Villa Aura, Gouverneur

Floor-to-ceiling windows are the defining feature of the interior, keeping the ocean visible from nearly every room rather than just the main living area. Stone flooring runs throughout, and the layout includes a media room as a separate space from the main lounge, plus a dedicated dining area -- useful when twelve guests are trying to use the house at once without piling into a single room.

The private pool has an infinity edge that faces the Caribbean Sea directly, with sun loungers along the terrace and shaded areas for guests avoiding direct sun. Multiple terraces wrap around the pool, giving the outdoor space more than one vantage point on the water rather than a single fixed view.

All six bedrooms are en-suite and have ocean views -- not a claim every villa here can make, since most reserve the water view for the primary suite alone. The primary suite adds its own private terrace, while the other five are set up to work for both couples and children sharing the villa.

Villa Aura sits directly on the Gouverneur coastline, giving it the same oceanfront positioning as some of the other villas in the area but with a layout designed to put the view in every bedroom rather than concentrating it in one suite. Gouverneur itself is a quieter residential stretch, reachable from Gustavia's dining and shopping without being inside the town center.