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9 hotels found

Thatched beachfront villas of The Brando on Onetahi motu beside the turquoise lagoon of Tetiaroa atoll

Private Island

Tetiaroa, French Polynesia

9.6

The Brando

Marlon Brando's private atoll turned pioneering all-villa eco-resort, twenty minutes by plane from Tahiti and a world beyond it.

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Timber overwater villas on the lagoon at Gili Lankanfushi, Maldives

Private Island

North Malé Atoll, Maldives

9.6

Gili Lankanfushi

The barefoot-luxury original of the Maldives: hand-built overwater villas, a 'no news, no shoes' creed and some of the largest stilted suites on earth.

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Private Island

North Island, Seychelles

9.5

North Island

A rewilded private granite island of just eleven villas, where barefoot 'castaway luxury' meets one of conservation's great success stories.

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Thatched villas and coconut plantation of Laucala Island Resort meeting a turquoise lagoon in northern Fiji

Private Island

Laucala Island, Fiji

9.5

Laucala Island Resort

A 25-villa private island in Fiji's remote northeast where a working farm, championship golf and near-limitless inclusions set the world standard.

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Private Island

North Malé Atoll, Maldives

9.3

One&Only Reethi Rah

A large, glamorous private island in North Malé Atoll with twelve beaches, vast villas and a social scene unique in the Maldives.

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White-sand beach and turquoise fringing reef at Lizard Island Resort on the northern Great Barrier Reef

Private Island

Cairns, Australia

9.2

Lizard Island Resort

Australia's northernmost island resort, alone on a national-park island with 24 private beaches and fringing reef right on the Great Barrier Reef.

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Private Island

Jumby Bay, Antigua and Barbuda

9.1

Jumby Bay Island, Oetker Collection

A car-free 300-acre private island off Antigua, run by Oetker Collection as the Caribbean's most polished all-inclusive hideaway.

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Palm-covered private islet and turquoise shallows of Bikendrik Island in Majuro lagoon

Private Island

Majuro, Marshall Islands

7.6

Bikendrik Island Pacific Hideaway

A tiny hosted private-islet retreat in Majuro's lagoon: a few cottages, home cooking and the Marshalls at their most idyllic.

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Thatched fale and white sand beach of Fafá Island Resort on its coral islet off Nuku'alofa

Private Island

Nuku'alofa, Tonga

7.6

Fafá Island Resort

A barefoot private-island hideaway of thatched fales on a coral islet seven kilometres off Nuku'alofa, ringed by protected reef.

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