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THE DESTINATIONS — Collection 5

Island Destinations

Places where the ocean sets the rhythm of life.

About this collection

Island destinations have a power of their own: they mark a boundary between everyday life and escape. Water, climate, distance and culture have formed each place in this collection. Some are private and secluded, others are archipelagos of great variety. Each has an island identity so distinctive that it could not exist anywhere else.

Sense of Place Each Destination Portrait starts from a single question: what makes the Sense of Place here so remarkable?
Destination Portraits
  • Maldives — Private Island LivingWith the private island resort, the Maldives — a scattering of atolls in the Indian Ocean — gave the tropical escape a new meaning. Their lagoons and reefs and the architecture built over the water have produced a destination where privacy, life at sea level and barefoot simplicity shape the entire journey. ► YouTube channel
  • Seychelles — Granite ParadiseNo other island landscape resembles the Seychelles. Granite boulders of great age, lush forest and beaches of rare sculptural beauty lend the archipelago a prehistoric air — offset by Creole culture and uncommon ecological wealth. ► YouTube channel
  • French Polynesia — Legendary LagoonsMyth seems to have shaped French Polynesia as much as geography. Volcanic summits, coral motus, blue lagoons and Polynesian tradition make up a world of islands in which remoteness, romance and cultural identity belong together.
  • Fiji — South Seas WarmthIn Fiji, the landscape is only part of the luxury; the greater part is the welcome. Remote islands and coral reefs, the traditions of the villages and an unmistakable generosity of spirit make for island travel of rare warmth and humanity in the South Pacific.
  • Caribbean — Tropical DiversityThe Caribbean has many identities rather than a single one. On its islands, British, French, Spanish, Dutch and Creole influences come together amid coral beaches and volcanic peaks, music, a culture of sailing and brightly painted coastal towns — few tropical regions anywhere are as rich.
  • Okinawa — Japanese Island CultureOkinawa offers a subtropical reading of Japan: coral seas, the heritage of the Ryūkyū kingdom and an island pace that is slower. Its culture, cooking and coastal scenery make it a destination set apart both from mainland Japan and from the wider Pacific.
  • Corsica, La Maddalena & Sardinia — Tyrrhenian TrilogySeparated only by the Strait of Bonifacio, Corsica, the La Maddalena archipelago and Sardinia form a single maritime world of granite, wind and turquoise water. Wild mountain country, coves of pink sand, protected island reserves and some of Europe's finest sailing waters bring together three distinct identities — French, Italian and profoundly insular — in one of the great island landscapes of the Mediterranean.
  • Phuket Islands — Andaman ArchipelagoPhuket is surrounded by one of the most striking island seascapes in Asia. Limestone towers rise from Phang Nga Bay; Phi Phi has its beaches, the Similan Islands their coral gardens, and there are anchorages beyond counting, many of them hidden. Together they form an archipelago where dive sites, longtail boats and quiet bays take the island experience well beyond any one shore. ► YouTube channel
Island Destinations · Video

Island Destinations on film

A video feature from our editors on YouTube, together with a direct enquiry to LVXVS for this collection.

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