Luxury lifestyle magazine Haute Living recently highlighted the world’s best private island resorts. COMO Parrot Cay, on its own one-thousand-acre island with a stunning white sandy beach and one of the Caribbean’s top spas, putting wellness at the “heart of the experience,” was among them.
The quintessential fantasy island stay, this Turks and Caicos resort has drawn many celebrities looking to disappear from the spotlight for a while. Everyone from Justin Timberlake to Penelope Cruz, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner has spent time here. Keith Richards got so hooked, fitting right into the Caribbean pirate lore, that he bought one of the resort’s oceanfront villas, just a short buggy ride away from the main COMO Hotels and Resorts property.
Of course, you don’t have to be a famous rock star or Hollywood legend to take advantage of this blissful private island retreat, accessed via a 30-minute boat ride from Providenciales.
Relaxation and Activities
The focus on wellness includes the COMO Shambhala Spa with treatment pavilions overlooking the local mangroves and North Caicos Channel. There’s an outdoor Jacuzzi, an infinity pool, sauna, steam room, and an impressive menu of treatments, including a range of massages, acupuncture, Ayurveda, facials, and Asian-inspired holistic therapies. The well-equipped fitness center, with access to on-call personal trainers, makes it easy to keep up with your workout routine or take it to a whole new level.
Dining
The COMO Shambhala Kitchen is health-focused with organic wellness menus integrated across all the property’s main menus, emphasizing Caribbean seafood and produce grown on-site. Enjoy everything from casual fare and cocktails at the beachfront COMO Beach Club to Italian, Mediterranean, and southern European cuisine at the elegant indoor-outdoor Terrace.
Accommodation
The resort is made up of traditional rooms, multi-room suites, private multi-villa residences, and freestanding beach houses. The standalone options have expansive outdoor living spaces; most come with dedicated butler service and private pools.
Haute Living best sums it up as one of the “most peaceful escapes” in the Caribbean with an “almost addictive sense of calm.”
If you’ve already experienced the luxuries and exclusivity of COMO Parrot Cay, there are more impressive private island resorts mentioned by the publication that make it easy to melt stress away. That includes Marlon Brando’s The Brando on the atoll of Tetiaroa in French Polynesia, Richard Branson’s Necker Island in the British Virgin Islands, and David Copperfield’s Musha Cay in the Bahamas.
