Issue · Summer 2026
The Hot Summer.
Six destinations. The hotels that opened, the tables that are running, the beaches we are returning to, and — across every page — the courts, the fairways, the spas and the boats that make the season what it is.
Editor's note
Six places, one summer.
The Mediterranean season of 2026 is unusual in its density. Two new palaces in Mykonos, a Belle Époque restoration on the gulf of Saint-Tropez, a wellness pivot in Ibiza, Capri at the top of its form. The map is the same. The map has never been this rich.
France
Saint-Tropez
01 · Hot summer 2026
The village is busier than it has been since 2019, and more confident. Five palaces at the top, three serious new tables, the courts at the Beauvallon Tennis Club resurfaced for the season.
- Hotels
- Cheval Blanc · Airelles Messardière · Hôtel Byblos · Lou Pinet · Lily of the Valley
- Tables
- La Vague d'Or (3*) · Chez Camille (Bonne Terrasse) · Loulou Ramatuelle · Colette by Sezz
- Beach
- Shellona · Verde Beach · La Réserve à la Plage
- Sport
- Tennis at the Beauvallon Club · padel at Sporting Club Tropezien · golf at Domaine de Beauvallon (18 holes, gulf view)
- Spa
- Tata Harper at Lou Pinet · Sisley at the Cheval Blanc · the medical spa at Lily of the Valley
France · Monaco
Monaco · Cap-Ferrat
02 · Hot summer 2026
Mareterra has finally opened, the Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat is at its best in a decade, and the only Monte-Carlo Tennis Country Club still draws every player on the off-week of Roland-Garros.
- Hotels
- Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat (Four Seasons) · Hôtel de Paris Monte-Carlo · Maybourne Riviera Roquebrune
- Tables
- Le Cap (1*) · Marlow (SBM, Mareterra) · Le Louis XV (Ducasse, 3*)
- Beach
- Club Dauphin (Grand-Hôtel) · Paloma Beach Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat
- Sport
- Tennis at the Monte-Carlo Country Club · padel at Monaco Padel Academy · golf at Monte-Carlo Golf Club (Mont Agel, 18 holes at 900m)
- Spa
- Spa du Cap (Grand-Hôtel) · Spa Cinq Mondes at Métropole · Thermes Marins Monte-Carlo
Greece
Mykonos
03 · Hot summer 2026
The summit summer. Four Seasons at Kalo Livadi opens in June; Fouquet's at Paraga on the 27th. The first time two international palaces open simultaneously in the island's history.
- Hotels
- Four Seasons Mykonos (opens June) · Fouquet's Mykonos (opens 27 June) · Bill & Coo · Cavo Tagoo · Belvedere
- Tables
- Corbu (Four Seasons) · ROKA Beach (Fouquet's, Zuma sister) · Ora Mare (Omeon)
- Beach
- Kalo Livadi (Four Seasons) · ROKA Beach (Fouquet's) · Scorpios at sunset
- Sport
- Tennis at Mykonos Tennis Club · padel at Padel Mykonos (Ornos) · sailing day-charter to Delos at six
- Spa
- Four Seasons Spa · Fouquet's wellness floor (indoor pool, rare on the island)
Spain
Ibiza
04 · Hot summer 2026
The sanctuary era. BLESS at The Site opens in June, Nômade Temple at Portinatx the same month, and Parador Dalt Vila inside the UNESCO citadel since March. Less club, more cala.
- Hotels
- BLESS Ibiza The Site · Nômade Temple Ibiza · Parador de Ibiza Dalt Vila · Ibiza Gran Hotel
- Tables
- La Paloma (Santa Gertrudis) · Es Tragón (1*) · Sa Capella
- Beach
- Cala Salada · Cala d'Hort · Aguas Blancas (north side)
- Sport
- Polo at Ibiza Polo Club (Santa Gertrudis) · padel at Pádel Ibiza Club · golf at Ibiza Golf Club (18 holes)
- Spa
- BLESS wellness centre · Six Senses Ibiza spa · Atzaró agrotourism spa
Italy
Capri · Sardinia
05 · Hot summer 2026
Capri is the architecture, Sardinia is the water. The right summer combination is one week of each, with the boat between.
- Hotels
- JK Place Capri · Capri Palace Jumeirah · Hotel Cala di Volpe (Costa Smeralda) · Hotel Pitrizza
- Tables
- Da Paolino (Capri, under the lemons) · Le Grottelle · Conrad Cala di Volpe — Cala Beach Club
- Beach
- La Fontelina (Capri) · Spiaggia del Principe (Sardinia)
- Sport
- Tennis at Pitrizza & Cala di Volpe · golf at Pevero Golf Club (Trent Jones, 18 holes) · sailing charters out of Porto Cervo
- Spa
- Capri Palace Beauty Farm · Spa Cala di Volpe · Aman Sveti Stefan if extending to the Adriatic
Caribbean
Saint-Barth
06 · Hot summer 2026
Off-season for most Americans (the season is December-April) but, for those who go anyway, the island in July is empty, hot and impossibly beautiful.
- Hotels
- Cheval Blanc St-Barth Isle de France · Eden Rock · Le Sereno · Rosewood Le Guanahani
- Tables
- L'Isola (Eden Rock) · Bonito · Le Toiny terrace
- Beach
- Anse de Grande Saline · Shell Beach · Colombier (by boat only)
- Sport
- Tennis at the Guanahani Tennis Club · sailing the regatta circuit · paddle on Saint-Jean Bay
- Spa
- Le Sereno spa · Cheval Blanc spa by Guerlain
Plan the season