Under the radar and chic, if you must attach a label, might best describe life behind the nondescript gate of GoldenEye Hotel & Resort, but the voices of its occupants, ripe with the fruit of public school, speak to the hush-hush elegance and make it one of the island’s coolest hideaways. If you’ve not visited recently there’s regrettably reason for consternation — a lot’s been going on… ask the high-maintenance set who would, by the way, include Beyoncé and Jay-Z who spent the festive season there.

SO takes you inside the GoldenEye hotel and resort, an Island Outpost property owned by Chris Blackwell, and the one-time home of author Ian Fleming, where he penned all 14 James Bond novels. Following a two-year expansion, GoldenEye now encompasses Fleming’s original villa, the original three villas plus nine new Beach Cottages, two new Lagoon Cottages and six new Lagoon Suites. The 52-acre property is home to secret coves, breathtaking private beaches, tropical forests and a singular lagoon.