La Villa Calvi

Five swimming pools for fifty rooms is either a staffing nightmare or a philosophy, and at La Villa Calvi it's clearly the latter. This quiet resort sits a few minutes from the town of Calvi on Corsica's northwest coast, with rooms kept deliberately minimal in whites and earth tones so the outside can do the talking. The infinity pool, a private beach, a spa with a Turkish bath, and two restaurants round out a place designed around the art of doing very little, very well.