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Vora \u2014 Santorini, Greece<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A collection of intimate hotels perfect for those who are looking for some separation \u2014 and looking to gleefully misinterpret Sartre\u2019s famous phrase.<\/h4>\n

In\u00a0No Exit<\/em>, Jean-Paul Sartre wrote that \u201cHell is other people.\u201d It\u2019s an oft-misunderstood line that\u2019s not quite as cynical as it sounds. Sartre wasn\u2019t claiming, as most believe, that other people are awful. His point was that only when we are alone are we truly free to be ourselves. Free from judgment and expectation and from the prison of how others perceive us.<\/p>\n

That said, who among us doesn\u2019t occasionally relate to the more common interpretation?<\/p>\n

Travel is a great way to discover new places and meet interesting new people. Sometimes, though, you\u2019ve got no patience for strangers, and just want to be with your closest friends and family members \u2014 if that. For those times there exist small hotels with no more than a few rooms, making it possible to book up the entire property for yourself (and for the handful of people you can currently stomach).
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Kyo no Ondokoro Kamanza Nijo #2<\/a><\/h2>\n
Kyoto, Japan<\/h5>\n

\"Kyo<\/a><\/p>\n

Mere blocks from Nijo Castle, Kyo no Ondokoro offers the rare opportunity for Kyoto visitors to call a 150-year-old downtown house their home. Architects Yoshifumi Nakamura and Akira Minagawa have revamped the interiors of this distinctive two-story merchants\u2019 house, resulting in a warm, airy collection of blonde-wood rooms, the two floors separated by a winding staircase. <\/p>\n

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Villa Sal<\/a><\/h2>\n
Lagoa, Portugal<\/h5>\n

\"Villa<\/a><\/p>\n

The appeal of Villa Sal is almost too simple to effectively describe. It\u2019s not one but two villas, set in the seaside town of Lagoa on San Miguel in the Azores, the Portuguese islands in the middle of the Atlantic almost a thousand miles due west of Lisbon. And they get right to the point, looking straight out to sea from a south-facing clifftop setting.<\/p>\n

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Cypr\u00e8s Si Haut<\/a><\/h2>\n
Saint-Mexant, France<\/h5>\n

\"Cypr\u00e8s<\/a><\/p>\n

Safe to say we\u2019ll never feature a hotel smaller than Cypr\u00e8s Si Haut. Whether it\u2019s a one-room hotel or a one-bedroom guest house is purely academic \u2014 what matters is the privacy afforded by this treehouse, perched four meters high in a stand of pines and larches in Corr\u00e8ze. There\u2019s a Jacuzzi on the balcony, a sauna, and room service that arrives via a pulley contraption, so you never have to touch the forest floor.<\/p>\n

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Spoor62<\/a><\/h2>\n
Gistel, Belgium<\/h5>\n

\"Spoor62\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Spoor 62 is a masterfully designed two-room b&b housed in a historic railway station in the countryside outside Bruges. It\u2019s clear that great care went into restoring the old brick station, a stop on the storied Pullman Express line between Paris and the resort towns of the Belgian coast, and today it positively glows with warmth and an understated countryside glamour.<\/p>\n

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Residenza Napoleone III<\/a><\/h2>\n
Rome, Italy<\/h5>\n

\"Residenza<\/a><\/p>\n

There\u2019s pedigree and then there\u2019s pedigree. This hotel is housed in a palace owned by a princess, and it\u2019s named after one of its most famous guests, Napoleon III, who lived here in 1830. None of which would matter all that much if Residenza Napoleone III weren\u2019t still a deeply pleasurable place to stay, as unapologetically opulent, one has to imagine, as the day the emperor checked in.<\/p>\n

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Vora<\/a><\/h2>\n
Santorini, Greece<\/h5>\n

\"Vora\"<\/a><\/p>\n

With just three villas, Vora is scarcely a hotel at all. The color palette is restrained, even by Greek standards, with some earth-tone accents in natural materials set against the cloud-white walls. It\u2019s a substantially more refined look than what you\u2019re used to here, even at the high end \u2014 and still the merest glance outside at the majestic caldera proves that nature is in no danger of being overshadowed.<\/p>\n

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seven&nine<\/a><\/h2>\n
Stratford, Canada<\/h5>\n

\"seven&nine\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Few hotels are more clearly a labor of love than seven&nine. Set a scant minute\u2019s walk from the Avon Theatre, one of the anchors of the annual Shakespeare festival, it was built as a private house, and an extraordinary one at that. Architects Shim\/Sutcliffe were inspired by raw-concrete modernism, and the house is decorated with modernist classic furnishings and contemporary artworks to match.<\/p>\n

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La Valise<\/a><\/h2>\n
Mexico City, Mexico<\/h5>\n

\"La<\/a><\/p>\n

Let the big chains scramble to outdo each other with bigger spas and restaurants, sparkling fitness centers and Olympic-sized infinity pools. An achingly hip little hotel like La Valise in Mexico City doesn\u2019t need any of that. In fact, the three-suite property, located above a shop in a 1920s townhouse in the happening Roma neighborhood, makes a virtue of its small size.<\/p>\n

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Casa Duro<\/a><\/h2>\n
Dallas, Texas<\/h5>\n

\"Casa<\/a><\/p>\n

On Lower Greenville Avenue in Dallas is something genuinely surprising: a restaurant, Sister, and a caf\u00e9, Duro, both \u201cItalianish\u201d in concept, and both by the small but highly regarded Duro Hospitality Group. And upstairs from both is Casa Duro, a three-room guest house, or a trio of apartments, by the same owners, where their appetite for Italian culture is allowed to run wild.<\/p>\n

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B&B Exclusive Guesthouse Bonifacius<\/a><\/h2>\n
Bruges, Belgium<\/h5>\n

\"B&B<\/a><\/p>\n

Bruges is famous for its picturesque beauty, and places like the B&B Exclusive Guesthouse Bonifacius are exactly why. This delightfully ramshackle 16th-century restoration perches right at the edge of a canal, and its interiors are rich with antique character; in fact it\u2019s a bit of a surprise to see fellow travelers in modern dress rather than period costumes. <\/p>\n

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Roozen Residence<\/a><\/h2>\n
Prevelly, Australia<\/h5>\n

\"Roozen<\/a><\/p>\n

The name isn\u2019t an attempt at hominess, but a matter-of-fact statement: the Roozen Residence was built as a private beach house for artist and surfer Ron Roozen, just outside of the Western Australian beach town of Margaret River. The architecture is stunning, as are the interiors, and the 180-degree ocean view certainly doesn\u2019t hurt.<\/p>\n

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Tainaron Blue Retreat<\/a><\/h2>\n
Vathia, Greece<\/h5>\n

\"Tainaron<\/a><\/p>\n

Housed in a centuries-old tower that was designed to keep intruders out, the fully restored guesthouse known as Tainaron Blue Retreat now welcomes visitors from around the globe, but not too many of them \u2014 there are just three suites, one at the base of the tower, another in its upper section, and a third in the adjoining tower house.<\/p>\n

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3 Rooms<\/a><\/h2>\n
Milan, Italy<\/h5>\n

\"3<\/a><\/p>\n

Milan\u2019s 10 Corso Como is what you might call a mini-mall \u2014 this former warehouse has been transformed by gallerist Carla Sozzani into a venue containing a bookshop, a caf\u00e9, a restaurant, a roof garden, an exhibition space, and an upscale flea market. It\u2019s also home to 3 Rooms, which is just what it sounds like: a three-room boutique hotel spanning the building\u2019s upper floors. <\/p>\n

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La Maison d\u2019\u00e0 C\u00f4t\u00e9<\/a><\/h2>\n
Pontarlier, France<\/h5>\n

\"La<\/a><\/p>\n

The mountain town of Pontarlier is home to much of France\u2019s pastis and absinthe production, and to La Maison d\u2019\u00e0 C\u00f4t\u00e9, a truly minuscule bed and breakfast featuring a mere two rooms, spanning the top floor of a 19th-century building in the town center. The d\u00e9cor is somewhat rustic, and extremely eclectic; one room is more historical in style, the other rather more contemporary, but both are stylish and memorable.<\/p>\n

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Avalon Coastal Retreat<\/a><\/h2>\n
Swansea, Australia<\/h5>\n

\"Avalon<\/a><\/p>\n

Barely a hotel at all, Avalon Coastal Retreat is a stunning modernist three-bedroom house on the east coast of Tasmania, midway between Hobart and Launceston. The sea views through the house\u2019s glass walls are extraordinary, but the interiors give them a run for their money, thanks to the fine work of local architect Craig Rosevear.<\/p>\n

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