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The beach is always calling, but what’s your beach style? Powder white sand under the shade of a palm tree, cocktail in hand, turquoise waters lapping at your feet? Snorkel and fins on hand 24/7 – couldn’t miss a house reef sighting!
Isolation – private islands only, please.
There is something for everyone and we have put the heavy hours in to make sure we know the best options on offer.
For ultimate luxury, the 115 islands that make up the Seychelles Archipelago offer impossibly scenic beaches. From dense thickets of palm trees to giant granite boulders that are seemingly littered along the dazzling white sand, the islands are breath-taking. On some islands, you could find yourself sharing the beach with the Aldabra giant tortoise which can grow to 305kg!
Australias East Coast is home to some legendary beaches and the worlds largest coral reef system, the Great Barrier Reef. Visible from space, the reef is a kaleidoscope of colours and the beaches that surround this rich marine sanctuary have, arguably, some of the most power white, soft sand in the world.
In search of some world famous surf that rolls up onto your bungalow door? Teetering between the lush tropical rainforest and Pacific Ocean, the Costa Rican coastline is perfect for those active beach dwellers. Surfing, horse riding, rock jumping above waterfalls, ocean fishing and bird watching to name but a few.
Where to stay for Beach
20 Degrés Sud
Small and elegant, 20 Degrés Sud offers guests a warm and personal service within a haven of refinement and style. It is ideal for those who like to explore without being tied into a resort, but who want somewhere peaceful and private to return to. Nestled in a coconut grove in the mouth of the bay, this is a boutique resort with 36 colonial-style rooms.
Al Baleed Resort Salalah by Anantara
Between a beach and freshwater lagoon, Al Baleed Resort Salalah by Anantara offers refreshing luxury, and also a gateway to Oman’s cultural treasures. It is a beachfront oasis that is the first luxury villa resort of its kind in Salalah, along the south coast of Dhofar.
Al Bustan Palace
An iconic Omani hotel, built in 1985 for the GCC Summit, delivering opulence and luxurious surroundings expected of Middle Eastern Heads of State. With 1km of private beachfront, the longest in Oman, and extensive facilities found within the beautiful gardens, Al Bustan Palace provides ample opportunities to relax and entertain. 250 rooms and suites seamlessly […]
Azura Benguerra
Azura is Mozambique’s first luxury ‘eco’ retreat. Built entirely by hand by the local community and operated in partnership with them, this boutique resort has just 15 villas, each with their own infinity pool and designed for both pampering and barefoot escapism.
Banyan Tree, Mahé
Banyan Tree Seychelles luxury resort is perfectly located in the highlight of the islands, Intendance Bay. Along Intendance Bay, nestled amidst exotic flora and fauna, is where the granitic island of Mahé plays host to Banyan Tree Seychelles. A mere 25 minutes away from the airport, a timeless habitat of swaying palms and Takamaka trees awaits.
Belle Mare Plage
The Belle Mare Plage’s 278 rooms and villas are set in two storey houses around lush tropical gardens, each with its own private balcony or terrace giving onto the gardens or beach and tastefully furnished in warm colours. It is protected by offshore coral reefs making the resort ideal for swimming, snorkelling and water sports.
Blue Safari – Cosmoledo Atoll and Astove Atoll
Situated in the heart of the Indian Ocean in one of the last untouched frontiers, Blue Safari are pioneering a new style of distinctive lodging and experiential travel, all while actively conserving this pristine region.
Cape Weligama
Cape Weligama is a gorgeous cliff top resort that inhabits twelve manicured acres above the Indian Ocean on Sri Lanka’s southern coast, just thirty minutes south east of Galle.
Cocoa Island
Cocoa Island by COMO is an intimate private Maldives island resort with just 33 overwater suites. Encircled with powder white sand, the carefree, understated luxury experience at Cocoa Island includes holistic wellness treatments at COMO Shambhala Retreat, South Indian-influenced cuisine and worldclass diving.
Constance Lemuria
Built with a modern approach to design and quality, Constance Lemuria lives up to – and often exceeds – the expectation of guests who enjoy pure luxury and preserved nature. Constance Lemuria Seychelles is located just five minutes from Praslin airstrip in an idyllic setting on the northwest coast of the island.
Constance Tsarabanjina
Barefoot 5* luxury on a serene Madagascan island resort. For those seeking to engage all 5 senses, less has always been more. Virgin beaches, turquoise clear water, the pleasures of nature at every turn, total privacy, the ultimate in Robinson Crusoe chic.
Denis Island
A privately owned coral island, Denis Island is the perfect location for those seeking true escapism, total relaxation and tranquillity. The 375 acres of Denis Island barely rise a few feet above sea level and are fringed by coconut palms, brilliant white sand and coral reefs. Denis Island Private epitomises the Seychelles experience.
Four Seasons, Desroches
Four Seasons at Desroches is a 5* Seychelles resort in the Amirante Islands – a cluster of remote coral atolls that are considered some of the world’s most pristine and untouched. This resort is remote and secluded yet a 35 minute flight from Mahé and offers couples and families a luxurious island hideaway for rejuvenation and adventure.
Gili Lankanfushi
The first all over-water villa resort and located in one of the largest lagoons of Maldives, Gili Lankanfushi surrounds the bijou island of Lankanfushi and exudes sophisticated barefoot luxury. The 44 villas are all crafted in a traditional style from natural materials, sustainable woods and traditional fabrics.
Hemingways Watamu
Hemingways Watamu lies within the Watamu Marine National Park, approximately 90 miles north of Mombasa. The ambience of the hotel is one of relaxed sophistication with the friendliness of a privately-owned hotel matched by the facilities and standards of an international resort.
Kinondu Kwetu
Kinondo Kwetu’s secluded position means that its beach and adjoining gardens are utterly private. After bathing in the sea, you can completely relax in the hotel’s grounds and two pools, beneath the shade of towering baobab and palm trees.
KK Beach
KK Beach is a contemporary and stylish beachfront boutique hotel with ten stunning rooms, overlooking the Indian Ocean.
Koh Russey Resort
Koh Russey Resort is located in Southern Cambodia and offer a luxurious and modern haven for those visiting the region. The resort has a fantastic spa, luxurious and well-designed villa accommodation and excellent dining choices.
Kumu Beach
Kumu Beach is a 10-bedroom charming boutique hotel on Sri Lanka’s south-west coast overlooking boulder-scattered Balapitiya Beach.
Lamima
The world’s largest wooden sailing yacht, with superyacht standards. The epitome of luxury from topsail to keel. Delivering an extraordinary glimpse into the islands, turquoise marine rich waters and beautiful culture of Indonesia and Myanmar.
Le Saint Geran
Le Saint Geran is the incomparable and distinguished ‘Grande Dame’ of Mauritius, sitting serenely on its own private peninsula on the country’s north-east coast, with a white sand beach on one side and a sheltered lagoon on the other. Discreet luxury prevails throughout this all-suite haven.
Lizard Island
Lizard Island, Australia’s northern-most island beach resort, is truly secluded from the rest of the world. It is right on the Great Barrier Reef, 240 kms north of Cairns with 24 powdery-white beaches, over 1000 hectares of national park, 40 understated beach luxe suites, Azure Spa, and the bluest of clear blue ocean views from every angle.
Manda Bay
Manda Bay is a rustic beach hideaway found on an idyllic island within Kenya’s Lamu Archipelago. Accessed only by speedboat, Manda Bay lies on the remote north western tip of Manda Island, on the Kenyan coast. This friendly owner-run lodge offers wonderful beach front accommodation, informal pampering and barefoot luxury, superbly combining the bush and beach experience.
Mari Mari Hotel
Sprawled along 13 miles of dramatic Pacific coastline, Mari Mari Hotel and Nature Reserve offers adventure and lavish comfort in equal measure. Within this pristine wilderness, guided expeditions and exquisite local cuisine, guests can indulge in utmost luxury.
Miavana
Brand new, ultra-luxury lodge, Miavana is a private, four island paradise, surrounded by powder-soft beaches and pristine coral reefs, just 3.5kms off north east coast of Madagascar in the Nosy Ankao Archipelago. Miavana is home to just 14 vast villas each with ocean and beach views.
Milaidhoo
Milaidhoo is a tiny tropical island, an emerald drop of paradise wrapped in soft white sands, surrounded by a vibrant coral reef, lapped by warm turquoise waters and hidden in the heart of a UNESCO biosphere reserve. It is a boutique luxury resort in the Baa Atoll UNESCO biosphere reserve, close to Hanifaru Bay, 126km north west of Male.
Nihi Sumba
Nihi Sumba, formerly Nihiwatu, is a unique and intimate, luxury eco retreat, situated within 560 hectares and 2.5km of pristine beach on the little known and beautifully preserved Indonesian island of Sumba.
Nikki Beach Resort & Spa
Nikki Beach Resort & Spa Dubai is located on the waterfront of Pearl Jumeira, allowing guests to enjoy the Arabian Gulf’s blue waters and stunning panoramic views from almost every corner of the resort. The modern property features cutting-edge architecture and design with the brand’s signature all white décor.
NIYAMA
NIYAMA is a luxury contemporary and vibrant resort for the stylish aspirational traveller, incorporating traditional Maldivian elegance in a naturally modern aesthetic. Split over two islands, Niyama Private Islands Maldives offers up the luxury of choice for active couples and fun loving families.
North Island
North Island is designed to offer the ultimate in romance, superb beaches, watersports and immaculate service. A place of barefoot luxury for those seeking an unspoilt, spectacular tropical retreat. It is one of the ‘inner’ islands of the Seychelles – often referred to as being amongst the most beautiful on Earth.
Paradise Cove
Located at the water’s edge on a sheltered cove in northern Mauritius, the Paradise Cove Boutique Hotel and Spa proves to be an absolutely idyllic island retreat, with experiences tailor-made just for couples. The hotel is nestled in a beautiful 30,000 m2 tropical garden around the beautiful cove in very private and intimate surroundings.
Pelorus Private Island
Pelorus Private Island is 400 hectares of pristine wilderness and superb fringing reefs within the ‘Great Palm’ archipelago of the Great Barrier Reef. With just one simple, natural and effortlessly luxurious beach house, this is a unique offering of seclusion and refinement in equal measures.
Pretty Beach House
Pretty Beach House is nestled into the escarpment, high above Pretty Beach on the NSW Bouddi Peninsula, demanding that the luxury compass be reset for just 100 kilometres north of Sydney. Offering a new style of luxury, this exclusive guesthouse has only three, one-bedroom pavilions on the seven and a half-acre property.
Santorini Mozambique
Overlooking the sandy beach of Kingfisher Bay, Santorini Mozambique is a luxury boutique hotel just north of Vilanculos town.
Shangri-La Barr Al Jissah Resort and Spa
Shangri-La’s Barr Al Jissah Resort and Spa comprises a total of three hotels, catering for myriad of travellers and parties from young families to young-at-heart couples. The family friendly Al Waha offers several swimming pools set among date palms while Al Bandar has been designed to reflect a small town with a variety of fine restaurants.
Shangri-La’s Villingili Resort & Spa
Located near Gan in the south of The Maldives, Shangri-La’s Villingili Resort & Spa is the definition of luxury, a place where all experiences are tailored to suit your passions. Retreat in style in one of Shangri-La’s Villingili Resort & Spa’s private villas perched atop the emerald green jungle or strung along the turquoise shoreline.
Six Senses Laamu
Just an inter-island plane trip from Malé International Airport and a short boat ride brings you to the pristine palm-fringed paradise of Laamu. The resort features 97 villa accommodations, with most being set over the lagoon’s turquoise waters and some on the island, and all constructed of sustainably sourced materials.
Six Senses Zighy Bay
Six Senses Zighy Bay is located on the northern Musandam Peninsula in the Sultanate of Oman. The setting of these 82 indigenous village-style pool villa accommodations is spectacular, guarded by the dramatic Hajar Mountains and private sandy beach.
Six Senses Zil Pasyon
One of the country’s most high-profile recent openings, and a certain magnet for British honeymooners, Six Senses Zil Pasyon stands on the 652-acre Félicité Island and is dramatically beautiful. It is located on Félicité, a private island where massive granite rocks and coral fringed beaches create an air of drama and beauty.
Sundy Praia
Hidden away 130 miles off the coast of West Africa, Sundy Praia is a tented luxury hotel at the wild northwest tip of the island of Principe. Praia Sundy is a nature lover’s paradise and a traveller’s nirvana.
The Last House
Designed by revered architect Geoffrey Bawa, and set on tranquil Mawella Beach, The Last House is an iconic five-bedroom seaside hideaway. Relaxed and colourful, it is the epitomy of barefoot chic, where airy antique-filled interiors spill into alfresco spaces.
The Oberoi
The Oberoi is one of Mauritius’ most romantic hotels, with mountain views, gourmet restaurants, a holistic spa and faultless service. An idyllic sanctuary overlooking Turtle Bay on the glorious northwest coast of Mauritius, it is set in 20 acres of fabulous tropical gardens. A honeymooner’s heaven, it offers everything you need for an idyllic island break.
Thonga Beach Lodge
Thonga Beach Lodge is set above a secluded bay and nestled into the indigenous coastal dune forest of the KwaZulu Natal’s Maputuland coast. This rustic luxury lodge is the ideal place to discover one of South Africa’s last unspoilt wilderness beaches.
Uga Bay
Overlooking the serene seas of Pasikuda Bay, Uga Bay is a contemporary tropical beach resort fused with a Mediterranean theme. Brimming with coastal charm, the beachfront hotel boasts spectacular views of the palm fringed garden and pristine Indian Ocean.
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