Accessible only by boat, Jumby Bay is an exclusive private escape located a few miles off the coast of Antigua. The 300-acre island offers well-appointed villas next to private white sand beaches, a hawksbill turtle preservation project, Sense spa and — following a major 2009 renovation — a cooking school with a regular schedule of classes. Culinary programs are conducted in the Verandah restaurant's residential-style kitchen, which features a wood-burning oven. In this space guests can learn the art of preparing seafood dishes or how to work with cuts of meat supplied by artisanal butchers.