Topping Rose House

Top choice in The Hamptons


In an 1842 home, this exclusive, Alexandra Champalimaud–designed boutique hotel boasts 22 rooms, including six suites decorated with local artists' work. A Manhattan gallery curates the rotating (for sale) art collection, and there's a spa and heated pool in addition to Jean-Georges Vongerichten's farm-to-table restaurant (mains $28 to $49), some produce for which is sourced from the adjoining 1-acre garden.

The prices are suitably astronomical, but hey, they throw in bikes and beach passes.


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