91.15% COTTON HOUSE

Mustique

Boutique-size, colonial-style hotel on West Indian private island estate in St Vincent and the Grenadines. Original eight-room hotel was designed by Oliver Messel; now managed by GLA International, it has been overhauled and expanded.

ROOMS 20, plus a sprinkling of cottages and houses (including a new pool villa) in the hotel grounds above Endeavour and L'Ansecoy Bays

FOOD Fresh and light (spiny lobster, Callaloo leaf risotto)

SERVICE High standards, with respected hotelier Grace Leo-Andrieu at the helm

FACILITIES New swimming pool with fantastic views; ESPA spa

COST Doubles from US$749

PO Box 349, Mustique, St Vincent, West Indies (00 1 784 456 4777; fax: 456 5887; www.cottonhouse.net)