Horned Dorset Primavera Hotel, Rincon, Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico is a former Spanish colony that's been an American territory aince the late 19th century, and with new direct fligjts from the UK with British Airways, a splashy W hotel opening and a full role in the upcoming Johnny Depp movie, The Rum Diary, it's starting to charm the pants off Europeans looking for slick US service standards alongside rubadubdub island charm.
Long a mecca for surf enthusiasts, the west-coast town of Rincon has one of the best small hotels in the whole of the Caribbean, the Horned Dorset Primavera Hotel.