Spice Island Beach Resort

Spice Island is that Caribbean rarity: a luxury beachfront resort owned and run by an island family for over half a century. The late Sir Royston Hopkin—Grenada's most decorated hotelier—shaped the property into the island's standard-bearer, and his family carries it forward: an all-suite, all-inclusive resort spread along a prime stretch of Grand Anse, rebuilt and refined repeatedly, where the service culture feels like national pride made tangible.

Suites line the beach and gardens in white modernist wings with mahogany accents; categories climb from beachfront suites steps off the sand to private-pool suites with garden courtyards and saunas. The all-inclusive plan covers the refined nightly menus at Oliver's, the beachfront restaurant where Grenadian spice—nutmeg above all—threads through the cooking, along with afternoon tea and a well-stocked bar.

Families are embraced—the Nutmeg Pod kids' club is complimentary—yet honeymooners remain a core clientele, drawn by the private-pool suites and the beach at the door. A small spa, fitness room, bicycles and water sports fill days, with St George's spice market and rum distilleries an easy excursion. It is genteel rather than fashionable, and proudly so: Spice Island is Grenada hosting the world in its own house, and doing it beautifully.