The Best Five-Star All-Inclusive Resorts

·Highly rated early guest sentiment across Tripadvisor, Expedia, Hotels.com, and Google Travel.

Hotel Mousai Cancun is an adults-only suite hotel on Costa Mujeres, north of the Hotel Zone, for couples who want a quiet, design-led base. It is small by Cancun standards, about 36 minutes from the airport, and it shares its grounds with two sister resorts, Garza Blanca Cancun and Villa del Palmar, which is how a small hotel comes to offer a long dining list. The cost of the address is that Cancun's nightlife is a taxi ride away rather than a walk, and that is the point: Costa Mujeres is the quiet end.

·High-end adults-only all-inclusive with strong service reputation.

An adults-only Secrets on one of the Dominican Republic's best beaches at Cap Cana, eight specialty restaurants, swim-out suites, and unlimited spa access. Grown-up and romantic without tipping into stuffy. A reliable couples' pick. Best December through May.

·Adults-only

Sanctuary Cap Cana is a five-star, adults-only Luxury Collection resort in the gated Cap Cana enclave on the east coast of the Dominican Republic, a short drive from Punta Cana International Airport (PUJ). Its distinctive Spanish-colonial, castle-style architecture, six pools, a full spa, and consistently praised service make it a strong pick for couples, honeymoons, and destination weddings looking for a quieter, upscale all-inclusive stay.

·One of the strongest luxury-service reputations in Morocco.

Not a beach resort at all, Royal Mansour is a palace in the heart of Marrakech, where you stay in your own multi-story riad with a plunge pool and rooftop. The spa is a marvel and La Grande Table is one of the city's best restaurants. Pure Moroccan opulence. Best in spring and autumn.

·Exceptionally broad luxury all-inclusive model.

Kudadoo is fifteen overwater residences on a private island in Lhaviyani Atoll, reached by a forty-minute flight from Male. Each residence runs to 300 square metres, or 380 with two bedrooms, and each has a 44 square metre infinity pool of its own. The house reef and lagoon are the setting; the butler and the residence are the product. It carries a 9.5 with us, among the highest scores in our catalog.

·Iconic Maldives overwater villa product.

·Exceptional desert setting inside a large private reserve.

·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.

·Extraordinary Piton and Caribbean Sea views from open-wall sanctuaries.

One of the Caribbean's true originals, adults-only 'sanctuaries' with no fourth wall and a private infinity pool framing the Pitons. There are no TVs and barely a reason to leave the room, though the organic chocolate lab and included diving tempt you out. Architectural, romantic, unforgettable. Best December through May.

·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.

·Strong all-inclusive evidence

Wild Coast Tented Lodge is a Relais and Chateaux safari lodge of 28 tented suites where the jungle meets the sea at Palatupana, on the edge of Yala. It carries a 9.4 with us, one of the highest scores in our catalog, and it earns that on service, food and design rather than on anything a beach resort would recognise. Suites run to 55 square metres, and the pool suites add a plunge pool of their own.

·Top-shelf drinks, 24-hour room service, minibar, liquor dispenser, butler service, and resort-wide Wi-Fi are officially included.

Le Blanc Los Cabos is an adults-only resort of 233 suites and casitas outside San Jose del Cabo, and the spa is the point of it. The hydrotherapy circuit inside 13,000 square feet of spa comes with the rate, treatments do not, and the main and infinity pools are heated to thirty degrees through the winter. Suites run from 54 square metres to 192, and butlers come with all of them.

·Exceptional fully hosted private-guide model.

·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.

·Very private all-villa layout.

·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.

·Very clear all-inclusive positioning

Baglioni Resort holds Maagau Island in Dhaalu Atoll, an Italian-run private island reached by a forty-five minute seaplane from Male. Villas come on the beach, over the water and with private pools, and three restaurants cover Italian and Japanese cooking alongside the international kitchen, with a pool bar. Guests rate the food and the villa hosts highly. The lagoon is calm and you can snorkel from the shore, though the house reef is decent rather than one of the atoll's great ones.

·True all-inclusive

Hurawalhi is an adults-only private island in Lhaviyani Atoll, for couples who want a house reef and a plan that genuinely covers the week. The seaplane from Male takes about 40 minutes and is the part of the trip to budget for separately. There are 90 villas, four restaurants, an infinity pool and the 5.8 Undersea Restaurant, glazed and six metres down, which is the thing guests remember.

·Extensive official pool complex with heated options.

·True luxury all-inclusive

Ikos Oceania holds 350 metres of Blue Flag beach at Nea Moudania in Halkidiki, with waiter service on the sand. It is one of the older resorts in the Ikos group and still one of the best-reviewed, on the strength of two things guests mention above all others: the food and the staff. Five heated pools, indoor and outdoor, extend the season at both ends, and there are 290 rooms behind them.

·Rare Maldives all-inclusive with access to a larger Club Med activity ecosystem.

·Exceptional service and food consensus.

·Officially all-inclusive with meals, beverages, activities and some spa included.

Turtle Island is a fourteen-bure private island in the Yasawas, for couples who want twelve beaches and almost no phone signal. It covers 500 acres, and the resort will drop you at one of those beaches alone with a picnic. There are fourteen beachfront bures, one communal dining room where dinner runs as a dinner party, and a Fijian lovo on Wednesdays. Wi-Fi exists in a shared lounge and nowhere else, which is the point rather than the flaw.

·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.

·Exceptional wellness programming and grounds.

·Adults-only luxury all-inclusive with a 525-acre setting

Namale spreads twenty-two bures and villas across 525 acres near Savusavu on Vanua Levu, and the ratio is the whole idea. It is adults-only, the service is the most-praised thing about it by a distance, and the spa runs to a hydrotherapy suite that comes with the rate even though treatments do not. Two pools, tennis, a golf course and a dive centre fill the days, and the Koro Sea reef is a short swim out with a guided snorkel most mornings.

·Butler/service benchmark

·Exceptional boutique luxury and service reputation.

·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.

·Outstanding luxury and service positioning for an adults-only all-inclusive.

·Butler

·True all-inclusive product

Steigenberger Resort Alaya is an adults-only all-inclusive on the Red Sea at Marsa Alam, for couples who want the reef and a swim-up room. The plan covers nearly everything, the transfer of about 10 minutes is as short as one gets in Egypt, and the resort sits on a stretch of coast where it is the only thing there is. The reef is the reason to come; a town to walk to is not on offer.

·Exceptional private-suite setup

Serenity at Coconut Bay is a couples-only enclave of plunge-pool suites beside St. Lucia's international airport, for a short luxury trip. It is about 5 minutes from Hewanorra, on the flat southern tip of the island, and shares its beach and its grounds with the much larger Coconut Bay resort next door. The Pitons are a day trip up the coast; the suite, the pool on its terrace and the butler are what you are buying.

·Very high Tripadvisor review volume and strong category ratings.

Gloria Serenity holds 500 metres of private golden beach at Belek, reached across a bridge over the River Acisu. Its dining operation is one of the deepest in our catalog. Eleven restaurants: a main buffet plus ten a la carte rooms running Japanese, French, Italian, two steakhouses, seafood and Mediterranean, with fourteen bars and a patisserie on the top floor. Golf, a spa and a renovated aquapark fill the rest of the estate.

·Exceptional private-island setting.

·Scale (36 keys / 72 guests)

·True premium all-inclusive concept

Tulia Zanzibar is a sixteen-unit all-inclusive at Pongwe, for couples who want a villa and a plan with no bracelet and no bill to sign. It is about 50 minutes from the airport on Zanzibar's east coast, with sixteen bungalows and villas from 120 to 190 square metres, one a la carte restaurant, two waterslides and private pools in the top categories. The airport transfer is inside the rate, which is rare here, and so are the premium drinks.

·Exceptional Torres del Paine views.

·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.

·79-key scale

·Exceptional swimmable beach and snorkeling.

Secrets Akumal is an adults-only resort of 434 suites on Akumal Beach, and the beach is why it scores 9.3 with us. The water is calm, the reef is close enough to snorkel from the sand, and this is turtle habitat, so the local rules about sunscreen and distance are worth reading before you swim. Sargassum still reaches this coast most springs and summers, which is the one thing the resort cannot manage for you.

·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.

·Exceptional Piton views

Ladera sits on a ridge above Soufriere with the Pitons filling the view. Its 37 suites are open on the fourth side, three walls and no glass, with a private plunge pool in every one. That design is the whole reason to come and the thing to understand before booking, because open walls mean birds, insects and weather come in with the view. Guests who knew that adore it. It is adults-only.

·Iconic Jamaican luxury resort.

Round Hill is a gated estate west of Montego Bay holding 36 hotel rooms, five suites and 27 privately owned villas. It has been Jamaica's quiet-luxury address for decades. The beach is protected and calm, there is an infinity pool with villa pools scattered above it, and the atmosphere is deliberately hushed: the recurring note from guests is the service, and the recurring warning is that nobody comes here for nightlife.

·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.

·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.

·House reef

·Consistently strong guest sentiment for service, rooms, food, cleanliness, and upscale design.

ATELIER Playa Mujeres is an adults-only suite resort north of Cancun, for couples who want thirteen restaurants and a Michelin-recognised dinner. It is about 40 minutes from the airport, with 593 suites, thirteen restaurants, thirteen bars, two coffee shops and five pools, on a beach partly sheltered by Isla Mujeres, which keeps the sargassum lighter than the Hotel Zone gets. It takes guests of sixteen and over.

·Excellent food and drink reputation.

·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.

·All-villa, private plunge-pool format.

·True luxury resort with optional all-inclusive convenience.

·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.

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

·30-key scale

·Exceptional Grand Anse Beach location.

·Exceptionally strong all-inclusive excursion model.

·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.

·Excellent service reputation and very high repeat-guest loyalty.

·Intimate 61-key estate with real space between villas

·Strong luxury positioning with 251 rooms and more than 60 private-use pools.

Atrium Prestige is a secluded luxury resort on the south-east coast of Rhodes, for couples and families who want a private pool and a quiet beach. It sits about 79 minutes from the airport, a long run by Rhodes standards, on a Blue Flag beach with no town on the doorstep and nothing to walk to in the evening. That remoteness is the trade: it is what buys the quiet, and it makes the resort's own restaurants the whole dining plan for the week.

·True Deluxe All-Inclusive concept.

Emerald Maldives is a Deluxe All-Inclusive island in Raa Atoll, for couples and families who want the plan to cover every outlet on it. There are 120 villas split evenly between the beach and the water, on twenty hectares with 1.5 kilometres of white sand and a house reef you can swim to. Four restaurants, two bars, a dive centre and the Dolphin Kids Club are the rest of it, and the transfer takes about 45 minutes and is not in the rate.

·Exceptional adventure positioning with guided excursions near Torres del Paine.

·True all-inclusive product

The Mora is a large all-inclusive on Muyuni Beach in the north of Zanzibar, for couples and families who want the plan to carry the week. It is about 45 minutes from the airport, with 250 suites, four restaurants, four pools and a kids' club, on a calm stretch facing Mnemba Island. It is new, it is polished, and it is nowhere near a town, which is why the plan does more work here than at most resorts.

·Very strong all-inclusive package with transfers included.

·Excellent couples and honeymoon fit.

·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 adults-only romance profile.

·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.

·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.

·Excellent private-pool villa inventory

·Excellent calm-water beach.

The Bay is a 48-room resort on Pasikuda Bay, on Sri Lanka's quiet east coast, and the bay is the reason to come. It is shallow, reef-protected and about as easy to swim in as anywhere on the island, which guests mention more than anything else. Rooms are generously sized, from 54 square metre studios up to a 149 square metre suite and a 316 square metre beach villa, and there is a thirty-metre pool.

·Small luxury LXR property

·Small all-villa format with very large accommodations.

A small adults-only place on Zanzibar's coast done up in Swahili-palace style, carved arches and Arab baths at the Frangipani spa. It's built for couples: dinners on the beach under the stars, dhow cruises at sunset, and some of the Indian Ocean's best diving right offshore. Quiet, romantic, and a little theatrical in the best way.

·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.

·Beautiful and uncrowded Bazaruto beach setting.

·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.

·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.

·Extensive Gourmet Bliss dine-around package.

Heritage Le Telfair is an all-suite resort at Bel Ombre, on the quieter south coast of Mauritius. Two golf courses sit behind it, and a spa of six treatment rooms. The 158 suites start at 62 square metres and reach 104 on the beachfront, which is generous by any standard, and the family provision is deeper than most luxury resorts manage: a baby club from birth to three at no charge, a kids club to eleven, and a teen programme. There is an adults-only wing with its own pool, heated through the Mauritian winter.

·Official meal-plan evidence

·Excellent all-inclusive dining and premium drinks.

·Private-pool villas

·Daily spa treatment included.

The BodyHoliday is a wellness all-inclusive on Cariblue Beach in St. Lucia, and its defining inclusion is a spa treatment every day. It has 155 rooms, three pools including a saltwater thalassotherapy pool, six restaurants, and a programme of fitness, yoga, tennis, golf and sailing, and it takes guests of twelve and over. The daily treatment runs 50 minutes and covers every day but the ones you arrive and leave on.

·Exceptional design, art-focused architecture and strong food identity.

The adults-only, arts-themed member of the Xcaret family, and the headline perk is included access to the Xcaret and Xel-Há eco-parks. On site you get rivers and cenotes to swim, hands-on art workshops, and ten restaurants from celebrity chefs. Creative and very Mexican. Best November through May.

·Modern, spacious suites with strong room feedback.

·Only 18 beachfront bures.

·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.

·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.

·True all-inclusive product

JAZ Makadina is a 270-room resort on the Red Sea at Makadi Bay, and it is smaller and calmer than the megaresorts either side of it. The beach mixes sand for swimming with coral you can snorkel from the shore, which is the main reason to be here and a reason to pack reef shoes. Two pools, one heated for winter and one for children, plus free access to the Makadi Water World park next door, which is where the family case is made.

·Strong adults-only quiet-beach positioning.

·Service

JOIA Paraiso is an adults-only all-inclusive on the Riviera Maya, for couples who want a butler and a whole complex to dine around. It is about 35 minutes from Cancun's airport, with 310 suites, five themed restaurants and a buffet, five bars, and adults-only pools with swim-up suites along them. This was Iberostar Grand Paraiso until the rename, and it is the adult corner of a much larger Iberostar campus whose restaurants JOIA guests may use.

·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.

·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 24-hour ultra all-inclusive

Mitsis Selection Laguna is a 24-hour ultra all-inclusive on Crete's north coast, for families who want five pools and five a la carte restaurants. It is about 28 minutes from Heraklion's airport, with 351 rooms, seven bars, and a heated pool complex with a waterslide and children's pool, above a beach that mixes sand with pebbles. The pools are the reason to book; the beach is the compromise.

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

·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.

·Spectacular lagoon-pool design.

·One of the Maldives’ strongest true all-inclusive concepts.

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

·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.

·Exceptional Patagonian setting and views.

·Exceptional golf credentials with Teeth of the Dog, Dye Fore, and The Links.

More estate than resort, a vast property outside La Romana with the legendary Teeth of the Dog golf course, a marina, an equestrian center, and its own stone artists' village at Altos de Chavón. Private Minitas Beach handles the sand. Sprawling and old-money in feel, and great for groups who like to stay busy.

·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.

·Strong Red Sea beachfront setting.

Baron Palace sits on the Red Sea at Sahl Hasheesh, a purpose-built bay south of Hurghada that is quieter than the town's nightlife strips. Six pools, heated through the winter, a children's pool and a swim-up bar cover the part of the year when the Red Sea itself feels brisk, and the house reef is close enough to snorkel from the beach. The 9.0 we give it is one of the highest scores in our Egyptian catalog.

·Strong adults-only romance positioning.

·True all-inclusive product

Creta Maris is a village-scale family all-inclusive at Hersonissos, for families who want 17 pools and a Blue Flag beach 25 minutes from the plane. It has 676 rooms, seven restaurants, nine bars and six snack points, a water park, and Hersonissos itself within a walk. The pools and the family programme are what it scores highest on, and the resort's size is the price of them.

·Official Ultra All Inclusive concept.

·Excellent lagoon and beach setting in the South Malé Atoll.

A classic Maldives overwater stay in South Malé Atoll, glass-floored suites over the lagoon, a spa built out on the water, and sunset dolphin cruises. There's substance beyond the postcard too, with Maldivian cooking classes and easy diving. Romantic without being stuffy. Come November through April for the dry season.

·Private villa format with strong privacy and romance appeal.

·Adults-only boutique all-inclusive.

·Exceptional beach and shore snorkeling.

·Very strong all-inclusive scope.

·High-end suite resort with private-pool and swim-up options.

·Signature overwater-bure product.

·Beautiful private peninsula setting.

Excellence Oyster Bay is an adults-only, all-suite resort on a private peninsula near Falmouth, for couples who want a secluded, polished beach week. It is a place to stay put rather than a base for Jamaica, about 39 minutes from Montego Bay's airport and east of Rose Hall, with water on three sides and nothing to walk to beyond the gates. That isolation is the setting most guests come for, and the reason the resort has to carry the whole holiday itself.

·Butler on every suite

JOIA Bavaro is an adults-only all-inclusive on Playa Bavaro, for couples who want eight restaurants and no reservation to make. It is the former Iberostar Grand Bavaro, with eight restaurants and eight bars, three pools looking at the ocean, butler service and swim-out suites, on one of the calmer stretches of the Punta Cana coast. No booking is needed at any of the specialty restaurants, which is rarer here than it sounds.

·Mitsis Selection Rinela is a premium all-inclusive beach resort on Crete's north coast, for families who want polished food minutes from the plane. It is about 15 minutes from Heraklion's airport, a five-star with seven restaurants, five bars, five pools with waterslides, swim-up rooms and private-pool suites on a beachfront. It has the quality of the Mitsis flagships with a shorter transfer than any of them.

·Recently renovated and reopened Sandals resort.

·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.

·Adults-only beachfront setting.

·Strong guest ratings across TripAdvisor, Expedia, Hotels.com, and Booking.com.

·LUX Grand Gaube is a design-led resort on Mauritius's north coast, for travellers who want two private coves and restaurants worth dressing for. It is about 75 minutes from the airport, with six restaurants, seven bars, two pools and two beaches of its own, plus the Banyan grown-ups area, which keeps a pool and cove to itself. All-inclusive is a package bought on top of the rate here, and its exclusions are the thing to read.

·Adults-only premium all-inclusive

·Very convenient 15-to-20-minute speedboat transfer from Malé.

Just a short boat ride from Malé but a world away, Taj Exotica sits on one of the Maldives' largest lagoons, all turquoise shallows and overwater villas. The Jiva Grande Spa and 24 Degrees restaurant handle the indulgence. Convenient yet serene, and made for couples. Best November through April.

·Excellent Cancun beach

·Official Marriott all-inclusive package available

Fiji Marriott Momi Bay is a polished main-island resort with overwater bures, for travellers who want that room without an outer-island flight. It is about 45 minutes from Nadi, with 250 rooms, three pools including an adults-only infinity pool and a children's pool with water guns, and a sheltered man-made lagoon in front of it. The bures are why it lands on lists like this, and the catch is the location: there is nothing to walk to.

·Food for an AI

·Consistently strong couples and honeymoon reputation.

An adults-only flagship on the quiet Playa Mujeres peninsula north of Cancún, seven gourmet restaurants, a big hydrotherapy spa, and rooftop-terrace suites, all on a private beach. It's polished, grown-up, and made for couples who want Cancún's sun without the spring-break crowds. Best November through April.

·Modern adults-only all-inclusive with large room inventory.

·True 24-hour all-inclusive

·Short transfer

Villa Nautica is a family-friendly island resort in North Male Atoll, for people who want the Maldives without a seaplane and with a plan they can choose. It is a speedboat of about 20 minutes from the airport, which runs at any hour, and that convenience is the resort's first argument. The second is scale: 282 rooms, seven restaurants and a kids' club, on an island with more going on than the honeymoon resorts further out.

·Concorde De Luxe Resort is a big family all-inclusive on Lara Beach, for families who want a water park and thirteen bars a quarter-hour from the plane. It is about 15 minutes from Antalya's airport, with 401 rooms, nine restaurants, an aquapark, an indoor pool for the cooler months and a seafront position on the Lara strip. The dining runs from a Turkish grill to a Far East kitchen, and the buffet is only where it starts.

·Great Playa Blanca location

Iberostar Selection Lanzarote Park is a five-star family resort in Playa Blanca, for families who want a beach, a town and a heated pool within a walk. It is about 35 minutes from Lanzarote's airport, with 388 rooms, two restaurants and five bars, a heated family pool, a waterslide and the Star Camp for ages four to seventeen. All-inclusive is a board basis here rather than the rate, which is the first thing to settle.

·Calm Sanur beachfront setting

Maya Sanur is a 103-room beachfront resort on the calm, reef-protected east side of Bali. Its centrepiece is a 158-metre lagoon pool with rooms opening onto it. Sanur is the part of the island where you can swim and walk the shore rather than watch surfers, though the tide decides how much beach there is on a given afternoon. Three pools, two restaurants, two bars, a spa and a free kids club.

·Renovated in 2025

Iberostar Selection Fuerteventura Palace is a renovated five-star on Jandia beach, for couples who want good food and a calm resort. It was renovated in 2025, with three restaurants, three bars, a 24-hour Star Cafe, a teppanyaki table and four pools, directly on the sand. It is roughly 80 kilometres from Fuerteventura's airport and runs no shuttle. It is not adults-only, but it keeps a minimum check-in age and reads as a couples' resort.

·Strong all-inclusive structure with meals, drinks, sports, activities, and entertainment.

Club Med's Maldives outpost is the rare overwater spot that's also genuinely fun, a PADI 5-star dive center and eco-snorkeling on one hand, trapeze and circus school on the other. The grown-up Finolhu Villas sit out over the lagoon. A livelier, better-value take on the Maldives. Best November through April.

·Excellent Yala National Park access and guide positioning.

·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.

·True Sandals all-inclusive model.

·Large Maldives resort with broad room and restaurant choice.

Kandima is a big, active island in Dhaalu Atoll, for families and friend groups who want the Maldives with something to do. It has 270 rooms and ten restaurants and bars along a long island, with kids' and teens' clubs, a water-sports centre, and beach and lagoon on either side. It is a lifestyle resort rather than a honeymoon hideaway, and all-inclusive is the Dine Around plan you choose rather than the rate.

·Excellent Juanillo Beach setting.

Hyatt Zilara Cap Cana is the adults-only half of a shared complex on Juanillo Beach, one of the strongest resort beaches in Punta Cana. The arrangement is the selling point: an adults-only base with its own pools, swim-up bar and lazy river, plus a dine-around into the family side next door when you want more choice than a boutique property could hold. Every room is a junior suite or larger, and the swim-up and oceanfront categories are what guests talk about afterwards.

·Beachfront all-inclusive in Spain.

·Short transfer from Malé

·Exceptionally strong service reputation.

·Remote private-island setting with strong villa privacy.

·Excellent Abu Dabbab Bay reef and snorkeling setting.

·True 24-hour all-inclusive

·Strong adults-only positioning with a polished, modern Mexican design identity.

UNICO leans hard into a sense of place, an adults-only resort where your personal 'host' books art walks and tequila tastings, and the Esencia spa is built around a cenote-style pool. Smaller and more design-led than the Riviera Maya giants, it's stylish couples' territory. Best November through May.

·True 24-hour RIU all-inclusive model.

Hotel Riu Palace Zanzibar is a 24-hour all-inclusive on the Nungwi coast, for people who want the island's best swimming beach and a swim-up suite. It has 100 rooms, three pools with a swim-up bar and three restaurants, on the northern tip where the water stays clear and the tide matters less than it does further round the island. Riu's plan runs around the clock, which is the other reason people book it.

·Strong sea-view setting and adults-only atmosphere.

Sea Side A Lifestyle Resort is an adults-only cliffside all-inclusive on Crete's north coast, for couples who want sea views, quiet and attentive service. A town or a long beach is not the point. It is about 30 minutes from Heraklion's airport, above Mononaftis Bay, with three restaurants, three bars, pools including an infinity pool, swim-up rooms and suites with private pools. The view is the product, and the guests who rate it highest came for exactly that.

·Strong official LUXME all-inclusive concept.

·Excellent service reputation

·Exceptional boutique design and adults-only atmosphere.

SALT of Palmar is a 59-room adults-only hotel on the east coast of Mauritius, and it is a design hotel first. The colour, the local sourcing and the sustainability programme are what guests write about, alongside the food and the staff, and the scale is deliberately small: one restaurant, two bars including a rooftop, one adults-only pool. The beach is white and the water clear, with wind and tide changing the east coast more than the sheltered side of the island.

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

·Outstanding Atacama setting near Pukara de Quitor.

·Exceptional included exploration program with nearly 50 guided options.

·Exceptional in-park location

·Exceptional service reputation with strong recent review coverage.

·Huge pool complex

Lopesan Costa Meloneras is a vast pool resort in the south of Gran Canaria, for families who want a lazy river and the Meloneras promenade. It is about 30 minutes from Gran Canaria's airport, with 1,138 rooms, six heated pools including a children's pool and that lazy river, six restaurants, seven bars and a large spa, in gardens above the Meloneras seafront. It is not a direct-sand beachfront hotel, and the pools are what people come for.

·Strong adults-only Cancun Hotel Zone location.

·Strong family and group fit

·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.

·Adults-only, beachfront and fully all-inclusive.

·Strong luxury all-inclusive dining and beverage scope.

O2 Beach Club is a luxury all-inclusive on the Barbados south coast, for couples who want premium pours and St. Lawrence Gap on the doorstep. It is about 20 minutes from Grantley Adams, with 127 rooms across two buildings, four restaurants and a coffee lounge, six bars, three pools and two swim-up bars, one of those pool areas adults only. The Gap's own restaurants and bars are a walk away, which changes what an all-inclusive is for.

·Exceptional depth of included wellness programming.

·All-inclusive option verified on official site

·New luxury product

·Large, modern adults-only resort with spacious suite-style rooms.

Barcelo Maya Riviera is the adults-only section of the Barcelo Maya Grand complex, for couples who want a modern suite and a polished atmosphere. The dining of a whole resort estate comes with it. It sits at Xpu-Ha on the Riviera Maya, about 75 minutes from Cancun's airport, with 850 rooms that are all junior suites or suites with terraces and hydromassage tubs, 110 of them with a private pool. It is not a small resort; it is a quiet one inside a very large one.

·Strong adults-only couples focus.

Excellence El Carmen is an adults-only, all-suite resort on the Uvero Alto shore, for couples who want a swim-up or rooftop suite of their own. It sits north of Punta Cana's airport, with eleven restaurants, fifteen bars and six pools, and a beach that is beautiful on a calm day and Atlantic on the others. Every room is a suite here, so the category, not the resort, is the decision.

·Butler service

JOIA Rose Hall is an adults-only all-inclusive outside Montego Bay, for couples who want butler service and the food guests keep talking about. It is about 20 minutes from Sangster International, and it is the polished adult section inside the larger Iberostar Rose Hall complex, with five restaurants, four bars, swim-out suites and butlers in selected rooms. This was Iberostar Grand Rose Hall until the rename, so older reviews describe the same resort under another name.

·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.

·Five restaurants

TUI BLUE Bahari is a polished garden resort on Zanzibar's north-east coast, for couples and families who want strong service and several pools. The beach is the backdrop rather than the swim. It is about 50 minutes from the airport, on the Kiwengwa and Pwani Mchangani strand, with 207 rooms, three pools, five restaurants and three bars. The beach is beautiful and the swimming is tidal, which is the east coast's standing condition.

·Adults-only beachfront setting on Kolymbia Bay.

Atlantica Imperial is an adults-only beachfront resort on Kolymbia Bay in Rhodes, for couples who want quiet, a Blue Flag beach and good dinners. It is about an hour from the airport, with five restaurants, four bars and three pools, one of them indoors and one kept quiet, plus swim-up suites and villas with private pools. All-inclusive is a rate plan here rather than the only product, and confirming it is the first job.

·Boutique scale with polished design.

A small adults-only boutique on a private Cretan beach, low-key, design-y, and grown-up. The Elixir spa leans into thalassotherapy, and the kitchen does proper Cretan farm-to-table. It's a quiet alternative to Crete's bigger resorts, made for couples. Best May through September.

·Official optional all-inclusive package

·Exceptional natural setting between two beaches in Mahé.

·Beachfront location

·Strong Kendwa beachfront location.

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

·Excellent Beau Vallon location

·Beautiful Kiwengwa beachfront and tropical gardens.

·Highly scenic cliffside setting near Cefalù.

Club Med's Sicilian flagship climbs a clifftop above Cefalù, with a panoramic pool on the bluff and the Mediterranean spread out below. Days run on sailing lessons, water sports, and Italian cooking classes, relaxed but active, and the setting is pure Sicily. Best May through October.

·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.

·Excellent family infrastructure with water park, lazy river, kids club and teen lounge.

Hyatt Ziva Cap Cana is the family half of a two-resort complex on Juanillo Beach, inside the gated Cap Cana estate. The draw is infrastructure: 375 suites, seven restaurants and seven bars, and Canapolis, a water park with slides and a lazy river that is the reason most families pick this over its neighbours. Punta Cana airport is about fifteen minutes away. Juanillo is one of the better resort beaches on this coast, with the standing caveat that sargassum arrives most springs and summers and can change the week.

·Exceptional family infrastructure with waterpark and many pools.

·True luxury AI rare in Bali

·Seven official outdoor pools.

·Excellent Playa Conchal beach setting.

·Modern adults-only design.

·Highly romantic low-rise beach setting.

·Excellent pool depth for families.

·Strong adults-only boutique atmosphere.

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

·Excellent adults-only beachfront setting on more than 700 yards of Bávaro Beach.

·Official Marriott all-inclusive package available

·True 24-hour all-inclusive with room service, minibar and liquor dispenser.

·Small, quiet, high-space resort.

·New adults-only all-inclusive product in Aruba with 304 suites and modern facilities.

Secrets Baby Beach opened in 2025 on Aruba's quiet southeastern tip, an adults-only all-inclusive built beside Baby Beach Bay. The bay is one of the calmest swimming spots on the island and you can snorkel straight off the shore, but read the layout before you arrive: guests who expected every suite to open onto that sand have said so, and the resort sits above and beside the water rather than on it. San Nicolas is a long way from the Palm Beach bar strip, which is either the appeal or the problem.

·Strong family amenities

·Strong adults-only romantic atmosphere.

Excellence Punta Cana is an adults-only, all-suite resort on the Uvero Alto shore, for couples who want a secluded, romantic week with premium drinks. Dinner needs no reservation. It is about 45 minutes north of the airport, with 461 suites, ten restaurants, twelve bars and four pools on large tropical grounds beside a wide beach. The beach is the setting and not always the swimming: the surf runs rough and the red flag goes up.

·Adults-only

Excellence Riviera Cancun is an adults-only all-inclusive at Puerto Morelos, for couples who never want to make a dinner reservation. It is about 25 minutes from Cancun's airport, with 440 rooms, eleven restaurants, eleven bars and six meandering pools, and the eight gourmet restaurants seat you without a booking. Dress codes still apply, and the beach carries sargassum from April to August.

·All-suite beachfront resort with butler service included.

·Adults-only island atmosphere with strong romance and quiet appeal.

Cinnamon Hakuraa Huraa is a small adults-only island in Meemu Atoll, for couples who want a quiet lagoon, a water bungalow and a fair all-inclusive price. The Maldives rarely offers that combination. It is reached by domestic flight and boat rather than a speedboat from the airport, with 100 bungalows, three restaurants and two bars, and a lagoon so wide and shallow that the sandbank is part of the daily walk. It has changed from a family island to an adults-only one, so older reviews describe a different place.

·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.

·Steigenberger Aqua Magic is a water-park hotel in Hurghada, for families whose week will be measured in slides and lazy-river laps rather than beach days. It is about 10 minutes from the airport, with 703 rooms, nine pools, a water park with a lazy river, five restaurants and seven bars, and clubs for small children and teenagers. The beach is reached through a sister hotel or the promenade, which tells you where the priority lies.

·Newer lifestyle-resort design.

·New 5-star resort steps from Eagle Beach.

JOIA Aruba by Iberostar is a new five-star hotel a few steps from Eagle Beach, for travellers who want modern rooms and pools and the choice of a plan. All-inclusive is a package here rather than the product. It is about 15 minutes from the airport, on the low-rise strip, and it sits just off the sand rather than on it: Eagle Beach is across the way, and the hotel's own life is around its three pools. A week here is as much Aruba as you choose to make it.

·True ultra/all-inclusive concept

Limak Lara De Luxe is a big family all-inclusive on Lara Beach, for parents who want a water park and a sea-view room as standard. The airport is a short run away. It is about 20 minutes from the terminal, with 441 rooms, six pools, nine restaurants and six bars, a private beach and a kids' club, and it is priced under the Belek palaces along the coast. The city is close and rarely used.

·True all-inclusive product

·Strong kids club

Sarova Whitesands is the big family beach resort of Mombasa's north coast, for parents who want pools and a kids' club that guests rave about. It sits on Bamburi beach about 35 minutes from Mombasa's airport, in a gated compound with round-the-clock security, and it is large: five pools, water slides, a dive centre and a nightclub. It is also the natural beach week after a safari, with the airport close enough to make the join painless.

·Official all-inclusive package verified

·Adults-only, beachfront, all-inclusive setting in the Hotel Zone.

A sensory-themed adults-only spot in Cancún's Hotel Zone, the Feel spa, oceanfront infinity pools, and the Egos lounge after dark. Smaller and more boutique than its mega-resort neighbors, it skews stylish and romantic, with contemporary Mexican kitchens throughout. Best November through April.

·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.

·Large rooms and suites

·High-end Halkidiki beachfront setting

·Strong natural-island feel

·Strong house-reef and snorkeling appeal.

·Adults-only Secrets all-inclusive in Cancun’s Hotel Zone.

·Excellent Punta Cancún location with water on three sides and strong beach access.

Hyatt Ziva sits on its own peninsula at the tip of Cancún's Hotel Zone, so you get beach on three sides plus the city's nightlife minutes away. The Turquoise Tower suites and a beachfront infinity pool anchor it, and it's reliably family- and group-friendly. Best in the dry months, November through April.

·Official all-inclusive plan with multiple restaurants and bars.

Grand Palladium Sicilia is a 469-room resort on the north coast of Sicily, at Campofelice di Roccella. It is built for families more deliberately than anything else in our Italian catalog. The clubs run from age one: a Baby Club for one to three, a Mini Club for four to eleven and a Junior Club for twelve to sixteen. Four pools sit behind that, including a family pool, a beach pool and a children's version of it, with indoor and heated water for the shoulder months.

·Quiet adults-only all-inclusive setting.

·Excellent Nungwi beach

·Privacy

·Lively adults-only all-inclusive with strong entertainment.

·Official 24-hour all-inclusive

·Large beachfront Mauritius resort with strong review volume.

·10 restaurants and 8 bars included.

Sandals Regency La Toc is a couples-only resort on a hilly 220-acre estate near Castries, for couples who will trade flat ground for the view. It is about 75 minutes from Hewanorra, with ten restaurants, eight bars, three pools and a half-mile crescent beach below the hill. The hills are the appeal and the drawback at once: the views are why people book it, and the walking is real.

·Excellent couples-only all-inclusive infrastructure.

Sandals Barbados is a large couples-only all-inclusive on the south coast, for couples who want the widest dining and activity footprint on the island. The run of two resorts comes with it. It is about 15 minutes from the airport at Christ Church, with twelve restaurants of its own and twenty across the pair once the Stay at One, Play at Two exchange with Sandals Royal Barbados next door is counted, plus seven bars, the Crystal Lagoon river pool and swim-up suites. It is busy by design.

·Excellent protected lagoon beach.

·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.

·True all-inclusive

Finest Playa Mujeres is a luxury family all-inclusive north of Cancun, for parents of small children who still want a polished resort. Adults-only club areas are layered in for couples. It is about 35 minutes from the airport, on the Playa Mujeres beach, with 450 rooms, twelve restaurants that take no reservations, sixteen bars, twelve pools and a water park. The kids' club takes potty-trained children from three, which is younger than most, and that single fact explains who books here.

·Huge pool and water-park infrastructure.

Jaz Aquamarine is a very large family all-inclusive in Hurghada, for families who want 22 water slides and a beach a toddler can stand up in. It has 1,001 rooms, nine restaurants and seven bars, and a pool count the resort's own materials put somewhere between 17 and 20. The private beach is genuinely shallow, which is the best thing about it for small children and the worst for anyone who wants to swim out.

·Adults-only all-inclusive product with butler service.

·Strong kids club, teen activities and aquapark.

Selectum Luxury Resort is an ultra all-inclusive on the Belek coast, for families who want an aquapark and unusually large rooms. It sits on the Mediterranean with 293 rooms running from 40 to 85 square metres, seven pools plus an aquapark and eight children's slides, eight restaurants and the Puppies World kids' club. The rooms are bigger than most Turkish all-inclusives manage, and the water park is why families book it.

·Exceptional food-venue variety for Greece.

Mitsis Selection Blue Domes is a large 24-hour ultra all-inclusive on the south coast of Kos, for families who want the widest dining choice in Greece. The crowd that comes with it is part of the deal. It is about 20 minutes from the airport, on a Blue Flag beach, with 499 rooms, nine pools, a water park and a dining roster of one buffet, seven a la carte restaurants, four snack outlets and six bars. Everything is here, and everyone knows it.

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

·All-suite resort

·Optional all-inclusive flexibility

Iberostar Selection Lagos Algarve is a polished, quiet beach hotel behind Meia Praia, for couples and families who want a good room near Lagos. All-inclusive is an option here, not an obligation. Lagos is a real town with strong restaurants of its own, and the hotel is on its edge rather than in it, so the walk into the centre takes longer than the map suggests. The airport at Faro is at the other end of the coast, and the transfer is a paid shuttle or a taxi.

·Strong service reputation and polished grounds.

Atrium Palace is a large resort at Kalathos on the east coast of Rhodes, for families and couples who want quiet with Lindos down the road. It is about 64 minutes from the airport, with 316 rooms, five restaurants, six pools counting the indoor one, a thalasso spa and private-pool villas. The beach carries a Blue Flag and is pebbly, and all-inclusive is a Premium package you select rather than the rate.

·True all-inclusive

Iberostar Selection Cancun is a big family all-inclusive in the Hotel Zone, for families and groups who want ten pools, a beach and the city within reach. It is about 20 minutes from the airport, with 426 rooms, ten restaurants and six bars, a golf course and a water park, on the Caribbean side of the strip. It is one of the few places in Cancun where the pool complex is the reason to book rather than the fallback.

·Excellent family infrastructure and water-park access.

·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.

·Clear Adriatic beachfront location

Girandella is a resort of separate sections above Rabac in Istria, for families who want the Adriatic and book the right building. It is about an hour from Pula, with 391 rooms, five restaurants, themed pools and a children's pool, on a white-pebble beachfront with Rabac itself within a walk. All-inclusive belongs to the Girandella Family Hotel section alone, so the section you book is the plan you get.

·Ultra All Inclusive concept verified on the official FAQ.

·Ultra All Inclusive

·Major water-park and pool appeal for families.

·Official five-star all-inclusive resort.

·Adults-only beachfront resort in Corralejo.

·Strong Premium All Inclusive program.

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

·Rare private-island setting in Kenya

Chale Island Resort is a private island off Kenya's south coast, for couples who want an overwater suite without leaving Africa. It is about 30 minutes from Ukunda's airstrip and then across to the island, with 60 rooms, three pools, and a dining lineup running from a sushi bar to a beach barbecue. The rooms are the story: one overwater suite, described as Kenya's first, and one Suite on the Rock on its own islet across a stone bridge.

·Spectacular remote island and beach setting.

About as far-flung as this list gets, a remote island off the Mozambique coast where the marine life is the whole point: snorkeling with mega-fauna, dhow sailing, horseback rides on the sand, and castaway picnics on your own stretch of beach. Barefoot, genuinely remote, romantic. Best May through October.

·Official all-inclusive Unlimited-Luxury package with top-shelf spirits, room service, minibar, Wi-Fi, and gratuities included.

·Adults-only calm