For years, homogenized beauty was the promise. The linen curtains, the travertine bathroom, the muted palette that seemed to belong simultaneously to Paris, Menorca, Mexico City, and Copenhagen. The boutique hotel, once imagined as a rebellion against the anonymity of mass travel, has itself become a category.

At Casa del Limonero in Seville, intimacy takes the form of an urban sanctuary. Directed by Martina Cam, the property was conceived as a luxury guesthouse within a historic Sevillian residence. And also serves as the setting for a highly personal contemporary art collection, assembled over many years by its discreet French owner.