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Hiring a Private Island TR&VKL PRIVATE ISLANDS i' r 'rl t_ HOLIDAYS DON'T COME MUCH CLASSIER THAN RENTING YOUR _ OWN ISLAND AND YOU DON'T NEED TO BE A MILLIONAIRE OR A BOND VILLAIN TO AFFORD IT. PHILIP WATSON INVESTIGATES SPLENDID ISOLATION I BLAME URSULAANDRESS and Dr No. island I of Necker in 198 , built a series hideaways have become available as holiday lf it hadn't been for that white bikini, of vulgar and incongruous Balinese-style rentals. Specialist agencies and websites those giant seashells, that golden beach houses on it, and has rented out the have sprung up offering surprisingly good and, most of all, Crab Key lsland itself - place to the super-rich and mega-famous deals, especially if you can get a group the million-dollar nerve centre from (and T'Pau) for up to { 130,000 a week. together and split the cost. which Bond's enemy plots to take over Two of the cottages are called "Bali Hi" So here's an Esguire Top l0 compiled the world then maybe "Bali - none of us and Lo". The glossy brochure from perhaps 50 or more private islands would have enduring fantasies about guarantees, between pictures of to which us mere mortals now have hiding away on our private own island. bedrooms captioned with "suite dreams access. And remember, these are not Sure, before Bond, we'd known about are made of this", that the place is "the "These private island resorts, however lavish, that Robinson Crusoe, are Dr Moreau, Napoleon height ofgood taste". Best left to the you have to share with other guests, and Desert Is/ond Discs. But Dr No's lair, corporate-incentive market, I say. private however few. Nor are they islands that with its sleel< interior, luxurious quarters There are alternatives, however, and islands that you can only visit if, as increasingly seems and first-class food and service, made not all of them involve selling your the case, you are on a cruise liner that owning an island about as cool as it was granny.While can rent it's true that, if you have the uou has bought the retreat for the sole use of possible to imagine even if did - it get odd million or 10, there are still islands exclusivelg its passengers. These are private islands blown to pieces at the end of the film. available to buy - recently Posh and Becks and do that you and your friends can rent Since then, all we've really heard about were said to have their eye on the {4.5m exclusively and do with what you will. is Richard Branson. The Virgin magna[e withwhat Osea lsland off rhe coast of Essex - over I lust hope you don't run into Tom Hanks bought the beautiful, unspoilt Caribbean the past few years more and more private uou will" or that nice Ben from Taransay. O 84 @ www.esquire.co.uk SEABIRD ISLAND USA TAPROBANE ISLAND SRI LANKA Accessed from Miami along the spectacular You can wade across to this tiny rocky overseas highway, one of the world's great island at low tide - at other times, staff drives, this l0-acre island has an Old will transport you by sedan chair. Once Florida-style house, with spacious decks there, you'll discover a hexagonal and porches, high ceilings and spiral Twenties villa in extravagant tropical staircases. There are two double rooms gardens. The house has a cool, colonial and four bunk beds. Activities include feel, with high ceilings and tiled floors. snorkelling, fishing and sailing your own By day, swim in the infinity pool or watch boat, and there is a private beach and elephant polo matches on the beach; at bird sanctuary. The buzzing nightlife of night, enjoy fine meals on the veranda. KeyWest is an hour's drive away. S/eeps:8. Staff.6. {4,500 per week Sleeps: 4 odults, 4 children. Stoff. l. From (t563 pp). Enguiries: Western & Oriental t2,700 (t67lpp). Enquiries:Vlodi lslond (020 73 I 3 6600; www.westernorientol.com) Trovel (00 49 40 33 89 89; www.vlodi.de) ILHA DO PICO BRAZIL CAYO ESPANTO BELIZE A lush tropical island offthe Brazilian coast, This chic hideaway's five wooden cabanas between Rio deJaneiro and Sio Paulo, that each have their own pier, seafront plunge has white-sand beaches, forests, almond pool, open-air shower and hammock on trees and a rocky peak. There are two the veranda. There are white-sand beaches, simple yet comfortable villas. Dolphins are coral reefs and views out to the Caribbean. often spotted swimming past; a schooner The staff, which includes four butlers and is available for trips to other islands and three chefs, can organise massages, scuba the historic colonial city of Paraty. diving, fly fishing, motor launches, tours Sleeps: 12. Stoff:2. From t40pp per doy of Mayan ruins - even mariachi bands. (min four guests). Enquiries: Privote lslonds Sleeps: I 4. Stoff: I 2. {34,000 per weeh oll- O n li n e (www.p r iv oteisla nds o nli n e.co m) inclusive, except wine ond spinb ({2,428pp). Enquiries: PrivateWorld (020 7723 5599) EILAN SHONA HOUSE SCOTLAND Part of Private World's ex-directory HORSE ISLAND IRELAND portfolio - properties so exclusive that Just offthe coast of County Cork, this is they are not even in its brochure - Eilan ANONYME ISLAND SEYCHELLES Deserted islands perfect for those looking for something Shona lies off the west coast of Scotland, As close to a paradise island as you're All this could be gours, a little more wild. The three large stone 50km from FortWilliam. lt is rugged, if onlg for a week. Ihis likely to find, this is a seven-acre lndian houses have peat-burninS fires, Jacuzzis, rolling and windswept, and has a spacious, pdge, top: Cayo Ocean retreat just off the coast of Mah6, from saunas and beds in the shape offishing three-storey Victorian house with four- Espanto, Belize; Baron the main island of the Seychelles. There boats. There is also, perched on a cliff, poster beds, log fires and a snooker room, lsland, Spain; Taprobane are three beachfront chalets and a main Island, Sri Lanka. a replica of the ship in which Columbus as well as a tennis court, canoes and a boat. house, each in a modern Creole style and 0pposlte poge, lsola discovered America (perfect for overnight Excellent meals, mostly of local seafood supplied with its own butler. Surrounding Galli, ltalg stays for two). The island has jagged cliffs, and vegetables grown on the island. the houses are beaches, orange groves, Celtic ruins, waterfalls and sandy bays. S/eeps: /2 adults,4 children. Stoff.4. mango forests, palm trees and huge Sleeps: 12. Stoff.2. {3,400 per week From tl 0,000 per week for up to l0 guests, prehistoric volcanic boulders; there is also (t28 3 pp). Enqui ries: Vlodi I slond Tr avel including food ({l ,000pp), then pro roto a pool and tennis court. Golf, watersports (00 49 40 33 89 89; www.vladi.de) for extra guests. Enquiries: PrivoteWorld and casinos are available on Mah6. (020 7723 5s99) Sleeps: 8- /4. Staff: 8. t30,000 per weeh BARON ISLAND SPAIN including breakfast (t2, I 43 per person). One of four volcanic islets in a lagoon off ISOLA GALLI ITALY Enquiries: PrivoteWorld (020 7723 5599) the coast of Costa Blanca, this 22-acre There are more expensive islands to island was once a royal huncing reserve. rent, but this is the most stylish. Once ILE CHANTEMESLE FRANCE There is a four-storey hilltop watchtower, owned by Rudolf Nureyev, this rocky Just 50km from the centre of Paris, this designed as a folly by Frank LloydWright retreat off the Amalfi coast has a main picturesque river island has a charming, in 1950, as well as three small cottages. villa, modernised by Le Corbusier in the Tudor-style villa with big fireplaces and a Staff will cook and organise trips; there Twenties, with five bedrooms, a gym, large veranda. The house is set in parkland are two motorboats, watersPorts, a terraced garden and views to Capri and and orchards, with a tennis court and yacht and a tennis court. The golf courses the Lattari mountains. Fine ltalian food is a swimming pool. This is lmpressionist and casinos of La Manga lie nearby. About served. There is even an I lth-century country: Monet's garden at Giverny is as secluded as the Med can be. Saracen tower and a 38ft yacht for trips close by. Perfect in spring or autumn. Sleeps: l2-14. Stoff. 4. t5,600 per weel<, to stunning Positano and Ravello. S/eeps: /2. Staff:4. {2,000-{4,000 per including meols (from t400pp). Enguiries: Sleeps: I0. Staff.8. From t38,000 per week, week (t I 65-3 3 3pp). Enquiries:Vlodi lsland lnternotionol Chopters (020 7722 0722; all-inclusive (t3,800pp). Enquiries:Vlodi lslond Trovel (00 49 40 33 89 89; www.vlodi.de) www.vi I la+ e ntols. co m) Travel (00 49 40 33 89 89; www.vlodi.de) www.esquire.co.ut< @ 85.
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