The best time to visit St Lucia is between November and April, when rainfall is low and the temperatures are at their balmiest. Rooms – called sanctuaries – start at £937 a night for two while British Airways flies direct to St Lucia from £428 (jademountain.com). Urban landscapes look just as enticing from a hot bath and few places do urban as well as Tokyo. Why look at one ocean from your hotel bath when you can look at two? Grootbos Private Nature Reserve in South Africa features smart bathrooms that face the point where the warm Indian Ocean meets the much colder Atlantic.

Source: Daily Mail December 29, 2020 11:48 UTC