Top 10 tropical treats

The big news in Barbados this season is the re-opening of Tamarind Cove. The Elegant Hotels' four-star-plus resort on the east coast will re-launch as Tamarind on November 1, following a renovation, including a new spa, a kids club and "teen den". Seven nights at Tamarind from £969pp B&B, including return flights, British Airways Holidays, ba.com

GoldenEye, the former home of James Bond's creator Ian Fleming, is also scheduled to re-open in November in Jamaica. Eleven new cottages and suites, two restaurants and an infinity pool now grace the tropical gardens at this literary landmark. Seven nights at GoldenEye cost from £2,100pp B&B including return flights, private transfers, Virgin Hip Hotels vhiphotels.co.uk

The much-anticipated, re-furbished Four Seasons Resort finally re-opens on Nevis in December. The five-star beachfront hotel also has an 18-hole golf course. Seven nights at the Four Seasons Resort Nevis costs from £2,430pp room only, including return international and domestic flights, private transfers, Elegant Resorts, elegantresorts.co.uk

A Pat Cash tennis academy and Liverpool FC soccer school are two of the exciting facilities at the new Buccament Bay resort, which opens on St Vincent later this season. Seven nights' all-inclusive at Buccament Bay for the price of five, for £1,825pp, including return flights via St Lucia and complimentary inter-island flights, ITC Classics. For details visit www.itcclassics.co.uk/evening

Over on Antigua, new boutique hotel Sugar Ridge is launching a seven-night boot camp, FitEscape, in November. Take on challenges including hiking and yoga, then relax at the Aveda Concept Spa. The eight-night retreat at Sugar Ridge costs £2,112pp, staying all-inclusive in a deluxe king with plunge pool. Flights cost extra, sugarridgeantigua.com

Get a taste of the high life on the jet-setters' favourite, Mustique. Private cottages and suites from some of the island's most famous villas are available to rent, with prices from £5,900 a week. Mustique Villa Rentals, mustique-island.com

New parents are invited to take the hassle out of their holiday courtesy of Cotton Bay Village on St Lucia. The island's only member of Small Luxury Hotels of the World has launched "Bring the baby, not the baggage," a new concept that allows guests to pre-order infant essentials, and have them waiting in their villa. Seven nights at Cotton Bay Village cost from £1,389, including return flights, transfers and accommodation in a one-bedroom villa, Pure Luxury Holidays,
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Take a break from the beach to check out Anguilla's new Heritage Trail. This free, self-guided tour, put together by the island's tourist and historical societies, features 10 sites including The Old Court House and The Factory. Maps are available from tourist offices on the island. And book your room at the new five-star Viceroy hotel, seven nights for the price of four from £2,100pp B&B, including return international and domestic flights, private transfers, Carrier, carrier.co.uk

Sunsail has named Grenada as a new base for its sailing holidays. Bareboat and skippered charters will be available out of Port Louis Marina for voyages around the island and out to the nearby Grenadines and Tobago Cays. Yachts sleeping six for £2,405 per yacht per week, with flights from an extra £459 per head, Sunsail, sunsail.co.uk

Get off the beaten track with a new tour of San Andrés and Providencia, two little-known Colombian islands off the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua. A six-day Caribbean Chillout tour costs £1,650pp B&B, including return international and domestic flights, ground transport, activities, and the services of a group leader, Travel the Unknown, traveltheunknown.com