Best Affordable Romantic Hotels

Sirena Resort & Villas
Anguilla

The Location: At the western end of this sleepy 16-mile-long island (part of the Lesser Antilles and still a British territory), Sirena looms right over the pristine sugar-sand beach of tranquil Meads Bay.

The Romance: Without the high-rise glitz of more developed islands, Anguilla is a place where you can still swim and stroll at blissfully empty beaches. Sirena’s 30 Carib-Mediterranean-style rooms and villas are similarly uncluttered, with terracotta-tiled floors, simple carved wood furniture, and lots of space to spread out in. (Rates start at around $250.)

Don’t Miss: For an alfresco meal of barbecued lobster plucked fresh from the sea, take a three-minute boat ride to the tiny island of Scilly Cay—where your superb lunch comes spiked with local spices, rum punch, and reggae and calypso-style music from a live string band.