The most popular winter destinations this year are perennial crowd favourites, according to Google’s latest travel trends report published in September. Think Cancun, Las Vegas, Tokyo, Rome and Barcelona.
Going offbeat, then, has never sounded more enticing, even if it may be too late in the year to book the most affordable flights.
Perhaps a glass cabin in the US state of Oregon is an exciting proposition? Maybe a remote lodge in Madagascar, southern Africa? What about a private beachfront penthouse in the Egyptian city of Sharm el-Sheikh?
Whichever you choose, these new or upgraded hotels put a different spin on locations that are not just free of crowds but also offer a more intimate, memorable glimpse of their destinations.
1. Eleuthera, Bahamas
In the 1960s and 70s, the original Potlatch Club drew New York socialites and celebrities alike to its private beachfront estate and pineapple plantation on serene Eleuthera island, 50 miles (80km) east of The Bahamas’ capital, Nassau.
