Part of the exceptional portfolio of hotel properties that make up Small Luxury Hotels of the World, the Coral Reef Club on the island of Barbados wants you to know escaping icy sidewalks and driveway snow shoveling is entirely possible. Located on a gardened, 12-acre beachside spot on the island’s western coast, this family-owned resort offers respite in the form of 88 rooms, cottages and suites with either a patio or balcony for enjoying the scent of frangipani and the blooming crotons and bougainvillea in the tropical gardens.

Since no true escape from winter is complete without a spa experience, be sure to book a treatment at The Spa, where each of the treatment rooms comes equipped with a private garden entrance. Therapies are delivered via luxury brand Natura Bisse, and a bespoke line of locally sourced botanical products created expressly for The Spa. Try a post-travel, 80-minute Caribbean Calm full-body massage with targeted foot massage and an eye therapy treatment, or a 50-minute Pineapple and Coconut Crème Brûlée treatment to exfoliate and rehydrate skin.

Along with the property’s host of luxury features are plenty of activities: Scuba diving, horseback riding, sailing, swimming, tennis and a selection of watersports can be enjoyed on site, while 18 holes of golf are easily accessed less than a mile from the resort. Also close by, guests can make the short excursion to the Andromeda Botanical Gardens and Flower Forest, Barbados Wildlife Reserve and the Folkestone Marine Park and Museum. Head back to Coral Reef with an appetite and enjoy dinner overlooking the blues and greens of the Caribbean. In the kitchen, head chef Hance Bannister dishes up the best local ingredients in a menu that changes daily. Live entertainment is enjoyed each evening during winter months and five nights each week during the summer months. Special themed evenings include a West Indian/international buffet on Mondays, and Thursday barbecue followed by a floorshow including folk dancing and fire eating.