This laid-back 50-room boutique resort packs a private beach, a swimming pool, a Jacuzzi, three restaurants and a tennis court into a small beachfront footprint on Montego Bay.

On the north side of Vieques, in the W Retreat & Spa, Martineau Belle Playa is a three-bedroom oceanfront villa on a semi-private swath of sand. Travertine marble floors, white walls and cathedral ceilings set the stage for elegant, coastal-chic decor.

This laid-back 50-room boutique resort packs a private beach, a swimming pool, a Jacuzzi, three restaurants and a tennis court into a small beachfront footprint on Montego Bay.

Don Pedro López de Cazalla, a 16th-century Cusco mayor, likely never imagined that his private mansion would someday house foreign tourists who got here via airplane.

Phi Phi Island Village Beach Resort & Spa is nestled along the half-mile stretch of glistening sand and crystal water that is Loh Ba Gao Bay, on northeast Koh Phi Phi, one of Thailand’s island gems.