Immerse Yourself In Famous Works Of Art With Artist-Inspired Vacation Rentals

There’s art appreciation, and then there’s immersing yourself in environments that let you live, breathe, and sleep that art. If you’d prefer the latter, you might want to choose a vacation wherein you stay in a rental based on the works of artistic luminaries like Van Gogh, Monet, Kahlo and Michelangelo. Here are rentals around the world inspired by great works of art.

Immerse Yourself in a Van Gogh Painting in the South of France

You can visit Arles and walk in Vincent Van Gogh’s footsteps — the artist spent a year there creating some of his most famous works — but there’s one place in the town where you can truly be immersed in Van Gogh’s art. The Van Gogh Room is a room for rent in a townhouse in Arles that has been decorated to look like his work, “The Bedroom in Arles,” down to having the same art on the room’s walls that is depicted in the painting. There’s even an easel in the room, and access to a beautifully illuminated courtyard should inspiration strike. While you’re there, take a walking tour of Van Gogh’s Arles, where he created about 300 paintings in about 15 months, and the Fondation Vincent Van Gogh Arles.

Have a Surreal Dalí Experience in Florida

Dalí didn’t live in St. Petersburg, but the Florida city is home to the Salvador Dalí Museum, the largest collection of his paintings in the world. Inspired by the painter and his works, Hello Dalí is a two-bedroom apartment dedicated to Surrealism. The space is eclectic, with brightly colored textiles and mixed patterns, and custom mosaics made from broken plates on the walls in the kitchen. Prints of Dalí’s works fill the space, but there are other tongue-in-cheek touches of the Surrealist throughout the space, like a candle with Dalí’s likeness and a sign saying “Hello Dalí.”

Live Like Frida Kahlo in Mexico

Baja California’s Valle de Guadalupe is widely considered to be among Mexico’s best wine-growing regions, full of vineyards and winery tasting rooms. In the valley, Casa Frida is an epicurean destination with wine and spirits tastings, and three restaurants. On the property, there’s a rental house dedicated to the property’s namesake, Frida Kahlo. A vivid blue home filled with recreations of Kahlo’s art, Casa Frida fully immerses you in the Mexico the artist loved and depicted in her works. The three-bedroom house features many of the artist’s self-portraits.

Sleep Where Monet Slept in Normandy

The Blue House isn’t just located in Giverny, the village in Normandy that Claude Monet called home — it was actually owned by the artist himself, and has become famous not just for its notable ownership, but because it was painted by California Impressionist Guy Rose. With three bedrooms and sprawling gardens that undoubtedly inspired Monet’s work, the historic Blue House is in the busier part of Giverny, but it’s still an oasis in the town, which only has 500 permanent residents. Even if you don’t want to sleep there, you can still explore the gardens and home that inspired some of the Impressionist’s most famous works.

Experience Georgia O’Keeffe’s Santa Fe

A two-bedroom pueblo-style home in downtown Santa Fe, the O’Keeffe Cottage isn’t just inspired by the artist — it actually shares grounds with the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum. This cottage, though, has a unique story all its own. The historic building was built in 1850 by Oliver Hovey, a printer from Vermont who established New Mexico’s first English-language newspaper, and the adobe and plaster building is filled with art from Santa Fe artist Anne Staveley.

Live like Michelangelo in Tuscany

Near Michelangelo’s birthplace in Caprese Michelangelo is a home inspired by Il Divino himself. This three-bedroom house sleeps 10, and is filled with recreations of Michelangelo’s art, including a four-panel version of “The Creation of Adam” hanging over the dining room table. Centrally located in Tuscany, Casa Michelangelo is close to Tuscan must-sees like Montepulciano, Perugia, Cortona, Piave, and the Tuscan hot springs, and is about an hour from Siena and Florence.