For all-out, blow-the-budget honeymoon extravagance, you won’t fi nd anything more impressive than the two-bedroom Villa Nina at Eden Rock, St Barts. The six-star property, which opened its doors in 2008, comes with a Mini Cooper car for whizzing around the island in, two private pools, an art gallery, home cinema, bar and bathroom with a plunge pool. There’s even a butler on hand to unpack your clothes and attend to your every whim, all for a mere £35,000 a week. If this sounds more like your annual salary than your budget, you can stay at the 33-room luxury Eden Rock Hotel for a more reasonable £2,080 per person, including fl ights, with Azure Collection (www.azurecollection.com).

The all-suite The Cove Atlantis (www.thecoveatlantis.com) in the Bahamas is a swish new getaway that’s making the headlines. With an openingparty resembling the Oscars rather than a resort launch due to the amount of A-listers on site, it looks set to be a hit. Overlooking two of the Caribbean’s best beaches, Cove and Paradise, its gorgeous bedrooms have split-level lounge, balconies, massive bathroom with marble fl oor and beds so big you can get lost in them. This is the place for couples that want to live it up as it also boasts a two-storey nightclub! Calabash Cove (www.calabashcove.com) is a super-luxurious fi ve-star getaway on the northwest coast of St Lucia, which has just opened its doors to the public. There’s everything you could need for a relaxing honeymoon or romantic retreat, including 26 chic sea-view suites, all with jacuzzi and outdoor shower and some with private pools. Plus there’s a spectacular infi nity-edge pool, cocktail bar, gourmet restaurant and secluded white-sand beach. And just in case you’re not chilled out enough, there’s the Mindspring Spa, with Eastern-infl uenced treatments and beauty parlour.

Another exciting development comes in the form of chic The Jalousie Plantation (www.thejalousieplantation.com) also in St Lucia. A whopping $100 million has been pumped into refurbing and relaunching the resort, which lies in the Valley of the Pitons, a UNESCO World Heritage Site on the island’s west coast. We’re coveting the massive new villas, which come with butler service, four-poster beds, fl at-screen TVs, iPod stations, large plunge pool and claw-foot bathtubs. Other enticements include three restaurants, a spa, 192 acres of rainforest and a dreamy white-sand beach on your doorstep. Jumby Bay (www.jumbybayresort.com), a fi ve-star resort set on a private 300-acre island two miles off the coast of Antigua, is set to open at the end of 2009 following an 18-month, $26-million revamp. Changes include a new spa, oceanfront infi nity pool, renovation of the open-air Verandah Restaurant and new suites with private pools.