travel42 Hotel Review: Jumby Bay Island, Oetker Collection

Jumby Bay Island, Oetker Collection travel42 Professional Hotel Review

Location and History

This private island resort off the northwest coast of Antigua is reached via a complimentary 15-minute speedboat ride from the jetty at Winthrop's Bay and another 15-minute ride from the airport.

Originally an 18th-century English plantation, this posh island hideaway is set on 130 landscaped hectares dotted with towering palms and two pristine white-sand beaches all just three kilometers off Antigua's more developed shoreline.

Wending through the grounds a...