Ultra-Luxury Island Resorts & Retreats

Island luxury resorts split into two categories: properties on populated islands (Bali, Mallorca, Phuket, Sicily) where the resort is part of a larger destination, and private-island resorts (Maldives atolls, Seychelles outer islands, Mustique, the Brando) where the resort is the entire island. The

What's Included

Includes both populated-island resorts and private-island properties. Excludes mainland coastal resorts even when they self-describe as island-like. The list skews toward Indian Ocean, Caribbean, and South Pacific where private-island formats are most developed.

Best For

For travelers specifically choosing an island trip — honeymoons, multi-generational reunions, anniversary stays. Particularly useful for first-time private-island travelers who haven't yet experienced the format and need to understand what they're signing up for.

Top-Rated Properties

All Properties by Region

Africa (3)

Anantara Bazaruto Island Resort, Mozambique — 9.4/10 · Bazaruto Island
Jao Camp by Wilderness Safaris — 9.2/10 · Okavango Delta
Anantara Medjumbe Island Resort, Mozambique — 9.0/10 · Mozambique

Asia (15)

Capella Singapore — 9.8/10 · Singapore
Raffles Udaipur, India — 9.8/10 · Udaipur
Beijing Yanqi Island Pavilion by Kempinski — 9.6/10 · Beijing
Raffles Sentosa Singapore — 9.5/10 · Singapore
HOSHINOYA Taketomi Island — 9.5/10 · Okinawa
Six Senses Con Dao — 9.5/10 · Vietnam
Six Senses Krabey Island — 9.5/10 · Krabey Island
Rosewood Miyakojima — 9.4/10 · Miyako Island
Taj Lake Palace, Udaipur — 9.4/10 · Udaipur
Amanwana — 9.4/10 · Moyo Island
The Ritz-Carlton, Phu Quoc — 9.3/10 · Phu Quoc
Amanpulo — 9.2/10 · Pamalican Island
W Singapore - Sentosa Cove — 9.0/10 · Singapore
Welcomhotel Bay Island by ITC Hotels — 8.5/10 · Port Blair
Six Senses Yao Noi, Thailand — 8.5/10 · Yao Noi

Europe (16)

Belmond Hotel Cipriani — 9.8/10 · Venice
Aman Sveti Stefan — 9.8/10 · Montenegro
Grace Hotel, Auberge Resorts Collection — 9.7/10 · Santorini
Hotel La Palma — 9.6/10 · Capri
Myconian Deos — 9.4/10 · Mykonos
Lanserhof Sylt — 9.4/10 · Sylt
Grace Hotel — 9.4/10 · Santorini
Sandblu Santorini, LXR Hotels & Resorts — 9.3/10 · Santorini
Angsana Corfu Resort & Spa — 9.2/10 · Corfu
Jumeirah Capri Palace — 9.2/10 · Capri
Mamula Island by Banyan Tree — 9.2/10 · Herceg Novi
Zannier Île de Bendor — 9.0/10 · French Riviera
Nobu Hotel Santorini — 9.0/10 · Santorini
Six Senses Comino — 9.0/10 · Comino
Ardbeg House — 8.9/10 · Islay
One&Only Kéa Island — 8.0/10 · Kéa Island

Indian Ocean (36)

andBeyond Mnemba Island — 9.8/10 · Zanzibar
Soneva Secret — 9.8/10 · Maldives
Six Senses Kanuhura — 9.8/10 · Maldives
Anantara Naladhu Private Island Maldives — 9.8/10 · Maldives
The St. Regis Maldives Vommuli Resort — 9.8/10 · Maldives
Anantara Kihavah Maldives Villas — 9.8/10 · Maldives
Jumeirah Thanda Island — 9.6/10 · Shungimbili Island
COMO Maalifushi, Maldives — 9.6/10 · Maldives
Six Senses Zil Pasyon — 9.6/10 · Seychelles
Waldorf Astoria Maldives Ithaafushi — 9.6/10 · Maldives
Four Seasons Private Island Maldives at Voavah — 9.6/10 · Maldives
Amanfushi by Aman — 9.5/10 · Maldives
W Maldives — 9.5/10 · Maldives
Patina Maldives, Fari Islands — 9.5/10 · Maldives
Anantara Maia Seychelles Villas — 9.5/10 · Seychelles
Jumeirah Maldives Olhahali Island — 9.5/10 · Maldives
Four Seasons Resort Maldives at Kuda Huraa — 9.5/10 · Maldives
The Ritz-Carlton, Maldives Fari Islands — 9.5/10 · Maldives
Taj Exotica Resort & Spa, Maldives — 9.5/10 · Maldives
andBeyond Benguerra Island — 9.4/10 · Bazaruto Archipelago
Conrad Maldives Rangali Island — 9.4/10 · Maldives
Waldorf Astoria Seychelles Platte Island — 9.4/10 · Seychelles
Viceroy Maldives — 9.4/10 · Maldives
Four Seasons Resort Seychelles at Desroches Island — 9.4/10 · Seychelles
One&Only Reethi Rah, Maldives — 9.4/10 · Maldives
COMO Cocoa Island, Maldives — 9.4/10 · Maldives
Six Senses Laamu — 9.4/10 · Maldives
Shangri-La Villingili, Maldives — 9.3/10 · Maldives
Banyan Tree Vabbinfaru — 9.3/10 · Maldives
Raffles Seychelles — 9.2/10 · Seychelles
Taj Coral Reef Resort & Spa, Maldives — 9.2/10 · Maldives
Raffles Maldives Meradhoo — 9.2/10 · Maldives
Jumeirah Olhahali Island — 9.1/10 · Maldives
Cheval Blanc Seychelles — 9.1/10 · Seychelles
Fairmont Maldives Sirru Fen Fushi — 9.0/10 · Maldives
The North Island, a Luxury Collection Resort, Seychelles — 8.4/10 · Seychelles

Mexico Central America & Caribbean (8)

Jumby Bay Island — 9.8/10 · Antigua
Amancaya by Aman — 9.5/10 · Exuma
Mandarin Oriental, Canouan — 9.5/10 · Canouan
Montage Cay — 9.2/10 · The Abacos
Banyan Tree Bimini Resort & Residences — 9.0/10 · Bimini
Viceroy Bocas del Toro Panama — 9.0/10 · Bocas del Toro
Hôtel Barrière Le Carl Gustaf — 9.0/10 · Saint Barthélemy
COMO Parrot Cay, Turks and Caicos — 9.0/10 · Turks and Caicos

Middle East (12)

The St. Regis Marsa Arabia Island, The Pearl Qatar — 9.5/10 · Doha
Banana Island Resort Doha by Anantara — 9.4/10 · Doha
The St. Regis Saadiyat Island Resort, Abu Dhabi — 9.4/10 · Abu Dhabi
Rosewood Abu Dhabi — 9.4/10 · Abu Dhabi
The St. Regis Red Sea Resort — 9.3/10 · Red Sea
Anantara Sir Bani Yas Island Al Yamm Villa Resort — 9.2/10 · Abu Dhabi
The Ritz-Carlton, Doha — 9.2/10 · Doha
Four Seasons Hotel Abu Dhabi at Al Maryah Island — 9.2/10 · Abu Dhabi
Anantara Al Sahel Villa Resort — 9.0/10 · Sir Bani Yas Island
Four Seasons Resort and Residences Red Sea at Shura Island — 9.0/10 · Red Sea
Desert Islands Resort & Spa by Anantara — 9.0/10 · Abu Dhabi
The Red Sea EDITION · Shura Island

North America (5)

Sensei Lanai, A Four Seasons Resort — 9.7/10 · Lanai
White Elephant Residences & Inn — 9.5/10 · Nantucket
Four Seasons Resort Lanai — 9.5/10 · Lanai
The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island — 9.4/10 · Amelia Island
The Ritz-Carlton, Key Biscayne, Miami — 7.0/10 · Miami

Oceania (8)

The Brando — 9.8/10 · Tetiaroa
Four Seasons Resort Palau — 9.6/10 · Koror
Four Seasons Resort Bora Bora — 9.6/10 · Bora Bora
COMO Laucala Island, Fiji — 9.4/10 · Fiji
Conrad Bora Bora Nui — 9.2/10 · Bora Bora
Six Senses Fiji — 9.0/10 · Fiji
The St. Regis Bora Bora Resort — 8.9/10 · Bora Bora
Shangri-La Yanuca Island, Fiji — 8.7/10 · Fiji

South America (2)

andBeyond Galapagos Explorer — 9.5/10 · Galapagos Islands
Explora Rapa Nui — 9.0/10 · Easter Island