The Hamptons is synonymous with luxury. Simply mentioning the name conjures images of poolside parties, grandiose waterfront estates and endless days on the beach socializing with the upper echelon.
But before this famed peninsula became the summer haunt of the glitterati, its forty miles of rolling sand dunes provided the perfect landscape for English settlers. Once New York high society caught wind of the charming hamlets and salty air, its members‚ from the Fords to the Vanderbilts‚ soon turned The Hamptons into a summer oasis. Next came the creatives seeking solitude, a place to write and sketch, away from the urban cacophony.
Hamptons Private invites readers to peek behind the manicured hedges in Amagansett, charter a yacht off the shore of the Springs, experience the surfer haven that is Ditch Plains and attend a polo match in Bridgehampton.
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