Sun, sea and barefoot sophistication are on offer at this plantation-style hotel designed by the legendary Oliver Messel, on an island once beloved of a British princess.

Understated private island resort, encircled by two miles of palm-fringed sand and boasting a dive centre run by Jean-Michel Cousteau, son of the legendary Jacques.

Nestled along a white powder stretch of beach on the paradisaical island of Canouan, the ultra-lavish Mandarin Oriental is the ultimate in hidden Caribbean playgrounds.