Here’s where to go if you can’t make it to Bora Bora.
Over-the-water bungalows offer the quintessential private romantic getaway: just you and your beloved in your own private sanctuary overlooking the impossibly blue ocean. The only problem? Staying in a bungalow used to mean most of a day’s flight to the South Pacific—Bora Bora, Tahiti, or Fiji—in order to reach that pinnacle of solitude.
But luckily, in recent years, destinations much more easily accessible to the U.S. have gotten into the overwater bungalow game. Now, you can find these accommodations within a two-hour flight of the U.S., or even in the U.S. And you don’t have to scrimp on the exclusive experience, either. There are overwater bungalow accommodations from the highly exclusive private island vacation to more budget-friendly and eco-friendly options in destinations like Mexico, Jamaica, Belize, and throughout the Caribbean.
