Stays

For Several Generations

Houses, villas and suites of two bedrooms or more, so a family can travel together and still have room.

Stays

Low villa pavilions set among olive groves and cypress trees on a hillside above the sea.

Amanzoe

Villas of up to nine bedrooms add more space for families and groups.

Porto Heli, Peloponnese, Greece

Dozens of hot air balloons rising at dawn over a town and rocky valleys.

Argos in Cappadocia

There are 71 rooms and suites in nine categories, many cut into the rock, from standard rooms to cave suites, two-bedroom suites and a Grand Cave Splendid Suite.

Uçhisar, Cappadocia, Türkiye

Rolling green tea plantations beneath a moody sky in the Cameron Highlands.

Cameron Highlands Resort

Junior Suites add a lounge and a marble bathroom with a deep soaking tub, Two-Bedroom Suites suit families, and the adults-only Spa Suites are for guests aged 16 and over.

By the Golf Course, Brinchang, Tanah Rata, Cameron Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia

The beach on Smugglers Cove below the hotel, white sand between green headlands and clear water.

Cap Maison Resort & Spa

There are also one, two and three bedroom ocean-view villas, and Saman House, a private four-bedroom residence.

Smugglers Cove, Saint Lucia

A fishing pier running out from a sandy point, with high-rise towers on the shore and the sea in the foreground.

Carillon Miami Wellness Resort

96 one- and two-bedroom apartment suites.

North Beach, Miami Beach, Florida

The infinity pool, terrace loungers and thatched palapa above the ocean at Punta Mita, Mexico.

Casa Akai

Casa Akai is an eight-bedroom house in La Punta Estates at Punta Mita, on Mexico's Pacific coast, with views across the Bay of Banderas to Puerto Vallarta and Nuevo Vallarta.

La Punta Estates, Punta Mita, Mexico

The ruined castle on its limestone outcrop at Les Baux-de-Provence.

Domaine de Manville

It suits families of every size, with Family Loft and Family Duplex Suites, a four-bedroom villa, and a kids' club in a painted caravan that runs gardening and nature workshops for children aged three to 12 at weekends and in the school holidays.

Les Baux-de-Provence, France

Granite rocks in still water at sunset near Ouranoupoli, Halkidiki.

Eagles Villas

Each of the 42 villas has a heated private plunge pool, from Junior Villas for three to the 165-square-metre Residential Three-Bedroom Pool Villa, for eight.

Ouranoupoli, Halkidiki, Greece

A white beach and turquoise sea at Punta Cana under a blue sky.

Eden Roc Cap Cana

On the sand, the Beach Club has 26 beachfront two-bedroom suites, oceanfront pool bungalows, an infinity pool and a private beach, and there are five villas of three to 11 bedrooms.

Cap Cana, Juanillo, La Altagracia, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

A sea-view villa's tiled roof among olive trees and wild planting, above the Ionian Sea.

Eliamos Villas Hotel & Spa

There are 12 villas and suites, from a 57 square metre sea view suite to a three-bedroom villa of 214 square metres, each with its own heated pool, several of them salt water.

Spartia, Kefalonia, Greece

A green island with a jagged central peak across a calm turquoise lagoon.

Four Seasons Resort Bora Bora

A small number of two and three-bedroom villa estates sit on the white sand beach for those who need more space, the largest with its own pool.

Motu Tehotu, Bora Bora, French Polynesia

Wooden boats moored on a river in front of a row of old yellow shophouses.

Four Seasons Resort The Nam Hai, Hoi An, Vietnam

The three-bedroom pool villas have recently been redesigned.

Ha My Beach, Hoi An, Vietnam

A white village spilling down a cliff edge above the deep blue sea, seen from above.

Grace Hotel, Auberge Collection

At the top of the range is a three-bedroom villa that works almost as a small hotel of its own.

Imerovigli, Santorini, Greece

Timber treehouse suites above native bush with snow-capped mountains behind at dawn.

Hapuku Lodge + Tree Houses

There are also Lodge Suites with a farm and mountain outlook, and the Olive House, a three-bedroom house in the building that once held the estate's olive press, which suits families and friends.

Kaikōura, South Island, New Zealand

A row of brightly painted pink, yellow and blue townhouses with shutters and window boxes along a pavement.

Hotel Bennett

The 179 rooms and suites, on the third to eighth floors, are calm in tone, with pedestal tubs and soft bedding, and two-bedroom suites suit families who need guaranteed connecting space.

Marion Square, Charleston, South Carolina

Franschhoek in its valley, with a mountain range behind.

La Residence

Franschhoek House, a six-bedroom villa for up to 12, comes with its own host and chef.

Franschhoek, Cape Winelands, South Africa

A suite open to the view on one side, its plunge pool and swing looking out over the sea.

Ladera Resort

They run from the Petit Piton Suites to two-level Heritage Suites, the Suites at Paradise Ridge with a butler and a swing, and the two-bedroom Villa La Fleur.

Soufrière, Saint Lucia

A narrow inlet of turquoise water between white limestone cliffs topped with pines.

Les Roches Blanches

There are 45 rooms and suites, with the views widening as you move up, and a four-bedroom villa, Villa Cala Bianca, for families.

Cassis, Provence, France

A grassy headland with pine trees above a calm bay.

Marlfield House

There are 26 places to stay: 18 bedrooms in the main house, furnished with antiques and modern comforts, a two-bedroom cottage called The Lodge, and the Pond Suites, modern open-plan villas built sustainably in the woods.

Gorey, County Wexford, Ireland

Victoria Falls at sunrise, with water falling into the gorge between green cliffs.

Matetsi Victoria Falls

19 suites (Virtuoso), in one-bedroom, two-bedroom family and four-bedroom villa forms.

Matetsi Private Game Reserve, Kazungula Road, near Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

Green mountains under white clouds at Wonosobo in Central Java.

MesaStila Resort and Spa

Plantation Villas sit on a hilltop among the coffee, Arum Villas have a day bed, a large Mediterranean-style bathroom and a balcony facing the mountains, and there are Ambar family and two-bedroom villas, as well as the Bella Vista compound of five villas with its own pool and butler for groups.

Losari, Grabag, Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia

Waves rolling onto a beach on the west coast of Nicaragua.

Morgan's Rock Reserve & Ecolodge

Three two-bedroom villas add private pools.

San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua

The Chicago skyline across Lake Michigan at dusk.

Nobu Hotel Chicago

A stylish city setting for a birthday or anniversary, with two-bedroom villas for a family.

West Loop, Chicago, Illinois

The low stone buildings and pools of Phāea Blue on the hillside above the Gulf of Mirabello.

Phāea Blue

There are just 47 rooms, bungalows and suites, many with private heated pools, alongside a three-bedroom villa, with generous spaces, carefully chosen interiors and a secluded private beach with wide views.

Elounda, Crete, Greece

Golden grass and a wooden fence in front of rolling farmland and trees.

Rosewood Cape Kidnappers

Every room is a suite with long views along the coast, with a fireplace and a generous bathroom, and there are larger two-bedroom suites for families.

Cape Kidnappers, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

A small waterfront town of white houses and green trees across turquoise water.

Rosewood Kauri Cliffs

A two-bedroom Owner's Cottage and three four-bedroom villas suit families.

Matauri Bay, Bay of Islands, New Zealand

The infinity pool and timber deck below the villa, with the sea and offshore islets beyond, in St. Barthélemy.

Roxane

Roxane is a six-bedroom villa on the hillside at Gustavia, on St Barthélemy, built across two buildings with wide views of the ocean and the islets offshore.

Gustavia, St Barthélemy

Sunset over a headland and the surf at Laguna Beach.

The Ranch at Laguna Beach

There are 97 rooms, suites and cottages, among them 20 two-bedroom cottages and a Treehouse, plus the House of Hudson spa, with Laguna's galleries and surf breaks close by.

Laguna Beach, California

Paradise Island Lighthouse at the entrance to Nassau Harbour.

The Reef at Atlantis

Its 497 studios and one- and two-bedroom suites have kitchenettes or full kitchens, which makes longer family stays easy, and the Penthouse Suites have two bedrooms.

Paradise Island, Bahamas

The house among palms on a rocky point above a clear cove, on Maui, Hawaii.

Turtle Cove

Turtle Cove is a three-bedroom house right on the shore at Napili on the west coast of Maui, a few steps from the sand.

Napili, Maui, Hawaii

The island ringed by reef in open ocean, overwater villas off one side.

Velaa Private Island

A private island where a couple can take the Romantic Residence out on the lagoon and a family can take a four-bedroom house, with golf, wellbeing and a remarkable cellar all on the island.

Noonu Atoll, Maldives

The villa's long reflecting pool and timber pergola at dusk, on Mykonos.

Villa Dolmen

Villa Dolmen is a seven-bedroom house on Mykonos with long views over the sea and the sunset, and a characterful architecture and interior all its own.

Mykonos, Greece

The villa's long pool and modern facade under umbrella pines, in the Algarve.

Villa Singa

Five-bedroom villa, sleeping up to 10.

Olhos de Água, Algarve, Portugal

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