Canouan

The island of Canouan is largely given over to the luxurious Raffles Resort. Beautiful villas tucked into the hillside have stunning views. The spa is built over water, Polynesian-style, and you can lie face down on the massage table looking through a glass floor at the myriad colourful fish below. The bar menu includes a $300US Martini where the olive comes on a 24 carat gold cocktail stick. Despite this the atmosphere is casual and relaxed. The Guest Services Manager told me that when the resort was first built they had to “teach the locals how to work. However, they also taught us how to relax….” We stayed at the Tamarind Beach Hotel and Yacht Club which is under the same ownership as Raffles, where the beach front palms trees whispered sweet nothings to us on the trade wind breezes as we sat on our balcony.