Petit St. Vincent Private Island

This privately owned 115-acre islet is rimmed by coral reefs and white-sand beaches. The 22 freestanding oceanview stone cottages and villas provide overhead fans, air-conditioning units, louvered windows, spacious shower-only baths, living rooms and wood-tone lanais with hammocks but lack in-room phones, televisions and Wi-Fi. One of the property’s many unique features is that cottage service can be ordered by hoisting a signal flag. Request unit 1, 2 or 22 for maximum privacy and views, or 6, 7 or 8 for the best beachfront location. The property encompasses an open-air restaurant in a hillside pavilion, plus a casual beachside bar, a Balinese spa and a dive center created by Jean-Michel Cousteau and staffed with resident naturalists and marine biologists. The hotel is closed every August to October.

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