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Stay cool at The Robey’s rooftop (bottom) in Chicago; Le Barthélemy’s pool in St. Barths (top)
luxury South Pacific–style over-thewater
villas—with outdoor showers
and glass floors for viewing marine
life—to the region (www.sandals.
com;doubles from $1025/`66,100).
Casa Laguna Hotel & Spa, in
California’s Laguna Beach, offers
colourful, intimate rooms at a 1920s
former artist colony dotted with
palm trees (www.casalaguna.com;
doubles from $229/`14,750; the
Garden rooms have a private curated
library). On an island located in
the Maldives’ Noonu Atoll, Soneva
Jani features over-the-water villas
with retractable roofs for stargazing
(www.soneva.com; villas from
$2,088/`1,35,000). In Mexico,
Andaz Mayakoba Resort Riviera
Maya fronts white sands ideal for
beachcombing, with sleek rooms
that look onto tropical gardens,
a clear lagoon, or the Caribbean
Sea (mayakoba.andaz.hyatt.com;
doubles from $350/`22,550).
OLIVIER LEROI/LE BARTHÉLEMY HOTEL & SPA (POOL), NICOLAS SCHUYBROEK ARCHITECTS & MARC MERCKS INTERIORS/COURTESY OF GRUPO HABITA (CITY)
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