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To make the best of these noble intentions, this 179 acre resort has just completed a 22 million dollar renovation. The emphasis of this project was to rejuvenate in terms of technology and features without altering the distinctive all-white Moorish signature that has made it so unique in the Caribbean.
Sixty thousand plants were added to the gardens, 40-inch HD TVs and iPod docking stations were added to the rooms (as well as free wireless) and the three restaurants were completely renovated.
What has not changed is the white sand of the Cap Juluca beach that stretches for almost a mile from one end of crescent-shaped Maundays Bay to the other. With a view of the mountains of St. Maarten in the near distance, the true magic of Cap Juluca is its location.
Inspired by Juluca, the ancient Arawak’s rainbow spirit, Cap Juluca continues the Arawak tradition of cultivating a culture of tranquillity on the island of Anguilla.
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The lush countryside, the warm disposition of the people – these might be what distinguish Antigua from other Caribbean islands, but for Gordon Campbell Gray, proprietor of London's One Aldwych, the decision to invest in Antigua was swayed by the special beauty of Carlisle Bay.
From the lights that illuminate the garden at night, to the bleached grey stain of the outdoor timber, to the abundance of orchids, to the custom-made furniture and interiors designed by Mary Fox Linton – no detail large or small has escaped Gordon's magnificent obsession. The swimming pool tiles were brought in from Bali and a black-painted orchid pool with its flaming torches defines the entrance.
The all-suites hotel opened in late 2003 and the guest reaps the benefit of Gordon Campbell Gray's almost manic attention to detail in a wild and ruggedly natural setting.
With the proprietor's assured taste, Carlisle Bay has been groomed as a Caribbean option for discerning adults.
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First opened in 1961, it was a success from the very start and in 1998 the property was rebuilt from scratch in order to provide for the modern standards of luxury demanded such as a world-class spa and championship golf. In rebuilding this famous hotel, the porches, the staircases, the walls, the symmetry, the columns -every characteristic Caribbean Georgian detail – were carefully adhered to. The end result is a hotel that looks like it hasn’t been touched on the outside but with a thoroughly modern hotel on the inside. The hotel is distinguished inside and out by its render of crushed coral limestone. It is unashamedly luxurious.
In the sleepy, laid-back Caribbean, Sandy Lane is almost a miracle. The place is a well-oiled machine that seems to operate without hiccup or glitch.
Focus on the many ways you can be spoilt. Because for the true hedonist, Sandy Lane is very hip indeed.
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With only 34 rooms and suites, the proprietor’s chose the name to suggest the ambience of renting a villa as opposed to staying in a hotel. Only, in this adults-only villa, they serve up complimentary Champagne breakfasts and assign each guest a personal ambassador to cater to every whim!
On a design front its combination of, ornate Persian-style screens with teak furniture and floors, is suitably exotic. It's a beautifully intimate place with plenty of privacy for romantic dining. For food lovers the House may be one of the best hunting grounds on the island, because the most acclaimed addition to the Barbados restaurant scene is the adjacent Daphne’s. Located bang on the beach, this satellite of the famous London restaurant, is regarded by many as better than the original.
The House is the beachside version of a hip downtown hotel.
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It’s not a surprise to discover that Laluna is the vision of an intrepid Italian; they seem to have a knack for places like this. Bernardo Bertucci arrived here just over 10 years ago, and fell in love with the island, and the fact that it was not as commercial as other Caribbean islands.
This hotel is far more colourful and ethnic than any of the other hotels. The owner decided to focus on a décor and design much more in tune with the surrounding jungle. Laluna is for people who embrace the chance to escape to a bungalow disguised by the verdant green of a tropical island, just above a beach that is hidden away for all but the guests of the property.
This is a place where you forget time, routine and protocol, and focus instead on the natural beauty of these volcanic Caribbean islands.
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... a collection of red-roofed villas tucked into the dense greenery of Mount Cinnamon. They each have a brilliant view of the bay that defines Grenada and of the starting point of Great Anse beach.
These are villas in the true domestic context of the word, they are houses with proper living rooms, kitchens, terraces, and completely separate bedrooms; houses that are perfect for people with children.
The rest of the hotel is just down the hill from the villas. It’s not huge, and that is its charm. It is all on a scale that feels cosy and comfortable. One thing is certain; the hotel has a great view, probably the best on the island, a great location, a two minute stroll from the beach, and a very comfortable scale.
Peter de Savary’s Mount Cinnamon is a new and fun boutique resort set on the beautiful Grand Anse Beach.
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Of all the hotels along Grand Anse Beach, Spice Island definitely has the best location. Tucked just behind the dunes, the whole resort is literally a stone’s throw from the beach.
Spice Island’s beach bungalows are the most sought - after rooms on the island. The terrace end of their open plan interior leads directly onto the beach; thirty paces from your bed. The same is true for the restaurants (there are two), the colonial bar and the pool.
It is considered the best hotel in Grenada, and deservedly so. It runs like clockwork, the service is personable and professional, and the style is a cool and contemporary version of a Caribbean classic, limestone colonial. A lot of effort has gone into creating a look that appears effortless. It’s a laidback place that makes running a hotel look easy.
To be a guest at Spice Island Beach Resort, is to live in elegant luxury on one of the most beautiful beaches in the world.
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Set in the jungle on the secluded and unspoilt northeast coast, Geejam is a stone’s throw from the island’s most beautiful and charming beaches, and only a short journey from the island’s most renowned waterfalls. Geejam is an exclusive collection of deluxe cabins and villas with the added street cred of also being a fully fledged recording studio.
Musicians need privacy when they are recording an album, but they also need comfort and inspiration. With room names like Ska, Rocksteady, Drum&Bass this retreat openly celebrates its musical pedigree and the design only amplifies it, with hidden speakers and the fusion of sleek design.
Organic elegance best describes the style of this six acre estate. A duo of three hundred year old fig trees also serve as the foundation of the Bushbar. It’s all a well balanced mix of upscale interiors – Hansgrohe taps, Starck bathtubs –natural environment – the property has its own waterfall -and the “we know how to chill” shabby chic that has come to typify the Island Outpost group.
Music is as much a part of Jamaica as its mountains, beaches and jungle. Combine all these attributes, condense them, and you end up with Geejam
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Round Hill is where Jacqueline and JFK spent their honeymoon, where Rodgers and Hammerstein played chess, where Hitchcock got sunburned and where Noel Coward, if egged on enough, would sing for the guests.
After 50 years, Round Hill has a million stories to tell, but most impressive is how little it has changed. The place today offers the same blend of qualities that has always pulled the famous names and faces; namely a well-preserved slice of old Jamaica.
Today you still enjoy its stylish architecture and a predictably colonial pace of life, but with the added pull of an oceanfront spa and refurbished hotel rooms designed for beach living by Ralph Lauren, (perhaps whilst visiting his own villa at Round Hill).
A former pineapple plantation on the outskirts of Montego Bay, what is it about Round Hill that makes it such a magnet?
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Strawberry Hill is a former coffee plantation perched on a plateau 3,100 feet above sea level. It looks down on the sprawling city of Kingston below and the blue-green waters of the Caribbean beyond.
The architecture and design of Strawberry Hill’s twelve guest villas are stunning. With their awnings, verandas and mountain vistas, they are apparently a self-contained world set apart from local life. But in fact the place continues to play a role in Jamaican society – key members of Kingston’s urban set make the forty-five minute drive to the renowned restaurant each week to eat, discuss and linger until sunset.
Aside from the food, the spectacular location and the cool temperatures, Strawberry Hill is also renowned as an Aveda spa.
Colonial plantation style meets island cool in the misty blue mountains of Jamaica.
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The hotel corridor, for instance, has been replaced by a suspended sky bridge. The fourth wall of your room is irrelevant because there is no fourth wall – it has been left out to transform the sweeping space into a stage for the dazzling view of the Pitons.
From the outset it was architect and proprietor Nick Troubetzkoy’s desire for guests to become part of the unforgettable view. To do this, he not only abandoned the fourth wall, but he enhanced the panorama by the strategic placement of a large private infinity pool. You can, as a guest, literally dive into the view below.
This is a place where you leave your mobile and laptop behind and allow your private sanctuary to orchestrate an extraordinary series of sensory experiences.
Sanctuary is the key word for Jade Mountain. It is not a hotel, it is a sanctuary, or a collection of sanctuaries.
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Facing west, it provided shelter from storms and it was also the setting for a famous sea battle between the navies of France and Britain. Today, this is the setting for the Marigot Bay Hotel, a 30 acre eco-friendly retreat with a stylishly chic collection of 56 suites and 66 rooms, many with their own private pool.
The famous marina at Marigot Bay is just next door, with lively local restaurants and bars, it accommodates some of the world’s most impressive mega yachts. Marigot Bay has become a well-known holiday destination; the perfect place if you are the type that does not like being locked away in an isolated retreat. Apart from the bay itself, there are also St. Lucia’s lush rainforest and mountain peaks to explore.
The bay, described by novelist James Michener as “the most beautiful bay in the Caribbean”, was once a favourite haunt of pirates.
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The name derives from the ancient custom that the guest house is always situated on the opposite end of a traditional courtyard home. It is also a reference to the hotel’s fondness for contrast. Situated in the village of Sanlitun, a community based on traditional, low-build Beijing hutongs, The Opposite House stands out with its striking emerald glass exterior, designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma. The colour is traditional but the design certainly is not.
With 98 studios, three restaurants, (including Mediterranean Sureno and North Asian Bei), two bars and a state-of-the-art fitness centre with the a unique stainless steel pool, The Opposite House does not lack for facilities, yet the approach is still very much that of a small, individually minded outsider.
Timeless tradition and a captivating, contemporary dynamic are the opposing ying and yang that successfully juxtapose to make this Beijing hotel.
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It has the advantage of being right on the beach with a horizon pool on the very edge of the sand and the service and the food is exceptional, even by Balinese standards. Over the past decade, Seminyak has changed beyond recognition. It has accumulated countless cutting-edge boutiques and lots of interesting fusion restaurants, all adding to the benefit of the visitor who has chosen Seminyak as their destination.
The villas at The Legian have re-established the style pecking order. Each villa, set in its own landscaped garden, has a swimming pool and outdoor living area, an indoor living room and a bathroom the size of a normal hotel room, as well as a separate kitchen for entertaining in your own poolside pavilion. The style is a cross between an Indonesian long room, a Thai timber house and a Japanese tea room. The villas have their own restaurant, built overlooking an enormous pool reserved just for villa guests.
There are a few institutions in Bali, and The Legian in Seminyak is certainly one of them.
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The entire setup is so stylishly seductive and luxuriously comfortable that it is tempting not to leave one's private compound. That would be a shame. Amanjena is minutes away from the medina of Marrakech, one of the few intact medieval cities in the world.
“It's not just authenticity and style that make Amanjena the best hotel in Marrakech; there is also its unashamed devotion to luxury. Each guest is cocooned within a magnificent circular space complete with domed ceiling and fireplace. The en suite bathroom alone is the size of a Paris apartment, and each maison opens onto a private courtyard furnished as an outdoor living area in Moroccan style, complete with fountain and minzah or gazebo”.
You should drag yourself away from Aman's hedonistic clutches and experience the intoxicating sights, smells and sounds of one of the most exotic cities on the planet.
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In a Georgian house that is actually a national monument, Cape Cadogan is for people who prefer a certain level of style, sophistication and comfort with magnificent personal service. There is a lounge room where you’ll find port and snacks pre-dinner, a library, a garden with small pool for hot days and an indoor outdoor breakfast room. Two minutes walk takes you onto fashionable Kloof Street. Trendy cafés, shops and restaurants define this part of Cape Town so it’s a location for self-exploration.
This is a chic, bohemian bolthole that feels like an elegant home from home.
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Cape Town is without question one of the most charismatic cities. It is blessed with dramatic geography, surrounded by white sandy beaches, pounded by blue water surf, and it sits under the looming presence of Table Mountain. Like Sydney and Rio, it is one of the few cities that is able to combine a beach culture with the trappings of a cosmopolitan metropolis.
At One & Only, you get views of Table Mountain and the benefit of being right on the waterfront. Guests can choose between the urban or escape options that this collection of suites puts on offer and with two famous restaurants, a spa and a bar with a real buzz, the One & Only adds to the excitement of this city in a sophisticated way.
Situated on the waterfront in Cape Town’s picturesque Victoria and Alfred docks this contemporary urban resort combines the signature style of a One & Only retreat with the convenience of being in the heart of one of Africa’s most famous cities.
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Sir Richard Branson’s Ulusaba Private Game Reserve is set in the heart of the Sabi Sand reserve on the border of Kruger National Park. Here, guests enjoy the privilege of 13,500 hectares of game-rich bush in near solitude. Ulusaba has 21 rooms spread over 2 lodges and guests can share their time between each. Rock Lodge is perched high on the summit of a koppie with views of the dramatic Drakensberg Mountain range in the far distance. Safari Lodge is built along the banks of a dry riverbed, where guests cross swing bridges between exquisite tree house rooms.
When not occupied on a walking safari or twice daily game drive, take a dip in the swimming pool, indulge in a beauty treatment; for the more active there are tennis courts available. Try a few South African wines from the cellar, and after dinner enjoy a spot of stargazing at the bush observatory.
Ulusaba is a once in a lifetime experience, (although you'll want to go twice!)
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Situated at Pranburi on the Gulf of Siam, just 30 mins south of Hua Hin, it’s a far cry from the hustle and bustle of the capital city. The nearest other hotel on the beach is not even in view, and at the Evason Hua Hin all the guest bungalows are all less than a hundred yards from the beach.
Apart from the beach one of the strongest attractions here is the spa – a huge, well organised affair that revels in the one thing that Thailand does best. The rustic but luxurious pool villas are a ‘must’ with their own private plunge pool and garden, a lotus pond and even an outdoor bathtub - luckily, there’s also a wall for complete seclusion!
A tranquil retreat in a wonderful beachside setting surrounded by acres of lotus ponds and lush gardens - the perfect place to relax.
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The sweeping vista of palm-clustered islands and shimmering seas brings to mind all the fantasies we have of the Orient's beaches.
The resort is made up of a stunning collection of bamboo-clad villas, most with their own infinity-edge swimming pool looking out over the Gulf of Thailand. A modern interpretation of a traditional Thai residence, with open-plan spaces combined with a loft-like arrangement. The restaurants and bars are open pavilions, deriving their aesthetic from the communal longhouses of traditional river communities. The view, the architecture, the style and even the temperature intentionally immerse the guest in the location.
This is back to nature – without a hint of roughing it. The Hideaway gives you a lot, including a comprehensive spa that offers every conceivable treatment in Asia...with a brilliant view to boot.
When you arrive at the Six Senses Hideaway Samui the view is at once exhilarating and strangely familiar
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Bang in the heart of Chaweng Beach, The Library makes the most of its absolute beach frontage. It has the turquoise water but it also has a charm which keeps those who have discovered it coming back.
White minimal lofts arranged along a wooden jetty leading to the beach, with a blood red swimming pool and a startlingly white media room; The Library breaks all the rules.Not many hotels can boast a blood red pool. Nothing about this place is conventional, why stop with the pool?
An air-conditioned pavilion houses a floor to ceiling wine cellar, and a beachside bistro open to the elements – the dining experience at The Library is in keeping with Koh Samui’s emergence as a sophisticated escape destination.
Accommodation at The Library feels more like you’ve borrowed a cool friend’s beach apartment than staying in a hotel.
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This remote retreat on a small island in the Andaman Sea has one of the most spectacular views in Asia. Thai resorts and beaches are renowned for their beauty, but this escape destination takes it to another level. Camouflaged by the island’s dense foliage, the beautifully rustic but thoroughly contemporary guest villas all benefit from a constant vista of a collection of limestone sentinels sticking out of the turquoise Andaman Sea with purposeful monumentality.
This spectacle continues throughout the property. From the bar, the restaurant, the beach etc, the view is consistent and unavoidably dominant.
This remote retreat on a small island in the Andaman Sea has one of the most spectacular views in Asia. Thai resorts and beaches are renowned for their beauty, but this escape destination takes it to another level.
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Spread across 64 acres the Evason Phuket & Six Senses Spa has three different swimming pools, three restaurants and a handful of different bars. Some of the guest bungalows have their own swimming pools, and the resort is big enough to cater to different demands and different budgets. There are pools for parents and children; there are pools for adults only, and pools with waterfalls, all of it done in the signature hand-made organic style that has come to distinguish the Evason properties.
The hotel even has its own private destination island. Guests take a traditional-style Thai boat to an idyllic tropical isle; a powdery white beach in a turquoise pool. There is a treetop cottage for honeymoon couples, and a restaurant and cabanas on the beach for day use.
Some hotels have spectacular pools, some have amazing beaches, but few hotels have their own beautiful private island.
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Indigo Pearl is located on Nai Yang Beach, just 10 minutes from Phuket International Airport, but because it’s situated next to Sirinath National Park it’s one of the quietest areas on the island – although the hustle and bustle of places like Patong are only 30 minutes away.
The open air lounge bar is set in a raised pavilion that catches glimpses of the beach, and Rebar neatly sums up Indigo Pearl’s ambience ie funky and blue. There are four different restaurants, the most spectacular being Black Ginger, a traditional Thai building on stilts in a man made lake with an all black interior accented by cobalt blue chandeliers. Alternatively, help create your own flavours of Thai cuisine at Moo’s Kitchen, Indigo Pearl’s Thai cooking school.
Moody blue lighting and traditional touches expressed in a new Thai modernity.
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Spend a few nights living a fantasy – staying in an environment quite unlike your own.
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Glamour, innovation, style – this hotel is all you could want in Los Angeles.
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Designed by famed British architect David Chipperfield, merging two existing beach front properties with a brand new, purpose-built tower, Schrager later added his signature touches.
The whole of the ground floor, leading all the way to the beach, has been turned into one seamless nocturnal play zone for grown-ups. The lighting is low, with a few thousand candles; the music is seductive and the design is a mix of every ethnic style that has ever contributed to the culture of chilling out – Greek tavern stools, Moroccan daybeds, Rajasthani palace chairs, African tribal stools, cushions and more cushions in hare Krishna colours. Rooms are loaded with the latest high-tech options, as well as more old-fashioned creature comforts such as plenty of closet space and enormous bathrooms.
Redefining cool on Miami's South Beach, The Shore Club combines classic minimalist design with quirky twists.
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It is Soho’s great collection of cast-iron architecture that sets the local precedent for the Egyptian columns, Oriental lanterns and turn of the century crafts ornaments that distinguish the Soho Grand’s interior. Plus a century old city ordinance prohibition on using the ground floor led the designer to create an entrance that is quite out of the ordinary. Serving as an anteroom to the main lobby and reception above it heightens the impact not just of the lobby, but also of the staircase that is embedded with the glass bottle-bottoms traditionally used along SoHo sidewalks. The design of the guest rooms is contemporary with arts and crafts style furniture and vintage Manhattan photography that reflect the history and ambience of the area. The Soho Grand is gutsy, industrial and artistic, an apt metaphor for SoHo itself.
A 363 room homage to the industrial and artistic loft heritage of this unique part of downtown Manhattan
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The classic lobby and drawing room with eclectic furniture and original artwork open on to a courtyard garden. Upstairs the eighty eight rooms are all unique with hand loomed Tibetan silk rugs and Moroccan tiled rain showers. The result is a hotel that feels like a film director’s house. Downstairs, Shibui Spa is the hotel’s big extravagance. Reserved exclusively for hotel guests, with treatment rooms, a Japanese bathing room, a 1,000 sq ft fitness room, and a pool like no other in New York. The lantern-lit swimming pool is housed in an authentic 250-year old Japanese bamboo farmhouse, painstakingly reconstructed by Japanese craftsmen inside the hotel.
TriBeCa is an intoxicating blend of downtown street cred, loft living and a handful of sympathetic boutiques, restaurants and bars. The hotel’s own restaurant, Locanda Verde is in the style of a neighbourhood Italian tavern. With a wood burning oven, chairs and tables on the sidewalk and an open kitchen.
Robert De Niro, a long term resident of TriBeCa, the city’s most sought after neighbourhood, has created the area’s iconic hotel with the look and feel of a chic members club
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Clift’s stone exterior opens onto a glowing purple entryway that prepares guests for the Phillipe Starck designed wonderland within. The soaring lobby contains one of the most eclectic furniture collections in all of California including chairs from Eames, a Salvador Dali coffee table and a surreal stool by Renee Marguerite. The striking centerpiece is the fireplace commissioned from French artist Gerard Garouste, a towering bronze relief that sits perfectly with the lobby’s moody atmosphere. This is a hotel of dramatic contrast. The rooms are pale and full of light where the lobby, the restaurant and the library are dark and seductive in an elegant contemporary way that attracts both guests and locals to linger over lunch, hang out in the lobby and the bar starts to fill up at 4.30 in the afternoon!
Just one block from Union Square, the Clift is in a historic building, with a listed bar and the famous Nob Hill tram just around the corner.
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Robert Redford's commitment to the environment and his sensitivity to the creative process make Sundance unique in the American West.
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The first among these is the underwater spa. The LIME spa has glass spa treatment rooms that are literally underwater, so that guests can be surrounded by the world that makes the Maldives so special. Then there is Vinum, the underground wine cave with one of the best collections in Asia. There is a private beach residence called Cube, the library/lounge called The Lair and glass bottoms feature in all the water bungalows as well as in the hotel’s kayaks.
If you imagine these are the main reasons for going to Huvafen Fushi, you would be wrong. The real star of this retreat is the Maldives, a collection of amoeba-like islands surrounded by startlingly white beaches and incredibly turquoise waters.
If this hotel had been around in the Sixties the Beatles surely would have dedicated a psychedelic song to all its strange and dream-like qualities.
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The W Retreat & Spa opted to go bling. Situated on Fesdu Island, North Ari Atoll, it’s the kind of place where your wife can wear a little Dolce & Gabbana number for dinner. W created an island that gets dressed up at night.
The W Maldives brings a bit of city sophistication to paradise. For example, the over-water bungalows could be lofts in Manhattan, if it were not for the thatched roof, the private deck and a personal plunge pool. FIRE, the barbecue restaurant, lays claim to being the longest single grill in Asia. FISH is a much quieter affair, situated on a pier over the reef, it’s entirely illuminated by fibre optics embedded between the planks, and the food could give Nobu a run for its money.
During the day it’s not just an island paradise; a speck of jungle surrounded by a white sand border in turquoise water, it also has some of the best snorkelling in the Maldives.
“Theatrical, sexy, fun, W Retreat & Spa in the Maldives has made its mark by daring to be different”.
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It’s a peaceful, romantic setting that encapsulates all that is so attractive about Mauritius, including a turquoise lagoon and a sandy beach surrounded by tropical gardens and framed by the verdant green rainforests of the island’s volcanic mountains.
Apart from the natural beauty, the thing that sets Maradiva apart is that all the guests are accommodated in private villas. These “cocoons of luxury” each feature their own infinity-edge plunge pool, a private patio and a 24-hour butler service. The name of the game at Maradiva is peace and privacy. This is not a destination for people who want to meet and mingle. It is an escape that provides a much needed tonic to the stress and speed of contemporary city life.
Maradiva, overlooking Tamarin Bay, is situated on the west coast of Mauritius, famous for its sunsets and for its dry, warm climate, even in winter.
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This 36 acre resort on the south side of Mauritius has the quintessential island ingredients i.e. turquoise water, coral reef, beaches and tropical gardens. But it also has a mantra that says “We go beyond simple indulgence of the body and senses to exploring one’s innermost self”. The emphasis is on the wellbeing, not just of the body but also of the mind and spirit. In short, Shanti Ananda is all about a holistic experience.
Nature walks, beachcombing, yoga, aqua yoga, aerobics, aqua aerobics, golf, windsurfing, scuba diving, waterskiing, sailing, snorkelling; Shanti Ananda is all about leaving in better shape than when you arrived.
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Of the top three hotels in Mauritius, The Oberoi is all about the beach and its intimate beach coves. Apart from its setting in 20 lush acres, its dominant feature is its more than half a kilometre of beachfront. Located in the less touristy northwest corner of the island along the Baie aux Tortues or Turtle Bay. The hotel offers a comprehensive selection of spa treatments for those looking to indulge in a bit of R&R, with guests raving in particular about the hotel’s signature paillasson (coconut) massage.
The main restaurant features a soaring roof of palm-thatched timbers and offers panoramic views across the Indian Ocean. As all the food is excellent, the main choice you have to make is whether to dine inside among the pillars, or outside under the stars.
The Oberoi is a beach resort for people who have no intention of roughing it.
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Prices from:
£1,749 pp
With our Stay 8, Pay 4 this summer
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Dar Al Masyaf is for the guest who seeks privacy within an authentic, Middle Eastern, intimate setting.
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Prices from:
£1,099 pp
Or from £885 pp for 5 nights including breakfast,with our special offer fare on VAA plus great summer rates - book by 20th July
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