Caroline Astor Suite

The largest of the lagoon-side suites, and the one the renovation was most ambitious about. Its 120 square metres are arranged as a proper drawing room and a proper bedroom, with furniture made for the suite rather than ordered by the floor, and raw silk, rattan and unfinished wood in place of pattern. The bathroom is marble with a deep soaking tub, and it is the best bathroom on the lagoon side.

What separates it from the St. Regis Suite is not the 30 extra square metres; this one was rebuilt to be looked at. If you want more room to live in, the Manor Suite is 40 square metres larger again and comes with a private beach. If you want a week somewhere that has been thought about, stop here. One king, and it sleeps 3.