Next generation Grenada: how Silversands resort hopes to redefine the Caribbean island

The 43 suites and penthouse are housed in an low linear three-storey building overlooking the beach, but the real jewels in its crown are the nine villas.

Available to buy from $5m to $10m, five four-bedroom villas on the beach; a further four, each with three bedrooms, are on the jungle-cloaked hillside that rises to the north of the hotel. (The latter may not be right on the sand, but each has two pools, so that you can choose between sun and shade at any time of day.)

Of course there’ll be a spa, a beach club and restaurant, a rum and cigar bar alongside a 100-metre swimming pool, the longest in the Carribean. Less expectedly, there will also be a Thai restaurant. (If you’d rather eat Caribbean cooking, the staff think highly of two-decades-old Coconut Beach, a locally owned restaurant 200 yards down the beach that is famous for its seafood and its breadfruit pie.)

And for those who play golf, Silversands Grenada is a three-minute drive from Grenada Golf Country Club, the only course on the island.