The Best Hotels and Resorts in the World: The Gold List 2026 | Condé Nast Traveler

"Have you ever felt like greeting the day as if you were Barbie throwing your doors open to a world bustling with people living ideal lives on a pink beach next to a turquoise sea? Well, if so, Coral Sands Inn & Cottages is for you. This property on Harbour Island in the Bahamas is set on a stretch of beach where the sand is colored pink by a mixture of pulverized coral, tiny red-tinted shells, and foraminifera. A recent redesign of the interiors, unveiled in December 2024, revealed a charming seaside aesthetic: Seashell details are everywhere (7,000 in the restaurant alone), and canopies with wildflower prints are hung over four-poster beds. Days can be spent at the beach bar by the turquoise sea drinking frosé and eating conch fritters. Begin your evenings with a Pink Mermaid cocktail and then, perhaps, see Harbour Island itself, with its wild chickens and lovely locally owned restaurants. If you can, stay in one of the cottages with wooden steps leading down to the rose-colored shores. From $1,300. —Ruaridh Nicoll" - CNT Editors