Located at the point where the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic converge at Mermaid’s Chair, The Botany has been designed as a secluded gated community within The Preserve at Botany Bay
“Luxury used to mean more,” said Bashar Wali, founder and CEO of Practice Hospitality, which operates the resort. “Here it means less, on purpose. Fewer villas. More land left alone. The western tip of St. Thomas does not need our improvement. It needs our restraint. That is the whole design.”
Your car stops at an overlook above the bay, where someone takes the luggage and the logistics off your hands. Then a slow descent down a winding road through the preserve until the resort opens below. Reception sits in an open-air pavilion cradled between two pools, each with its own bar. Then the magnificent view takes over.
A great solo travel tip spotted this week on Hotel Designs.
