Ibiza! Camp! Clooney!: The Best Vacation Reads from the Vanity Fair Archive

How Shall I Spend My Vacation? View this email in your browser A daily digest of things to discuss over drinks May 27, 2019 Happy Memorial Day! Enjoy these tales of high society summering, super-yachts, "great camps," and more, from the Vanity Fair archive. The archive is free to read through June 30—all you have to do is create an account if you're not already a subscriber. First up: Crystalline beaches, 300 days of sunshine, and an "anything goes" attitude—Ibiza's devotees worshiped the tiny Spanish island that spawned the rave movement. But many also feared the island was being ruined by weekend trippers and development. George Gurley wondered: could Ibiza's lack of inhibitions ultimately destroy it? READ MORE » Clooney in Como Lake Como was the province of a few noble families, visited by artists, royalty, world leaders, and the cream of Old Hollywood. Then, in 2002, George Clooney put the Italian retreat squarely in the spotlight when he bought his 18th-century Villa Oleandra there. Here's how his $10 million purchase shook up the tranquil space. READ MORE » Saint-Tropez Babylon It took just one stunning 21-year-old blonde to turn a sleepy little Mediterranean fishing village into the most decadent stop on the jet-set circuit. Almost 50 years after Brigitte Bardot filmed And God Created Woman in Saint-Tropez, the resort was wilder than ever. Evgenia Peretz searched for the limits of Saint-Tropez excess. READ MORE » Too Big to Sail? The financial crisis sent panic through the world of super-yachts, with over-leveraged tycoons abandoning ship, and sales in a deep freeze. Two years later, Mark Seal delved into the motives, means, and lifestyles of the oligarchs, operators, and sea-lovers who were still riding the waves. READ MORE » Camp Life In the late 19th century, architect William West Durant spearheaded the conquest of New York's Adirondacks, building vast, rustic lakeside estates for plutocrats such as J. P. Morgan and Alfred Vanderbilt. Gin-and-tonic in hand, Alex Shoumatoff explored six million acres of history style, and gloriously anachronistic ritual as he went "camp-hopping" in the haute Adirondacks. READ MORE » This e-mail was sent to you by VANITY FAIR. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2019. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.