Belmond La Samanna, St Martin In recent years, St Martin has sometimes been forgotten as a luxury destination; but for travelers in the know, the French side of St Martin is a luxury hotspot, in large part thanks to what is almost certainly the best concentration of fine-dining restaurants anywhere in the region. But it’s more than just the food: it’s that intoxicating kind of French Caribbean chic, that carefree energy, that special brand of green-hilled beauty. And La Samanna is the essence of it: grand, bright, colorful and outstanding in every single facet, particularly the garden-set spa. And this resort has never been better than right now.