Editorial series

A collection tells you how an island is lived. A series tells you what you go there for.

• 49 islands
  Icons & Visionaries
  Islands that exist because one person or one family willed them into being.
• 27 islands
  Islands That Made Their Own Reserve
  The protection came first, and the resort was built to pay for the patrol.
• 20 islands
  Wellness Islands
  Where the programme shapes the day rather than sitting beside it.
• 62 islands
  Wild & Conservation
  Rewilding, research and species work carried by the property.
• 43 islands
  Design-Led
  Islands visited for their architecture as much as their water.
• 14 islands
  Adults Only
  No children, by policy or by design.
• 46 islands
  Families
  Kids' clubs, shallow water and rooms that hold four.
• 86 islands
  Full Buyout
  Islands that can be taken whole, or are only ever let that way.