By character
Coastal Villa
Saffire Freycinet
All-inclusive Tasmanian coastal lodge facing the Hazards and the oyster beds of Great Oyster Bay.
San Domenico Palace, Taormina, A Four Seasons Hotel
Former Taormina convent turned Four Seasons, with cloisters, terraced gardens and sea views.
Sandy Lane
Barbados' most famous address: coral-stone grandeur, three golf courses and a vast spa.
Shangri-La Villingili, Maldives
A large Addu Atoll island resort, recently reopened, with the country's only golf course.
Six Senses Con Dao
Fifty beachfront pool villas facing the sea on a wild, protected island off southern Vietnam.
Six Senses Ninh Van Bay
Reached only by speedboat, a barefoot hideaway of rock, water and hilltop villas.
Six Senses Yao Noi
Fifty-six elevated pool villas on a quiet island between Phuket and Krabi in Phang Nga Bay.
Six Senses Zighy Bay
Stone-walled villas with private pools on a kilometre of beach between mountains and sea.
Southern Ocean Lodge
Kangaroo Island's all-inclusive clifftop lodge, reopened in 2023 with 25 suites above Hanson Bay.
Taj Exotica Resort & Spa, Goa
Beachfront resort on 56 acres at Benaulim in South Goa, with spa, golf and villa suites.
The Airds Hotel
Eleven rooms on the shore of Loch Linnhe at Port Appin, with a long-admired kitchen.
The Algonquin Resort, Autograph Collection
Historic seaside resort on the Bay of Fundy, with a clifftop links course and full spa.
The Cove at Atlantis
All-suite luxury wing of Atlantis with adults-only pools and two private beaches.
The Danai Beach Resort & Villas
Fifty-six suites and villas above a private Sithonia beach, with a serious cellar and small scale.
The Gallivant
A low-slung, beach-facing bolthole opposite Camber Sands, with Bamford treatments and yoga.
The Headland Hotel & Spa
A grand clifftop hotel outside Newquay with a large spa and Adam Handling's Ugly Butterfly.
The Legian Seminyak, Bali
All-suite beachfront hotel with a three-tier pool on Seminyak Beach in southern Bali.
The Nare Hotel
A timeless country-house-by-the-sea on the Roseland Peninsula, right above Carne Beach.
The Oberoi Beach Resort, Lombok
Thatched pavilions and private pool villas on Medana Beach in northwest Lombok.
The Ocean Club, A Four Seasons Resort
Four Seasons-run Paradise Island landmark with formal Versailles gardens and a long beach.
The Plettenberg
Thirty-five rooms and two villas on a rocky promontory above Plettenberg Bay's beaches.
The Ritz-Carlton Tenerife, Abama
A large clifftop resort near Guia de Isora with a private beach and Michelin-starred dining.
Trisara
Thirty-nine ocean-facing pool villas and suites above a private bay near Nai Thon, Phuket.
Turtle Inn
Thatched seafront cottages with outdoor showers on Placencia, the second Coppola property in Belize.