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"So when my family and I touched down in an 18-seater plane on Mustique's airstrip, I was expecting to find a place with the high-touch sheen of private island resorts elsewhere in the region: a celebrity chef-driven restaurant, perhaps; a ritzy beach club; or a boutique selling designer swimwear. But Mustique isn't about five-star bells and whistles-not on the surface, at least."
"We took a tour in a golf-cart-known on Mustique as a "mule"-and were immediately struck by how raw and unspoiled the island felt. Untamed tropical foliage spills onto the roads, signage is idiosyncratic at best, and you'll find loungers on only one of its nine beaches. Cotton House, where the hotel and restaurant are located, has an old-school clubhouse feel-right down to the grand piano set up for impromptu sing-alongs in the bar."
"That's a reflection of the island's origin story, which was defined by a group of British aristocrats in search of an off-the-grid retreat. Mustique was bought for £45,000 in 1958 by Colin Tennant, who later became Lord Glenconner, with the intention of developing it as farmland. When that proved unsuccessful, Tennant decided to develop the island as a private vacation destination for his social set. (His wife, Anne Glenconner, was a childhood friend of Margaret's, and later served as one of her ladies-in-waiting.)"
Mustique is a privately owned Caribbean island that prioritizes privacy and seclusion over conspicuous luxury. Celebrities from Justin Bieber to Mick Jagger have vacationed on its sandy shores, and Princess Margaret received a plot of land there in the 1960s. Colin Tennant purchased the island in 1958 and transformed it from intended farmland into a private retreat for British aristocrats and friends. The island maintains a raw, unspoiled character, with untamed tropical foliage, idiosyncratic signage, mule golf carts, and only one beach with loungers. Cotton House offers a hotel and restaurant with an old-school clubhouse atmosphere. Eighty-five privately owned villas occupy coves and hilltop lookouts.
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