Much of this coast is studded with villas, apartments and hotel chains used by well-to-do northern Europeans.
A former coffee plantation, the 12-villa hotel was the first in Island Outpost chain, a place where, as a child, Blackwell's parents would bring him from Kingston for afternoon tea.
The 40-acre property, situated on Duck Key in the middle of the island chain, features 111 newly refurbished two-story villas with the kinds of features — full kitchens, multiple bedrooms — prized by families.
Anantara, a resort chain based in Bangkok, is opening the Anantara Kihavah Villas in the Maldives (www.kihavah-maldives.anantara.com), a secluded 82-villa resort with private swimming pools, thatched roofs and an underwater restaurant.
On Woodmont's opposite side, to the south, is Villa Rosa, a gated peach-stucco mansion built by Sylvester Poli, a theater-chain owner, in 1910.
This privately owned, three-mile-long link in the Grenadine chain has rigorously controlled development, so its lush hills are sparsely dotted with pricey rental villas and a posh resort.
