Jardín Escondido

Character and identity

Tucked into the leafy streets of Palermo Soho, Jardín Escondido is a seven-room hideaway that Francis Ford Coppola once called home while shooting Tetro. The bones of a private house remain: terracotta-tiled patios, a garden wrapped around an unheated pool, an outdoor parrilla kitchen. Rooms are named for Coppola family members and dressed with pieces gathered on his Latin American travels, Peruvian tapestries, calfskins, alpaca blankets, leather sofas piled with woven pillows. There is no restaurant, just breakfast in the lounge and a small bar pouring wines from the Coppola estate in Mendoza. Service is deliberately invisible, a manager, concierge and sommelier reachable by phone but rarely underfoot.

Who's it for

Bottom line

This is essentially a beautifully kept private house with a concierge attached, and you book it for the intimacy and the Palermo Soho address rather than for amenities. Splurge on one of the larger rooms if you want space to spread out, and come prepared to eat every meal beyond breakfast in the neighbourhood, which is precisely the point.