Casa Bonita Hotel

Dominican Republic

Set amid lush tropical jungle with the Caribbean on your doorstep and mountains as a backdrop, every box is ticked for an island getaway at Casa Bonita in Dominican Republic.

Home to just 12 cabanas, this family-run retreat is as intimate as it is secluded. Everything at Casa Bonita, in the nation’s south-west corner, ties back in with the rich, verdant landscape – a unique geography right next to Dominican Republic’s only biosphere reserve – from the seafood that pretty much flops from the sea to stove, to the ingredients grown in their organic garden. There are also remedies from their surrounds with the woodland

Tanama Eco Spa spa using garden herbs and larimar stones – found only on this island – in their treatments. Then, you can truly get among nature, either by discovering what lies beneath the beautiful blue waters, taking a hike through the jungle, or getting the best view in the house from the 1km-long treetop Garden Canopy Tour. To get hands-on with grows within the surf and turf of the island, there’s also an organic cookery tour.

Rooms have private balconies and views of the ocean or the mountains, and balance natural wood with
crisp white interiors.

Doubles from £249. 00 01 809 540 5908. casabonitadr.com
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Words by Alex Mead