Resort
Soufrière, St Lucia
9.5
Jade Mountain
An architectural fantasy above St Lucia's Pitons where every open-walled sanctuary has its own infinity pool and no fourth wall at all.
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41 hotels profiled in Caribbean
Beach Resort
Providenciales, Turks and Caicos
9.3
Amanyara
Aman's Asian-minimalist pavilions on Providenciales' wild northwest coast, fronting a marine reserve with some of the Atlantic's best diving.
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Beach Resort
West End, Anguilla
9.3
Cap Juluca, A Belmond Hotel
White Greco-Moorish villas strung along Maundays Bay's mile of crescent sand, the most serene of Anguilla's celebrated beaches.
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Beach Resort
St Jean, Saint Barthelemy
9.2
Eden Rock - St Barths
The rock-perched original of St Barths glamour, straddling St Jean bay with art-filled suites, beach-club energy and Riviera-in-the-Caribbean style.
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Beach Resort
St James, Barbados
9.2
Sandy Lane
Barbados' Palladian coral-stone legend on the platinum west coast, with three golf courses including the Tom Fazio-designed Green Monkey.
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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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Beach Resort
Paradise Island, Bahamas
9.1
The Ocean Club, A Four Seasons Resort
The Bahamas' aristocrat since 1962: Versailles-inspired gardens, a five-mile beach and Bond-film glamour, now run by Four Seasons.
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Beach Resort
Montego Bay, Jamaica
9.0
Round Hill Hotel and Villas
A 1950s Jamaican classic on a private peninsula west of Montego Bay, with Ralph Lauren-designed oceanfront rooms and villas of storied pedigree.
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Resort
Portsmouth, Dominica
9.0
Secret Bay
Architect-designed villas hidden in clifftop rainforest above two beaches on Dominica's northwest coast—the Nature Island's world-class flagship.
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Beach Resort
Soufrière, St Lucia
8.9
Sugar Beach, A Viceroy Resort
White villas and a pale-sand beach set impossibly between St Lucia's twin Pitons, in the rainforested amphitheatre of Val des Pitons.
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Beach Resort
Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
8.9
Tortuga Bay, Puntacana Resort & Club
Oscar de la Renta-designed villa suites on a private stretch of Punta Cana sand, inside the vast Puntacana Resort & Club estate.
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Resort
Charlestown, Saint Kitts and Nevis
8.9
Four Seasons Resort Nevis
The Caribbean's great family resort on Pinney's Beach, with Nevis Peak rising behind and a Robert Trent Jones II course climbing its slopes.
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Resort
Canouan, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
8.9
Mandarin Oriental, Canouan
An ultra-quiet all-suite resort on Canouan's Godahl Beach, with a championship course above the Grenadines' turquoise reef lagoon.
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City Hotel
San Juan, Puerto Rico
8.8
Hotel El Convento
A 1651 Carmelite convent in the heart of Old San Juan, reborn as the Caribbean's most characterful small heritage hotel.
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Beach Resort
St Mary's, Antigua and Barbuda
8.8
Hermitage Bay
Thirty timber cottages on a secluded west-coast bay, pairing barefoot all-inclusive luxury with one of Antigua's most beautiful beaches.
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Resort
Cap Cana, Dominican Republic
8.8
Eden Roc Cap Cana
A Relais & Châteaux enclave of private-pool suites in the gated Cap Cana estate, with a Riviera-style flourish rare in the Dominican Republic.
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Resort
Christophe Harbour, Saint Kitts and Nevis
8.8
Park Hyatt St Kitts
A serene architectural resort on Banana Bay at St Kitts' southern tip, gazing across The Narrows to Nevis Peak.
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Beach Resort
Grand Anse, Grenada
8.7
Silversands Grenada
Grenada's contemporary statement on Grand Anse beach, built around a 100-metre infinity pool that runs like a silver blade to the sea.
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Resort
Oracabessa, Jamaica
8.7
GoldenEye
Ian Fleming's Jamaican estate turned barefoot-chic resort by Chris Blackwell, where James Bond was written and the lagoon does the entertaining.
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Beach Resort
L'Anse aux Épines, Grenada
8.6
Calabash Luxury Boutique Hotel
A family-run Relais & Châteaux on a sheltered bay south of Grand Anse, beloved for its gardens, suites and Grenada's best cooking.
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Resort
Montego Bay, Jamaica
8.6
Half Moon
A 400-acre Jamaican institution east of Montego Bay, with two miles of shoreline, championship golf, an equestrian centre and royal guestbooks.
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Beach Resort
Speightstown, Barbados
8.6
Cobblers Cove
A pink-and-white English country house by the sea near Speightstown—forty suites, Relais & Châteaux cooking and devoted returnees.
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Resort
Cap Estate, St Lucia
8.6
Cap Maison
A clifftop villa hotel on St Lucia's northern tip, famed for its cliff-edge cooking and the champagne zip-line to its ocean deck.
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Beach Resort
Old Road, Antigua and Barbuda
8.5
Carlisle Bay
A contemporary suite resort between rainforest hills and a calm southern bay, long Antigua's stylish answer for design-minded families.
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Country House
Montpelier Estate, Saint Kitts and Nevis
8.5
Montpelier Plantation & Beach
An eighteenth-century sugar estate on Nevis's cool upper slopes, reborn as a Relais & Châteaux inn with dinners inside its old mill.
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City Hotel
Havana, Cuba
8.5
Gran Hotel Manzana Kempinski La Habana
Havana's first modern five-star, set in the restored Manzana de Gómez arcade opposite Parque Central, with a rooftop pool above the old city.
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City Hotel
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
8.5
Casas del XVI
A cluster of restored sixteenth-century houses in Santo Domingo's Zona Colonial, run as one intimate hotel with butlers and courtyard pools.
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Beach Resort
Grand Anse, Grenada
8.5
Spice Island Beach Resort
A Grenadian family's all-suite, all-inclusive pride on Grand Anse beach, polished over half a century of single-family stewardship.
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Resort
Paradise Island, Bahamas
8.3
The Cove at Atlantis
Atlantis's all-suite tower between two beaches, offering a grown-up perch above the Caribbean's most famous water playground.
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Beach Resort
Friendship Bay, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
8.3
Bequia Beach Hotel
A gracious boutique resort on Bequia's Friendship Bay, capturing the sailing island's barefoot charm with old-style Caribbean glamour.
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Beach Resort
Castara, Trinidad and Tobago
8.3
Castara Retreats
Timber eco-lodges on a hillside above the fishing village of Castara, where Tobago's community life and rainforest coast meet.
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Wellness Retreat
Soufriere, Dominica
8.2
Jungle Bay Dominica
An eco-wellness resort of hillside villas above Soufriere Bay, rebuilt after Hurricane Maria around yoga, hiking and volcanic-island adventure.
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City Hotel
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
8.1
Hyatt Regency Trinidad
Port of Spain's waterfront flagship, with a rooftop infinity pool over the Gulf of Paria and the city's best business infrastructure.
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Resort
St Philip, Barbados
8.1
The Crane Resort
Barbados's original resort, open since 1887 on a cliff above the pink-tinged sand of Crane Beach on the wilder southeast coast.
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Beach Resort
Crown Point, Trinidad and Tobago
8.0
Coco Reef Resort & Spa
Tobago's long-standing upscale classic at Crown Point, with a sheltered private lagoon beach and pink colonial-style architecture.
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City Hotel
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
8.0
Marriott Port-au-Prince Hotel
The capital's international-brand flagship in Turgeau, built after the 2010 earthquake as a showcase for Haitian art and enterprise.
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City Hotel
Havana, Cuba
8.0
Iberostar Selection Parque Central
A long-established colonial-style hotel on Parque Central itself, with two rooftop pools and Old Havana beginning at the front steps.
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City Hotel
Roseau, Dominica
7.9
Fort Young Hotel
Roseau's waterfront institution built into an eighteenth-century fort, with a dive centre and the capital's best harbour-front terraces.
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City Hotel
Havana, Cuba
7.9
Hotel Nacional de Cuba
The 1930 grande dame on a bluff above the Malecón—faded in places, but still the most storied address in the Caribbean.
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City Hotel
Pétion-Ville, Haiti
7.9
Karibe Hotel
Pétion-Ville's long-standing Haitian-owned hotel in the green Juvénat hills, with gardens, a large pool and a busy conference life.
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City Hotel
Pétion-Ville, Haiti
7.9
Hotel Montana
A storied family-run hillside hotel above Port-au-Prince, rebuilt after 2010, with terraces looking across the city to the bay.
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