Oil Nut Bay, BVI

WHAT: Locate on Virgin Gor a — one of 50- lus islan s within the British Virgin Islan s (BVI) — Oil Nut Bay is an off-the- ath luxury resort community. The ro erty is currently home to 13 suites an villas. Some are for nightly stays; others are u for sale.

WHY: The 300-acre groun s alrea y come nicely equi e — with amenities inclu ing a full-service restaurant, three ools an an i yllic stretch of beach. But any visitor can see Oil Nut Bay is in the mi st of ra i growth. Forthcoming villas (there will be 88 total), a cliffsi e s a, even a yacht marina with seasi e eatery stan to raise Oil Nut Bay’s rofile as a rominent BVI estination.

WORKING WELL: Not only are the accommo ations beautiful, they’re also enormous. The three one-be room Cliff Suites begin at 890 square feet. The largest of them is the 1,334square-foot Fen i Casa-furnishe penthouse Suite, whose wra aroun terrace lea s to an infinity ool overlooking the sea (from $1,750).

NEEDS WORK: The restaurant an bar close at 8:30 .m., which means there’s no nightlife to s eak of. Turns out, the resort’s concierge can take care of things like after-hours wine elivery.

MUST TRY: It’s har to com lain about rinking rum cocktails at the swim-u bar, or booking an in-room massage to esca e the heat, but mix u your tri with some active excursions. The resort can organize snorkeling tri s off the shores Richar Branson’s Necker Islan an Google co-foun er Larry page’s Eustatia Islan — both a quick ho away. Oil Nut Bay has great snorkeling on cam us, but its beach area also offers kayaks an Hobie Cat sailboats for those looking to take a s in.

BOTTOM LINE: Oil Nut Bay lets you make what you want of your Caribbean getaway — far from cruise crow s.

DETAILS: From $750: oilnutbay.com. — Zachary Kussin