The Daily Telegraph says the Magdalena Grand Beach & Golf Resort is “as beautiful as its name”, and rates it 9/10.

The resort is set along 2.5 miles of beach and coastline on a gated 750-acre estate. Facilities include an 18-hole PGA-designed championship golf course, three swimming pools (including one for adults only), two tennis courts and a kids’ club. There are also extensive nature trails in the area, and you can take canopy walks through the resort’s virgin mangrove forest. Rooms are decorated in a plantation style, with pale walls, wooden furniture and colourful furnishings. They have free Wi-Fi, tea and coffee makers, bathrooms with separate baths and showers, and private balconies with ocean views.

The premium all-inclusive board includes meals in four restaurants (including buffet and à la carte), domestic and international-brand drinks in two bars, a café and a pool bar.

You can take the hotel’s shuttle from the resort to Pigeon Point Heritage Park**, a 125-acre nature reserve. You’ll find Pigeon Point Beach there — according to The Guardian it’s “probably the most beautiful beach in Tobago”

Situated in the Tobago Plantations Estate, adjacent to the luxurious Tobago Plantations PGA-designed golf course, this sumptuous resort offers a fantastic island getaway complete with golfing, nature trails through the virgin mangrove forest, and breath-taking ocean views. The resort offers a wide range of onsite leisure facilities, including floodlit tennis courts, a spa and fitness centre, a PADI dive centre with training school, and complimentary bicycle rentals.

The stylish rooms are decorated with vibrant, tropical colours and dark wood furnishings, all featuring high definition flat-screen televisions, plush beds with deluxe cotton linens, and spacious marble bathrooms as well as complimentary wireless internet access.

Scarborough is just 10 minutes away by car, and Pigeon Point beach is only 15 minutes from the hotel.