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Auberge Resorts hotels

Individual houses build stays around local food and landscape, carrying forward Napa’s beginnings.

Auberge Collection brings together individual hotels whose design, dining, and experiences grow from their surroundings, whether that means Napa Valley, an African landscape, or a city neighborhood. Founded in Napa in 1981, the company dropped “Resorts” from its name in September 2025 as its collection expanded further into urban stays.

34 Auberge Resorts hotels in 11 countries on the Luxury Hotels Atlas, each placed on the six LHA Tiers.

Owned by The Friedkin Group
Worldwide: 37 operating hotels, resorts, and safari lodges enumerated on the official portfolio as of September 2026; Element 52's residence-only inventory and dated future openings are excluded. Auberge portfolio
On the atlas: 4 Apex Luxury, 15 Grand Luxury, 12 High Luxury, 3 Core Luxury

History

Auberge du Soleil established the collection’s interest in regional food, thoughtful design, and discreet hospitality in Napa Valley. Mark Harmon later carried the idea into estates, ranches, and coastal resorts with personalities of their own. Investment from the Friedkin Group supported the collection’s growth, while newer city hotels and African stays broadened the settings beyond its original resort focus.

Timeline

1981 — Claude Rouas and Bob Harmon open Auberge du Soleil in Rutherford, Napa Valley, initially a Provence-style restaurant; guest cottages follow in 1984 and 1986, eventually totaling 50 rooms.
1998 — Mark Harmon (Bob's son) formalizes the management company as Auberge Resorts Collection, codifying the philosophy of "showcasing the best of the locale".
2003 — Esperanza opens on Punta Ballena in Los Cabos, Auberge's first major Mexican resort.
2004 — Calistoga Ranch opens in Napa's northern tip, designed by architect Scott Lee of SB Architects using modular pavilion construction set within a wooded canyon.
2007 — Solage opens in Calistoga atop geothermal springs, introducing a more contemporary wellness-led Auberge formula.
2009 — Madeline Hotel and Residences opens in Telluride's Mountain Village at 9,545 feet.
2013 — Friedkin Capital Partners (Dan Friedkin) invests strategically in Auberge, backing international expansion into the Caribbean, Mexico, Europe, and Africa.
2014 — Malliouhana reopens in Anguilla after major renovation; Chileno Bay Resort & Residences opens in Los Cabos.
2017 — Chileno Bay opens on one of Los Cabos's only three swimmable-reef beaches.
2018 — Grace Hotel Santorini and Domaine des Etangs (France) join the collection.
2019 — Lodge at Blue Sky opens on 4,000 acres in Utah's Wasatch Mountains.
2020 — Commodore Perry Estate opens in Austin; Hacienda AltaGracia reopens in Costa Rica; Mauna Lani reopens after a $200 million Auberge restoration; Calistoga Ranch destroyed in the September 2020 Glass Fire.
2021 — Bishop's Lodge (Santa Fe) and The Woodward (Geneva) open; Etéreo opens in Riviera Maya.
2022 — Stanly Ranch, Susurros del Corazón, and Wildflower Farms open.
2023 — Bowie House (Fort Worth) and The Inn at Mattei's Tavern (Los Olivos) open.
2024 — The Dunlin opens on Johns Island, South Carolina; BDT & MSD Partners acquires minority stake, committing significant capital for acquisition and development; Christian Clerc named President and CEO.
2025 — Collegio alla Querce opens in Florence (March), Auberge's first Italian property; brand relaunch as Auberge Collection in September.
2026 — Auberge Safari launches with 9 Tanzania lodges (June); Cambridge House Mayfair slated to open as Auberge's first UK property.

The houses to know

Auberge du Soleil, Rutherford, United States — The founding property: the Provence-style dining room that opened in 1981 grew into the hotel that defined Napa Valley luxury.
The Lodge at Blue Sky, Wanship, United States — High West's working distillery shares this 3,500-acre Utah ranch with creekside cabins, hillside suites and cliffside rooms.
Esperanza, Los Cabos, Mexico — Waves arrive from two directions at Punta Ballena, the Whale's Tail, giving Esperanza's volcanic headland its restless ocean backdrop.
The Woodward, Auberge Collection, Geneva, Switzerland — The 26-suite hotel occupies a 1901 Belle Époque building in Geneva, with a two-Michelin-starred restaurant on the ground floor.
Chileno Bay Resort & Residences, Los Cabos, Mexico — Chileno Bay's natural reef shelters a cove where swimming is part of the holiday, an appealing distinction along the Los Cabos coast.
Etéreo, Playa del Carmen, Mexico — Above a protected mangrove forest in Kanai, Etéreo places seventy-five suites on nine oceanfront acres near the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef.
Collegio alla Querce, Florence, Italy — A former boarding-school campus gives Auberge a hillside Florence retreat with views toward the Duomo.
Auberge Saint-Antoine, Québec City, Canada — Archaeology accompanies you to your room at Auberge Saint-Antoine, where objects unearthed on Îlot Hunt are displayed throughout the house.
Commodore Perry Estate, Austin, United States — Ken Fulk's interiors bring a fresh chapter to this 1928 Mediterranean-style estate on ten acres in Austin.
Domaine des Etangs, Massignac, France — This Charente château brings a long estate history into a stay surrounded by extensive grounds.

Newest openings

Collegio alla Querce, Auberge Collection — Florence, Italy — opened March 2, 2025 — Auberge's first Italian property, in a 16th-century Florentine hillside campus that operated as a Jesuit boarding school from 1868; 83 keys (49 guest rooms, 28 suites, 6 grand suites) with interiors overseen by Spanish father-son architects Esteva i Esteva and Florentine designers ArchFlorence; four dining venues including destination restaurant La Gamella and the theatrical Bar Bertelli in the former headmaster's office; MICHELIN Two Keys awarded in its debut year; the only Florence hotel with simultaneous views of the Duomo and the Tuscan hills.
The Dunlin, Auberge Collection — Johns Island, South Carolina — opened 2024 — 72 cottage-style rooms on the Kiawah River salt marshes, named for the native shorebird; Lowcountry seafood at Linnette's; 30 minutes from Charleston and adjacent to Kiawah River, one of the Southeast's most celebrated new master-planned communities.
Auberge Safari — Northern Tanzania — launching June 2026 — Nine lodges across the Serengeti, Lake Manyara, Tarangire, Arusha, and the Mwiba Wildlife Reserve, bookable as a unified multi-lodge itinerary; the initiative is backed by the Friedkin Conservation Fund, which has over 30 years of experience in Tanzania; Auberge Safari is Auberge's first foray into Africa and differentiates from single-property rivals by enabling guests to traverse multiple ecosystems under one booking.

Opening next

Cambridge House, Auberge Collection — Mayfair, London, United Kingdom — expected 2026 (announced "reawakens 2026") — confirmed; 94 Piccadilly, a Grade I-listed Georgian Palladian mansion formerly home to the In & Out military club; 102 rooms; Auberge's first UK property, featuring a destination spa and multiple dining venues.
The Knox Hotel & Residences, Auberge Collection — Dallas, Texas, USA — expected 2026 — The project has been announced; further details have not been confirmed in the sources reviewed.
The Hearst Hotel, Auberge Collection — San Francisco, California, USA — expected 2026 — confirmed; adaptive reuse of the historic Hearst Building at 3rd and Market, with interiors by Roman & Williams.
Shell Bay Club and Resort, Auberge Collection — Hallandale Beach (Gold Coast), Florida, USA — expected 2027 — confirmed; 60-key boutique resort within a 150-acre private club development anchored by a Greg Norman-designed championship golf course; opened its golf club phase December 2025.