Eden Roc

A private-villa resort at Cap Cana, Dominican Republic, with pool villas, a Jack Nicklaus golf course, a Natura Bissé spa and a family-friendly club.

Eden Roc, at Cap Cana, builds its whole proposition around privacy and intimacy, and it commits to the idea completely. Each villa comes with its own pool, its own garden and a rechargeable golf cart, so the resort unfolds at exactly the pace you set, with no one else in the frame.

There is plenty to draw you out of the villa. The Jack Nicklaus signature golf course and the Natura Bissé spa are both genuine temptations. But the rooms fight back: impossibly high-thread-count sheets and a quietly iconic interior make a strong, persuasive case for a few extra minutes of lying in.

For all the talk of intimacy, Eden Roc is also one of the best hotels in the Dominican Republic for families, thanks to an activity-dense kids’ club. We’d suggest making the most of it: drop the children into the schedule and book yourself a mesmerising massage surrounded by the spa’s whimsical waterfalls. You’ll re-enter the real world feeling like a comprehensively different person.

That balance is the trick Eden Roc pulls off: a resort private enough for a couple, equipped enough for a family, and polished throughout.

For travellers wanting a Caribbean stay with a villa to themselves, golf and spa on hand, and children genuinely looked after, Eden Roc sits in a class of its own.