Russell Drysdale's painting, The Cricketers comes to mind, for its stone pub and veranda profile.
On hot, sunny days, you can simply step off the broad veranda and walk down to the shore to cool off.
It has stark walls, polished concrete floors, oversized Anglepoise lamps and butterfly chairs on the raised veranda, and an internal courtyard has a table for shady breakfasts and candlelit suppers.
· Stay at Chickadee B&B (001 207 439 0672, chickadeebandb.net), a colonial clapboard house with veranda; doubles from $105 B&B.
I confess that I had Bush cast more in the role of the Calvin Candie-ish plantation owner, smirking from his veranda while the field hands do the work "Yeah," says Foxx. "But you don't know, because you don't know the man.
Wonderful returning back after an evening meal to the honesty bar and music chosen by the guests, sitting on the beautiful veranda near to the pool, listening to the sea.
I was up on the roof of the veranda putting out a fire when the ladder blew down.
If you like your reds, go south to the Burgenland area near Lake Neusiedl, and if you like your whites, the beautiful hilly Styria on the border with Slovenia is a must, where visitors should pair a Styrian sauvignon blanc with a plate of charcuterie on the veranda of a Buschenschank (rural cafe).
Our apartment had a four-poster bed, Jacuzzi bath and wraparound veranda with sea views.
Take St John's, where the waterfront and its colonial buildings have been restored and you can cool off at Hemingway's, an early 19th-century green-and-white wooden building with a cool veranda and even cooler fruit drinks overlooking the street and Heritage Quay.
Casa do Pescador is a rustic, two-bedroom hideaway on the Ilha do Araujo, 10km north of Paraty, with a hammock-strung veranda that would make a great lovers' retreat.
