We took the entire month of August off to spend on the island, and from the first day it was perfect: warm water, blue skies, and that air, tingling with the scent of bay leaves and pine and salt water.
With hundreds of miles of unspoilt coastline, thousands of uninhabited bays and pine-clad hills dipping into crystalline water, this is one of Europe's last unspoilt beauty spots.
The 50 two and three-bed, stone and terracotta villas at Sea Breeze are expected to sit on a sloping hillside with views over Kotor bay, surrounded by olive and pine groves.
Sage marries well with other herbs, not just parsley, rosemary and thyme but also others that share its pine, mint and camphor attributes: bay leaf, mint, clove, savory and pine nuts.
The main building is an ancient, wisteria-clad villa that overlooks the bay and tiny harbor of Portofino, and is surrounded by olive trees and pine groves.
A little park of cypress and pine trees separated the apartment from the promenade along a bay.
Schoolteacher Nurul Hashem lives in a grass hut set among coconut palms and pine trees, yards from a pristine beach on the sparkling Bay of Bengal.
