InterContinental Bora Bora Resort & Thalasso Spa

InterContinental Bora Bora Resort and Thalasso Spa appears like a happy accident amid a tangle of a thousand hues of blue. The French Polynesia hotel hardly seems real at first glimpse — it’s more like a fantastical mirage rising from the sea. You arrive to the resort by boat transfer, already seduced by the clarity of the mirror-like lagoon. Perhaps en route, you spotted a leaping manta ray or a school of dolphins. Now, the resort beckons, a fantasy island with undulating piers stretching from the shore, each holding a collection of spacious overwater villas. With 88 suites on stilts, this luxury hotel caters to those seeking romantic seclusion. Each capacious room with a living area (complete with a see-through floor beneath the coffee table), an ocean-view bathroom and floor-to-ceiling windows in the bedroom (which leads to a two-tier deck) sits above what can only be described as your personal swimming pool. A stylish hotel with Tahiti’s signature French twist, the posh, but laidback escape has three restaurants, an inviting pool and beach and a lavish spa.