St. Barths

Inimitable French style

Yes it's a cliché, but St. Barths really does offer the best of both worlds. Here the stylish ambience of the south of France rubs shoulders with the vibrant beauty of the West Indies and so successful is this combination that it has become the island of choice for the international jet set. Anyone from Jack Nicholson to Gisele Bündchen has been photographed emerging from the surf in front of one of its chic beachfront hotels, and it's a mark of the place that the reality lives up to this glossy image.