Cheval Blanc Seychelles

The luxury juggernaut LVMH is behind the Cheval Blanc collection of “maisons,” a far-flung set of lodgings that are relatively modest in size but less modest in their luxury ambitions. Cheval Blanc Seychelles is emblematic: 52 lavish villas either on the forested hillside or right on the beach, supported by, among other inducements, a Guerlain spa and a generous handful of high-end dining and drinking venues. You can expect the comforts to be unparalleled and the service to be faultless, but that’s true of more than a few other luxury brands — the difference here, perhaps, is the exquisite tastefulness of it all.