The Pool at Sandy Lane

"View the entire 2011 Gold List of the world's best places to stay › Also appeared in the Gold List in 2007, 2006, 2005 Amenities: Beach, Golf, Pool, Spa, Tennis, Water sports"

"This 800-acre resort boasts a 7,000-square-foot pool and a 47,000-square-foot spa in a Romanesque building fronted by a waterfall"

"The spa rotunda design features a waterfall that flows down in front of the empire-esque columns into the 7,500-square-foot freshwater resort pool, and inside a marble reception area with a winding staircase leads down to the treatment rooms"

"Afternoons can be spent stepping back into island’s colonial past via English-style afternoon tea on the terrace, sipping cocktails by the pool’s swim-up bar, or watching the sun set over a romantic dinner at the open-air restaurant, L'Acajou"

"If you're going to splash out here, go the whole hog and pick a suite with a heated infinity pool overlooking the bay"

"The 47,000-sq-ft spa offers a long list of health and beauty treatments, an excellent gym, saunas, whirlpools and changing rooms"

"At the Pool Bar, a swim-up bar accessible from the spa or the pool, you can have a refreshing drink and/or a light meal"