All-Inclusive Resorts That Sleep 5+ in One Room

·Outstanding family and waterpark offering.

·Extensive official all-inclusive concept.

Rixos Premium Seagate is the family resort of Sharm El Sheikh, for parents who want a water park of 23 slides and a private beach with a reef. The food is rated among the best on the Red Sea. It is about 15 minutes from the airport, with thirteen restaurants, eight bars and seven pools, and a guest rating of 4.9 from 61,355 reviews, which is as large a verdict as this site holds. It is not a quiet resort and does not try to be.

·Exceptional family infrastructure with waterpark and many pools.

·One of the strongest all-inclusive dining models in Europe.

Ikos Odisia sits on a serviced bay at Dassia on Corfu, and its headline number is ten heated pools plus separate splash parks for children. Eight restaurants and six bars sit behind that, and the childcare runs from six months old through to seventeen, which is a wider band than almost anything else in our Greek catalog. The beach is calm and Ionian rather than dramatic; the resort is what people come for.

·Exceptional all-inclusive dining program with eight restaurants and Michelin-starred Cocina de Autor.

Grand Velas does all-inclusive at a genuinely luxe tier, eight gourmet restaurants, a cavernous SE Spa, and a choice of jungle or beachfront suites with personal concierge service. It manages to be both family-capable and couple-romantic depending on which section you book. Riviera Maya at its most refined. Best November through May.

·Excellent food program with multiple à la carte restaurants and local Dine Out options.

The Corfu Ikos, set on a private beach and bay backed by green hills. Same winning hand, Michelin-starred dining, the dine-out program at local restaurants, and a proper kids' club that makes it work for families. Lush, polished, and easy. Best May through October.

·Exceptional boutique luxury and service reputation.

·Strong Grace Bay beachfront setting with calm, clear water.

Beaches Turks & Caicos is a large family all-inclusive resort on Grace Bay, with a waterpark, supervised Kids Camp and teen activities. Treasure Beach Village opened March 1, 2026, adding suites and villas, a lagoon-style pool, a cinema and new dining options. Guests across the resort can use its amenities. Compare village locations before choosing a room: the resort estimates a 5–7 minute walk from Treasure Beach to Pirates Island Waterpark.

·Exceptional fully hosted private-guide model.

·Modern all-suite layout with very large room categories.

·Exceptional barefoot-luxury identity with privacy, space and sustainability.

The original barefoot-luxury Maldives icon, set in the UNESCO-listed Baa Atoll, enormous villas, an on-site observatory, an open-air cinema, and a famously sustainable ethos. It pioneered the 'no news, no shoes' idea everyone else copies. Family-friendly luxury that feels wild rather than corporate. Best November through April.

·Excellent family infrastructure and included Land of Legends access.

Rixos Premium Belek is a large, polished family all-inclusive on the Belek coast, for families who want a private beach and a big dining programme. A theme park is thrown in. It is about 40 minutes from Antalya's airport and about five kilometres from Belek itself, with eight restaurants and five bars, waterslides, swim-up suites and villas with private pools, and included access to The Land of Legends theme park. It is lively by design and priced for the families who want that.

·Excellent family infrastructure

Ela Excellence Resort is a large family all-inclusive on the Belek coast, for families who want nine pools and a kids' club with digital tracking. It spreads over 110,000 square metres behind a 270-metre private beach and pier, with eight restaurants, nine bars, an aqua park and the Everland Kids Club, which has a children's restaurant of its own. The plan runs around the clock.

·Iconic lagoon and Mount Otemanu views.

The Four Seasons take on Bora Bora: overwater bungalows facing Mount Otemanu, a protected lagoon sanctuary you can snorkel straight into, and Polynesian rituals at the spa. It's the benchmark honeymoon address here, and it earns it, service is the differentiator. Best May through October, in the dry season.

·Consistently strong guest sentiment for service, food and family ease.

Ikos on Kos, and the formula is as strong as ever, Michelin-starred kitchens, a private beach, and the signature Infinite Lifestyle perk that lets you dine out at local tavernas on the resort's tab. Genuinely upscale all-inclusive that never feels like a buffet line. Best May through September.

·Major water-park and pool appeal for families.

·Strong official LUXME all-inclusive concept.

·All-suite room inventory.

Barcelo Maya Palace is the all-suite family resort of the Barcelo Maya Grand complex on the Riviera Maya, for families who want space. The run of a whole resort estate comes with it. It is about 75 minutes from Cancun's airport, with three pools, a children's water park, six restaurants inside the plan and access to the facilities of several sister hotels along the same beach. Every room is a suite, which is what separates it from its neighbours in the complex.

·Only eight villas and up to 20 guests

The Remote Resort is eight villas on a private peninsula of Vanua Levu, for divers, snorkellers and honeymooners who want the Rainbow Reef to themselves. It takes at most 20 guests and is reached by car and boat from Taveuni, about 50 minutes, or from Savusavu, and the transfers both ways are part of the package. The journey is a filter as much as a cost: people who make it tend to be the people it was built for.

·Strong family fit with shallow beach, pools, kids facilities and compact layout.

The Ikos that put Halkidiki on the map, seven à la carte restaurants, a 300m private beach, and the upgraded Deluxe Collection suites. It's the more grown-up, gardens-and-greenery side of the Ikos family, though still family-capable. A safe bet for refined Greek all-inclusive. Best May through September.

·Exceptionally spacious overwater villas and barefoot-luxury identity.

The original 'no news, no shoes' barefoot-luxury escape, vast overwater villas (one with a slide straight into the lagoon), a resident marine biologist running reef excursions, and a chocolate cave and wine cellar for after dark. Sustainable, sandy-footed, and seriously romantic. Best November through April.

·Direct beachfront location on Karon Beach with a semi-private resort feel.

Right on Karon Beach, this is Phuket all-inclusive done at scale, a water park with a lazy river for the kids, Spa Cenvaree for the grown-ups, and 14 restaurants and bars so nobody's bored. An easy pick for families who still want Phuket's nightlife close by. Best November through April.

·Official Ultra All Inclusive concept.

·Officially confirmed family resort with Maro kids programming

Valamar Bellevue is a family all-inclusive above Rabac on Istria's east coast, for parents who want polished kids' programming and a Blue Flag beach. It is a true plan in a country where they are still rare, about 44 minutes from Pula's airport, on a pine-clad bay with the resort stepping down the hillside to the water, and the beaches here are pebble rather than sand. That last point decides more holidays than the brochure admits, and water shoes settle it.

·Exceptional dining depth for an all-inclusive.

Maxx Royal Kemer is a 291-room resort on three private bays south of Antalya, and at 9.4 it is the highest-scoring resort in our Turkish catalog. The bays are the differentiator on this coast: clear Mediterranean water with the middle one specifically the family swimming beach, rather than the single long strip most Antalya resorts share. There is an aquapark, an indoor heated children's pool and a spa behind it.

·Short transfer from Malé

·Outstanding all-inclusive dining variety.

Ikos brought its Greek playbook to Spain's Costa del Sol, Michelin-inspired menus, the Infinite Lifestyle dine-out program at local restaurants, and a polished beachfront base near Estepona. Four pools and water sports keep everyone busy. If you love Ikos in Greece, this is the Spanish version. Best April through October.

·Excellent pool depth for families.

·Strong family amenities

·Excellent family activity infrastructure.

Barcelo Maya Colonial is a family all-inclusive inside the Barcelo Maya Grand complex on the Riviera Maya, for families who want a big, busy resort. The run of its neighbours comes with it. It is about an hour from Cancun's airport, with six pools, a children's water park, two specialty restaurants, a buffet and a snack grill, and access to the pools, beaches and restaurants of the sister hotels along the same shore. The scale is the product and the walking is the price.

·Strong family infrastructure and children-focused activities.

·Beautiful beachfront setting near coral reefs, natural pools, coconut groves, and Atlantic Forest reserves.

On a coconut-palm beach in Bahia near a sea-turtle conservation area, this is Brazil's eco-minded all-inclusive, adventure excursions, big tropical gardens, and proper Brazilian food and cocktails. A different flavor from the Caribbean, with Salvador's culture within reach. Best in Brazil's summer, roughly September through March.

·Two secluded beaches and a quieter northern Boracay setting.

Tucked on its own private 350m beach at the quiet end of Boracay, Shangri-La balances the island's famous sand with rainforest hillside above. Days swing between CHI spa treatments and ziplines or island-hopping, with fine dining at Solenne. A polished base for one of Asia's best beaches. Best November through March.

·Strong recurring guest sentiment for food, rooms, service and golf.

Belek is Turkey's golf coast, and Regnum Carya is its showpiece, a championship course, a 1.5km private beach, a hammam-anchored spa, and six themed restaurants. It's a lot of resort for the money, which is Turkey's whole pitch. Great for golfers and families alike. Best April through October.

·Huge family infrastructure with official 5,000 sqm Cornie Kids World.

·Excellent family facilities, including one of the Algarve’s strongest kids-club setups.

Perched on the red cliffs of the Algarve, Pine Cliffs pairs dramatic ocean views with a clifftop nine-hole course and the Serenity spa. Seven restaurants, including the kid-favorite Porto Pirata, make it an easy family choice that still feels grown-up. Best April through October.

·Strong Premium All Inclusive program.

·A five-star all-inclusive in Sainte Anne Island, Seychelles. Tap through for photos, current rates, and the full what's-included breakdown.

·Iconic Maldives overwater villa product.

·Strong family and group fit

·Deep all-inclusive inclusions with top-shelf drinks, 24-hour room service, Wi-Fi, minibar, and entertainment.

Moon Palace is all-inclusive at theme-park scale, a FlowRider surf machine, an on-site dolphinarium, the Noir nightclub and casino, and the cavernous Awe spa. It's enormous and made for groups and families who want everything inside one gated world. Cancún sun nearly year-round; best November through May.

·All villas have private pools according to Constance and luxury-hotel sources.

A dhow-shaped island in North Ari Atoll where the house reef does the heavy lifting, manta rays turn up right off the villas. Overwater and beach options, a Michelin-chef menu at Jing, and the U Spa round it out. Quietly luxe and built for couples and divers. Best November through April.

·True all-inclusive resort on Santinho Beach.

·Extensive official pool complex with heated options.

·Large choice of restaurants and bars for a Maldives resort.

·Excellent food, wine and service reputation.

Cap Maison is a boutique clifftop resort in the north of St. Lucia, for couples who book a hotel for its restaurant and its wine list. It has 49 rooms above Smugglers Cove, two restaurants, two pools and a house reef to snorkel, and all-inclusive is an optional package called Cap It All rather than the rate. The Cliff at Cap is why most guests are here, and the hillside layout, steps and all, is what to weigh against it.

·Clear 24-hour all-inclusive evidence

Ocean Coral Spring is a 24-hour family all-inclusive on Jamaica's north coast, for parents who want a water park, a lazy river and a lively resort. A quiet beach is not what it sells. It is about 40 minutes east of Montego Bay's airport in Trelawny, with 513 rooms on five floors, one large pool feeding the lazy river and slides, a buffet and seven a la carte restaurants, and bars from a piano bar to a bowling alley. The plan runs around the clock and so does the resort.

·Excellent beach variety with three beaches and Blue Bay Marine Park access.

·Calm cove access

Iberostar Waves Club Cala Barca is a large family all-inclusive on a secluded cove in the south-east of Mallorca, for parents who want ten pools. A contained resort is the offer, not nightly town access. It is a four-star some way from Palma's airport, with five restaurants, five bars, a splash pad and waterslides, and children's and teenagers' activities all season. The cove is calm and clear, and the resort is spread across the hillside above it.

·Official five-star all-inclusive resort.

·A four-star all-inclusive in Lakkopetra, Greece. Tap through for photos, current rates, and the full what's-included breakdown.

·Excellent all-inclusive dining and premium drinks.

·Spacious one-, two- and three-bedroom suites.

·One of the largest on-site water parks in the Caribbean with 14 slides and two lazy rivers

·Official all-inclusive package available

Shangri-La Yanuca Island is a big family resort on a private island joined to Viti Levu by a causeway, for families who want island life without a boat. It is about 50 minutes from Nadi's airport, with 443 rooms on 109 acres, four restaurants, two bars, a lagoon, a water park and the Little Chiefs Club for ages four to eleven. It is the family and beach choice against the Denarau hotels, and it comes with the trade-offs of its size.

·Strong family room inventory.

Tivoli Alvor is a 491-room resort near Alvor in the western Algarve, with six outdoor pools, waterslides and a splash pad. The kids club takes four to fourteen, children stay free, and the family rooms go up to a two-bedroom at 66 square metres that sleeps six, which is the strongest family inventory in our Portuguese listings. It is lively rather than quiet, and the entertainment programme is loud enough that guests mention it.

·Excellent protected lagoon beach.

·Large, highly amenitized all-inclusive complex with multiple pools and four-hotel access.

Barcelo Maya Tropical is a family all-inclusive on the Riviera Maya, for families who want the run of four resorts on one wristband. It is about 75 minutes from Cancun's airport, with 478 rooms of its own and access to the whole Barcelo Maya Grand complex: eleven pools between the four hotels, a water park, and four restaurants and four bars on this side. The beach, and the snorkelling straight off it, is better than most resorts this size manage.

·Very strong all-inclusive inclusion depth.

Pullman Maldives Maamutaa is a true all-inclusive private island in the far south of the Maldives, built for families and active travellers. It offers diving, villas with pools and a plan that covers most of the bill, and it is reached by a domestic flight to Kooddoo and then a speedboat of about 15 minutes, well past seaplane range from Male. That journey is the price of the location: almost on the equator, with the emptiest lagoons in the country and no other island in sight.

·Large luxury estate with extensive pools, dining, spa, gardens, ocean views, and guest-only beach access.

AYANA sprawls across the cliffs above Jimbaran Bay, and the sunsets here are the stuff of Bali legend, best caught from the famous Rock Bar perched over the ocean. With 12 restaurants, an Aquatonic seawater therapy pool, and a full spa, it's a grand resort that still feels distinctly Balinese.

·Excellent all-inclusive value for a luxury Maldives resort.

·Brand-new Ikos resort with high-end room and pool infrastructure.

Ikos keeps expanding and they keep getting it right. Kissamos is their newest Crete property, 53 acres, seven restaurants with Michelin-starred chefs, and their Infinite Lifestyle concept where you can dine out at local restaurants on their tab. If you've done Ikos before you know the standard. If you haven't, this would be a great first one.

·Large beachfront Mauritius resort with strong review volume.

·Very strong review volume and service sentiment.

SUNRISE Arabian Beach Resort is a family all-inclusive in Sharm El Sheikh, for families who want a reef, eight restaurants and a nine-minute transfer. That drive from the airport is the shortest on this site. It is a five-star with a private beach, heated pools including an adults-only Relax Pool and a children's pool with a slide, and a dining list of one buffet and seven a la carte restaurants running from Indian to Greek. Sea entry is reef rather than sand, which is the fact to settle first.

·Kids facilities

Bahia Principe Fantasia Tenerife is a castle-themed family hotel in south Tenerife, for parents whose children will judge the week by the water park. It is about 15 minutes from the southern airport, which is among the shortest transfers on the island, and it is not on the sand: the pools, seven of them and heated, and the water park are the product, and the beach is a walk or a ride away. Book it knowing that, and the week works.

·Excellent house-reef and snorkeling access from shore.

·Exceptional Red Sea snorkeling and protected-reef access from the resort area.

Terraced down the Sinai coast above a private Red Sea beach, this is a diver's Four Seasons, the house reef is a snorkel away and world-class dive sites are close. Heated infinity pools and an Egyptian-inspired spa cover the downtime. Warm and sunny most of the year; skip the peak summer heat.

·Excellent beachfront location on Belle Mare.

LUX* does luxury with a wink, a beach cinema under the stars, street-food pop-ups instead of stuffy buffets, and a genuinely playful mood, all on Mauritius's east coast. The LUX* Me Spa covers wellness. Design-forward without losing the polish. Best April through November.

·Remote private-island setting with strong villa privacy.

·Ultra All Inclusive concept verified on the official FAQ.

·Excellent protected beach for swimming and snorkeling.

A grand dame on Mauritius's east coast with a 2km ribbon of white sand, two championship golf courses, and seven restaurants run by international chefs. The U Spa handles the unwinding. It's polished and classic rather than trendy, ideal for couples and golfers. Best in the cooler, drier months, April through November.

·Boutique scale with 92 suites and a highly tranquil atmosphere.

A small wellness-focused retreat on the Uvero Alto coast, daily complimentary spa treatments, farm-to-table organic kitchens, and horseback rides along an empty beach. Zoëtry's whole thing is calm and unplugged, the antidote to Punta Cana's mega-resorts. Romantic and restorative. Best December through May.

·Large-scale family all-inclusive with strong dining and activity promise.

The biggest all-inclusive opening of 2026. Moon Palace is going massive in Punta Cana with over 2,000 suites, a water park, casino, Greg Norman golf course, and more than 20 restaurants. If you like your all-inclusives with everything and then some, this is the one to watch. Early booking rates before opening are typically 20-30% below what they'll charge once the reviews start rolling in.

·Every villa has a private pool

The Residence Zanzibar is 66 villas on a secluded stretch of the southwest coast at Kizimkazi, and every single one has a private pool. That is the proposition: gardens, quiet, space and water you never share, with two restaurants, The Dining Room and The Pavilion, and a main pool with a shallow end for children. The beach here is tidal, so how much sand and how much swimming you get changes through the day.

·Beautiful beachfront setting with strong recent beach and grounds sentiment.

·Strong beachfront setting on San Francisco Beach.

·Excellent Aruba beach setting.

Divi Aruba sits on Druif Beach on Aruba's leeward coast, where the water stays calm and sargassum is rare. The resort shares a mile and a half of white sand with Tamarijn Aruba next door, and that neighbour is most of the point: one all-inclusive band covers five freshwater pools, twelve restaurants and grills and eight bars across both properties. The buildings are low-rise rather than towers, which is what makes this stretch read quieter than the Palm Beach high-rises up the coast.

·Very deep family inclusion set.

·Excellent Simius/Tanka beach setting.

·Strong 24-hour all-inclusive structure.

Mitsis Selection Alila is a 24-hour ultra all-inclusive beach resort on the east coast of Rhodes, for families who want a dozen places to eat. The transfer is short. It is about 19 minutes from the airport, with 313 rooms, three pools with waterslides, a main buffet, four a la carte restaurants, a burger truck on the beach and six bars including a champagne bar and a wine bar. The dining list is the reason to book, and the bookings are the thing to plan.

·Large rooms and strong family layouts.

Long Beach is a large modern resort on Mauritius's east coast at Belle Mare, for families who want big rooms and a long beach. All-inclusive is one plan among several. It is about 60 minutes from the airport, a five-star with 255 rooms, five restaurants, two bars and four pools, and a kids' club and teens' club. The rooms and the beach are its strongest cards; the plan's fine print is the thing to read.

·Large island with broad family and activity appeal.

Villa Park is a large family island in South Ari Atoll, for families who want whale sharks, a long beach and a Maldives price that works. Getting there takes about two and a half hours by domestic flight and boat, and it is one of the biggest island resorts in the country, with 462 rooms, five restaurants, four bars and a lagoon to snorkel. The all-inclusive plan comes in three tiers, and the tier decides what the week is.

·Four pools plus a six-slide aqua park give the resort unusually strong family water facilities for Curaçao.

·Seven official outdoor pools.

·Deep official amenity base: 540 rooms, 13 pools, kids club, teen club, and a large all-inclusive dining program.

·Strong family fit.

Sugar Bay is the approachable family all-inclusive on Barbados' south coast, for parents who want a central base near Bridgetown. It is not a secluded resort and does not try to be. It sits on the beach at Hastings, about 20 minutes from the airport, with the capital, Carlisle Bay and the south-coast restaurant strip within an easy taxi. That position is the reason to choose it: a Barbados week that gets off the property, at an all-inclusive price the island rarely offers.

·True beachfront all-inclusive with premium drinks.

Sea Breeze Beach House holds over a thousand feet of sand on the Maxwell Coast, on the busier south side of Barbados. It is a small resort by all-inclusive standards, 122 rooms, and it feels like a beach house rather than a complex: six restaurants and six bars, three pools, two hot tubs. The south coast trades some calm for convenience, so expect surf that varies and seaweed in the spring and summer months, and snorkelling straight off the beach when conditions allow.

·Very strong service and concierge reputation.

Cap Cana's most boutique-feeling option, suites with private pools, a members'-club vibe at the marina and beach club, and a Jack Nicklaus course next door. It trades mega-resort scale for something quieter and more design-led. A romantic, golf-friendly pick. Best December through May.

·Direct Reduit Beach location

·True all-inclusive product

·Suite size

Iberostar Selection Rose Hall Suites is an all-suite family resort at Rose Hall, for families who want a lazy river 15 minutes from the plane. It has 319 suites, seven restaurants and six bars, an infinity pool, that lazy river and a children's water park, with a beach shared across the Rose Hall complex and Iberostar Waves next door open to guests. It is the Suites rather than the Grand, which is a separate resort with a history of its own.

·Newer lifestyle-resort design.

·Large room and villa inventory with private-pool options.

Anantara Kalutara is a design-led resort on the peninsula where the Kalu Ganga meets the sea, for travellers who want architecture and space. It is about 90 minutes from Colombo's airport, with 141 rooms, two pools including one for adults only, four restaurants and a kids' and teens' club, on a site whose buildings trace back to a Geoffrey Bawa design. All-inclusive is a rate plan some channels offer rather than the resort's own product, and that is the first thing to check.

·Good Maldives value

·Strong Premium All-Inclusive structure with dine-around, premium beverages, minibar, and selected excursions.

·Direct access to Porto Santo's long beach.

·Boutique scale with only 45 rooms and suites.

·Strong family setup with kids club, aquapark, splash playground, and multiple pools.

·Natural sandy bay setting on the Adriatic.

Pine Beach Pakostane is an eco-camp all-inclusive on a sandy Adriatic bay in Dalmatia, for active families who want sailing and kayaking included. Windsurfing is in the package too, and there is no pool, by design. It is reached from Zadar's airport, and it is unlike anything else on this site: bungalows made of natural materials with no electricity and shared bathrooms, mobile homes with air conditioning and kitchens, one buffet restaurant and no pool at all. The beach and the water sports are the whole point.

·Beachfront Bel Ombre setting

·Strong beachfront family fit.

·All-suite resort

·Ultra All Inclusive

·Clear official all-inclusive package with food, drinks, minibar, kids' club and Spa Poz inclusions.

Zilwa Attitude is a value all-inclusive on Mauritius's north coast, for travellers who want Mauritian cooking and a barbecue on a private islet. It is a four-star at Calodyne with seven restaurants, four bars and four pools, and the roster is the point: a Mauritian kitchen, a Sino-Mauritian one, an Indian, a Thai, two buffets, and Gran Zil, the barbecue on its own island. All-inclusive is a package with conditions rather than the rate.

·Quiet Galu Beach setting.

Pinewood sits on Galu Beach, the quiet stretch south of central Diani, and the quiet is deliberate. Guests are unusually consistent about three things: the service, the food and the calm, and equally consistent that there is nothing to walk to. One pool with a swim-up bar, a dive centre, tennis and a spa fill the days, and four restaurants and three bars is a generous spread for a resort this size.

·Beachfront Caleta de Fuste setting.

·True all-inclusive inclusions are strong.

·Large residence layouts with kitchens and balconies.

·Two beaches on a secluded peninsula.

·Brand-new 705-room resort with modern rooms and large RIU-style infrastructure.

·Beautiful clifftop and beachfront setting in a coconut estate.

Anantara Peace Haven is a clifftop resort in a coconut estate at Tangalle, for travellers who want the quiet end of Sri Lanka's south coast. It is about an hour from Mattala's airport and roughly three from Colombo, with 152 rooms and villas, a 25-metre infinity pool above the ocean, a children's pool, four restaurants and a large spa. All-inclusive is a rate plan some channels sell rather than the resort's own product.

·Spacious suite-style rooms are a recurring positive theme.

·Post-reno Select positioning on Bávaro Beach

Grand Palladium Select Bavaro is a large family all-inclusive on Bavaro Beach, for families who want the run of a whole Palladium complex. It is about 40 minutes from Punta Cana's airport, with 506 renovated rooms, five pools, fifteen restaurants of its own, and more than thirty restaurants and bars across the complex its guests may eat in. The children's clubs start at age one, and the resort relaunched recently, so older Grand Palladium Bavaro reviews describe a different hotel.

·Lagoon setting

·Exceptional natural setting between two beaches in Mahé.

·Large suites and villas with private-pool options.

Samabe holds eight hectares of clifftop at the southern end of Nusa Dua, with 81 suites and villas and its own stretch of beach below. The suites start at 135 square metres and the pool suites at 180, which is a lot of room by Bali standards, and the butler service and the quiet are what guests write about afterwards. Beach access is a clifftop arrangement rather than a flat walk onto sand, and the tide changes what you find down there.

·Private-island feel with a long, calm white-sand beach

·Exceptional private-motu setting with white sand, clear lagoon water, and overwater villas.

On its own islet of Motu To'opua, the Conrad pairs hillside villas with those two-level overwater bungalows, the ones with a lounge deck right above the lagoon. Add a private beach and Polynesian treatments at Hina Spa and you've got a honeymoon postcard. Bora Bora at its most romantic; best May through October.

·Huge amenity base with casino, water park, golf, spa, many pools and nightlife.

A mega-resort built for energy, a casino and nightlife complex, 13 pools (one adults-only), a Jack Nicklaus golf course, and rock memorabilia everywhere you look. It's loud, fun, and genuinely all-ages, with enough square footage that families and party-minded groups coexist. Punta Cana sun runs year-round.

·Stylish all-suite resort with Hollywood-themed personality.

·Large suite inventory and spacious family-friendly layout.

·Official 24-hour all-inclusive product.

·Excellent Grace Bay beachfront location.

·Beautiful northern setting

Royalton Saint Lucia is a large family all-inclusive at Smugglers Cove, for families who want a sheltered cove and dinner without a reservation. It is about 70 minutes from Hewanorra at the island's northern tip, with 290 rooms, nine restaurants, eleven bars, pools with swim-up bars and a splash park for children. Guest opinion is more divided here than at most resorts on the island, and our score reflects that rather than the brochure.

·Water park and lazy river

·Strong all-inclusive dining breadth for the price point.

Mitsis Rodos Village is a 24-hour all-inclusive on Rhodes, for families who want the Mitsis dining spread at a lower price. It has seven restaurants, four bars and a long list of room types, from twin sea views to family suites with a shared pool, spread across a hillside above the beach. The layout is the catch: this is not a flat walk down to the sand, and guests notice.

·Spacious accommodations compared with standard hotel rooms.

·Reef-protected 300-meter beach

Melia Zanzibar holds sixteen hectares and 300 metres of white sand at Kiwengwa, on the north coast. A natural coral reef protects the beach, which makes swimming calmer here than most of the island manages. Six restaurants and five bars sit across the estate, along with a spa of six treatment rooms and pools that include an adults-only one for guests over sixteen.

·Beautiful and uncrowded Bazaruto beach setting.

·Official all-inclusive package verified

·Excellent service reputation

·Strong Patong location with quieter hillside feel.

·Direct beach access and huge grounds.

·Official All Add In package with meals, drinks, minibar and non-motorized water sports.

·Strong beach access on the Makarska Riviera.

·Bloody Bay beach

·True all-inclusive structure with broad official inclusions.

·Boutique beachfront setting

·Scenic Mismaloya beach-and-mountain setting.

Barcelo Puerto Vallarta is a suite-sized all-inclusive in the Mismaloya cove, for families who want jungle and mountains behind the beach. It has 316 rooms, four pools with a swim-up bar and four restaurants, in a cove south of the city where the bay dampens the Pacific swell and the coral sits close enough to snorkel from shore. Every room is suite-sized at 68 square metres or more.

·Exceptional Playa Norte and private-islet location.

·Beachfront location on Playa Flamingo.

·Large pool complex with swim-up bar.

·Premium all-inclusive plan with meals, drinks, cocktails, and appetizers included.

Dream of Zanzibar is a small premium all-inclusive on Uroa beach on Zanzibar's east coast, for couples and families who want a compact, quiet resort. It is the beach week after a safari rather than a big complex, about 45 minutes from the airport, with 36 suites, one restaurant, one bar and one pool on a lagoon shore. Everything is close and the days are unhurried, which is the appeal, and which is also why a week here suits people who are content with one dining room.

·Huge review base and long track record for a Maldives private-island resort.