When selecting a Caribbean hotel room, there’s one immutable fact: “oceanfront” trumps “oceanview,” eight days a week. Sure, it’s nice to see the sea from your four-poster bed, but it’s even better when you can roll right out of that same bed, open a door and step straight onto the sand. So we’ve scoured the region and rounded up some of the best hotels featuring “toes-in-the-sand” rooms, where you can fall sleep to the sound of the surf and wake up to the sight of it.

Galley Bay Resort & Spa, Antigua You can’t get any closer to the water than the premium beachfront suites at this 98-room all-inclusive retreat, where sliding doors open to your personal slice of the almost mile-long Galley Bay beach.