IF YOU LOVE TRESCO, ISLES OF SCILLY, ENGLAND

One of the quietest corners of Britain, this archipelago is composed of more than 100 islands just 28 miles (45km) off the coast of Cornwall. With white sand beaches and clear green water, there’s almost a Caribbean tinge to these verdant dots in the sea. Tresco, the second-largest island, is home to a number of luxurious hotels, plus dramatic rocky outcrops, bronze age burial sites, romantic castle ruins, and the Tresco Abbey Garden, a nearly 200-year-old subtropical paradise.

Stay at The New Inn, the only pub on Tresco. Rooms from £120 (telegraph.co.uk/tt-tresco-new-inn). species of bird sing and kite-like flying lemurs leap by.

The Four Seasons Langkawi (fourseasons.com/langkawi) is nestled amid tropical forest on the verge of a mile-long private beach and has rooms from £328 per night. renovated. Many visitors arrive by sailing boat, lured by turquoise coves, seafood eateries and organic wines.

The Hotel San Giorgio (hotelsangiorgiovis.com) is offering week-long yoga and adventure retreat from €850pp. Bicycle rental, local tours/ excursions, yoga equipment and transfers from Split included. ago while we were shooting the comedy

INTO THE BLUECrystal-clear waters in Palawan, Philippines, main; Cheval Blanc Randheli in the Maldives, below