador & Mar Suite with a view · Sleeps 2 Loft with emerald walls and gold curtains, a freestanding white tub, a gilt-framed painting and a kitchen bar with stools beyond Cidade Alta, Salvador Loft Histórico Historic loft · Sleeps 2 Bed with a lilac patterned cover, coral and navy cushions and a tray, under a wall of green hanging plants and warm lamps Cidade Alta, Salvador Suite Colonial Apartment suite · Sleeps 2
The Collection · 2 places

The United States

Sedona Pickler, a single-storey stucco home in West Sedona at dusk, with a tiled roof under a pink and blue evening sky West Sedona, Arizona Sedona Pickler Private vacation home · Sleeps 8 · 4 bedrooms The open living and dining room at Sea Sun Maui, glass doors leading to a lanai with views of the ocean and the West Maui Mountains Kihei, Maui Sea Sun Maui Oceanfront vacation condo · Sleeps 4 · 2 bedrooms
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