Park Hyatt St. Kitts

The island of St. Kitts is a relatively late arrival to the Caribbean tourism trade, but it’s not for any lack of natural attributes — especially at this spot, the Narrows, where a remote appendage of the island stretches nearly all the way to neighboring Nevis, making for a spectacular view. This means the Park Hyatt St. Kitts is even more of an outlier than it would otherwise be: not only is it by some distance the most luxurious hotel on the island, it’s practically alone here, which gives it a touch of desert-island atmosphere (though the rest of the Christophe Harbour development is soon to follow).

78 rooms and 48 suites are arrayed in a series of buildings that follow the arc of Banana Bay. The interior style is contemporary and exceedingly clean, with just a hint of a nod to the whitewashed colonial style, to establish a sense of place. The bathrooms are particularly lavish, with their soaking tubs and beautiful sea-blue tilework, but when you’re in a Park Hyatt the accommodations are never in question — this is the top of the line.

So too is the spa, which encompasses nine treatment rooms, a 24-hour health club, and the Sugar Mill, a distinctive open-air structure for yoga and meditation. Same goes for the two pools — one for adults only — and the three restaurants, from the central Great House to the overwater Fisherman’s Village to the elegant adults-only Stone Barn. And don’t forget Banana Bay itself — you’re placed on a glorious beach with a spectacular view, and the Park Hyatt provides facilities for just about every non-motorized water sport you can imagine.

How to get there:
Park Hyatt St. Kitts Christophe Harbour is a twenty-minute drive from Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport and twenty-five minutes from Basseterre, the capital of the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis.