Hamptons Guide Highlights Amagansett, Shelter Island and Sag Harbor as Quiet Summer Retreats

Key facts

• Monocle recommends Amagansett, Shelter Island and Sag Harbor as low-key Hamptons retreats.
• Amagansett is a hamlet in East Hampton with La Garçonne, Sabah, 180 the Store and Il Buco Al Mare.
• The Hedges Inn, a 13-room 19th-century East Hampton property, reopened under Sarah and Andrew Wetenhall, who also operate The Colony Hotel in Palm Beach.
• The Roundtree Beach House is a 1960s home rented by the nearby Roundtree hotel, with bicycles, breakfast, cleaning, a barbecue and a hammock lawn.
• Shelter Island lies between the North and South Forks of Long Island and has The Chequit and André Balazs's Sunset Beach.
• Sag Harbor is a twenty-minute drive from Amagansett and has Sag Harbor Books, Carissa's and Tutto il Giorno.
• The Faraway hotel opened in June with a pool facing the harbour and a cream and navy-blue palette.
• The Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill shows Hamptons-based artists including Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and Joan Mitchell.