Top honeymoon swimming pools

Planning your honeymoon but need to know where are the most romantic, the largest, the most stylish and the most opulent swimming pools are to be found? CV Travel has come up with its pick of the finest pools in the Mediterranean and the Caribbean, from pools that mirror the distant horizon to specially constructed beach-style pools and even one that replicates an ornamental French `bassin’.

As good as it gets, luxurious Ibizan villa with two pools

Water is a major feature at Villa Fata Morgano with several indoor fountains and a solar-heated pool in the central courtyard flanked by cloistered walkways. But the second swimming pool at this spectacular marble villa, centrally located on the island of Ibiza, is its showpiece, a huge infinity pool accented by a stunning elevated sun deck, set amid gardens laid out with mathematical precision with a pond and irrigation channels. A week’s stay at this magnificent villa costs from £13020 for up to 12 guests, rising to £19505 (was £21670) in high season.

Caribbean villa with three pools

Villa Arc en Ciel, St. Lucia, has no less than three pools, a plunge pool outside the master bedroom, a main infinity pool that weaves itself around the deck area on one side of the villa, under a low bridge to a stone cave with a waterfall and a circular, deep jumping pool with a wooden platform. The house is one of the most stunning rental houses in the Caribbean, built out of several interconnecting pavillions and rental includes a renowned chef, a housekeeper, gardener and night watchman. A week's rental costs from £10126 to £12767 (£1013- £1276 each person based on 10 sharing) excluding flights

Spacious villa, vast pool

The pool at Villa Petrus on the island of Tobago is vast, measuring 22m x 7m, which is just as well because the house is pretty vast too. Villa Petrus is built on the scale and style of a grand old Plantation House with six bedrooms between two wings and a self-contained annexe in the grounds. A week's rental costs from £3742 - £4182 a week for up to 14 sharing (ie. £267 - £299 each person) excluding flights which can be arranged on request.

Classic bassin-style pool at an 18th C former convent

The 18th C converted French convent of Clos St Maurin has a pool created in the style of a traditional stone `bassin', giving it the impression of being a vast ornamental pool with an ornate central stone fountain. Clos St Maurin sleeps up to 12 and costs from £2660 to £4195 a week, excluding flights. The house is still available for arrival on 26th June and 4th September.

Two pools linked by a waterfall

The architect restored farmhouse of `Casa Nocchi’ is set amid olive groves in a small village near Lucca and its striking features include a beautiful split-level swimming pool, which consists of two pools connected by a small waterfall, adjacent to a dining terrace and barbecue which is beautifully integrated into the surrounding sloping olive groves with wonderful views over rolling countryside. A week’s stay for up to 8 guests costs from £3005 to £3940.

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