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Take flight over one of our most striking properties… Andre Antunes, journalist, TV producer and owner of Modern by the Sea in Comporta, Portugal, shared this great video of his property with us. A contemporary villa just minutes from the ocean, it was designed by Pedro Ferreira Pinto and built in 2010 to blend into […]

We’ve found, for you, a very special place. On top of a hill near the charming village of Lumio, Bergerie Above Calvi is a stunning historic property set in 16 hectares of olive groves and immortelle flowers, with views of the amazing island. Take a tour of the landscape in this short film, and find out […]

Thanks to Jenny Mustard for this great video of Casa Solo Pezo in Aragon, Spain. She visited in November 2017 and had this to say: … let me introduce to the coolest house i’ve ever seen – casa solo pezo ! tucked away in the eastern spanish mountains, it’s every modern minimalist’s dream, with huge sliding window […]

Photographer Laura Austin recently travelled to Base Camp Yosemite – our go-to cabin in the woods. It’s located just 14 miles from the south entrance to Yosemite, making it very convenient for visiting the National Park. But as you’ll see from Laura’s video, it has its own special appeal…

We’re Heinz Legler and Veronique Lievre, and we created BoutiqueHomes to fill a gap in the vacation rental market, to share homes that stood out from the crowd. In this video, we talk about how it all started, and travel from BoutiqueHomes headquarters in Topanga, California, to Verana in Mexico, and the Geodesic Dome House […]

Our site curator Veronique Lievre developed an eye for design exploring flea markets with her father. And the treasure hunting continues today in her work with BoutiqueHomes. Join us as we explore Verana in Mexico as well as gems from the past, including the Train Station in Bioul, Belgium and Torre di Moravola in Umbria, […]

This beautifully restored former convent in the heart of the mountains and the maquis of Corsica reminds us of why we keep going back to our island home. In this video, we take a tour with the property’s owner, Emmanuelle Picon. To find out more about Il Convento, click here.

A place imagined and then found. I am Verana, meet me. In this video, we take an aerial tour of Verana, our unique boutique hotel in Yelapa, Mexico. To book Verana, click here.       .