Author: Stephen Unwin

The overwater villas – which is what you expect in The Maldives, right? – are all kinds of special, especially the four that make up The Crescent, the most exclusive enclave in Niyama if not all the ‘Dives.

“Passion is the driver of everything in Brazil,” says Bob, the bisexual owner of UXUA (pronounced ‘oo-shoe-er’) Casa Hotel and Spa in Trancoso, in beachy, hippyish Bahia. We’re lounging in…