The secluded Caribbean retreat, a jewel of paradise in complete harmony with nature. Sheltered by green mountain peaks and framed by a crescent-shaped bay, Rosewood Little Dix Bay is a coastal escape of peaceful seclusion in the British Virgin Islands.

Time here is spent in communion with sea, land and sky. Take a morning hike to panoramic lookouts, spend the afternoon beneath a sun shelter by the bay or swim among turtles in the reef’s calm shallows. Come evening, gather fireside at the farm for island stories passed down through generations.

Nature is both muse and source of seasonal cuisine. Fresh catches arrive by boat—wahoo, mahi, tuna—prepared with reverence for the ocean. Wines aged just offshore are a sip of the surroundings. Venture to a beach where a private picnic turns the shoreline into a dining room. Intimate, open-air and unhurried.

At Rosewood Little Dix Bay, every detail fosters reconnection to self, to each other and to the natural world.

When Laurance Rockefeller first encountered Virgin Gorda, the island was home to a struggling agricultural community. In 1958, the conservationist began buying up land with the dream of establishing a resort in harmony with nature. He chose a sandy crescent bay he dubbed the "wilderness beach" for the site of his environmentally minded endeavor. When it opened in 1964, Little Dix Bay represented a new style of island retreat. The hideaway featured cottages tucked unobtrusively into the surrounding landscape just steps from a pristine white-sand beach that would quickly earn a reputation as one of the finest in the world.