La Digue, Seychelles by Matthew Barker

The fourth largest island on the Seychelles, you arrive after a journey by plane, schooner and ox-cart (cars are a big no-no). This is ad-land’s choicest outpost, backdrop for a thousand Bacardi commercials.

They say: “Dazzling white sand, a line of palms that look as though they’d been planted by a particularly fastidious art director - good grief what more do you want?” (The Guardian)

We say: The downside is it’s getting mighty crowded - you can expect to bump into politicians, Germans and scantily-clad models on every corner; the upside is...bumping into scantily-clad models on every corner.