Guana Island, BVI Hotel

Guana Island, British Virgin Island, Caribbean

Want to be treated like royalty? Only guests and staff are allowed on the 350 hectares that make up Guana. And, if it’s solitude you’re after, the private island delivers in style, with just 18 rooms dotted along the top of a ridge offering superb views of the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, or both.

So what to do in this resort built of native stone and coral, on the foundations of an 18th-century Quaker estate? Easy: kick back and enjoy the incredible mountain and cove vistas, seven beaches (you’ll probably have one to yourself ), 19km of hiking trails, a game of tennis or lawn bowling. And look out for the iguanas and flamingos.

If you choose to mingle, there’s The Clubhouse bar; and dining, as you’d expect, is high-end farm-to- table – some 40 varieties of fruit, veg and flowers are grown in the orchard for chefs to pick by season, including papaya, pomegranate, carambola, breadfruit and wax apple. Paradise. Doubles from £800, including all meals.

Words by Dominic Hart

This Article was taken from the October 2024 issue of Food and Travel. To subscribe today, click here.