the bartender mixes mocktails. The hotel offers large family suites on the ground floor, all with a private terrace opening up onto the tropical gardens. Prices start from £3,288 for a family of four sharing a garden-view suite for seven nights at Treasure Beach

The Caribbean’s ability to enchant has never waned. Newcomers may be fooled into thinking that to see one island is to see them all – not so. They may all have knockout beaches and suitability for children in common, but each has its own unique

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