Treasure Beach, Barbados
Best for… culture vultures
Treasure Beach, Elegant Hotels’ boutique adult-only property, is a microcosm of activity and yet its greatest asset is the peace it offers: an undisturbed hour spent on a swing sucking frozen grapes, looking up only to glance at paddleboarders (water sports are complimentary); picking up a brush in mandela art classes; snorkelling the surrounding reefs; perusing the Caribbean Gallery of Art and Earthworks on the Treasure Art Crawl; or, thanks to Elegant’s Dine Around Programme, hopping on a water taxi to one of Treasure’s six sister hotels for a lunch of flying fish. Rare is such a place that you leave feeling both accomplished and relaxed.
Out and about: Rejuvenate yourself with a Fire and Water Jetlag Massage at The House’s spa before heading to Daphne’s for a beachfront night of Italian cuisine overlooking the ocean. If you’re feeling daring, drive to Oistins, where you’ll dance with locals beneath a Bajan sky.
