The overall pace of life on Jumby—which means “playful spirit”—Bay is a Caribbean one; there are no cars, just bikes and golf buggies, and everything is served up with rum punch. It’s paradise that’s only a quick drive and a ferry ride from the West Indies’ main airport on Antigua. If paradise looks like long white beaches with palm trees and clear blue waters, then it feels like is a few nights actually staying here: you’ll feel like you’ve been thrown into a cocoon of comfort, where there’s a seemingly endless supply of food and booze coming from the island’s restaurants and bars (all of which is included in the cost of a room).

Like most of the Caribbean, Jumby Bay has a dark past with a history of centuries of Colonial rule. Jumby Bay fell under British rule when Christopher Columbus found it in 1493 and it was run as a sugar plantation until the mid-20th century. The island then had a series of owners who tried, but failed to turn the idyll into a 1980s tourist trap with a small 12-room hotel on the west side of the island. New, shared ownership of the entire island in the late 80s saw Jumby Bay transformed into a series of private estates and houses, and another 28 villas all run by international hotel group, Rosewood Hotels & Resorts – the team behind Little Dix in the BVIs and Las Ventanas in Mexico.