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The Botany

The Botany Opens This Winter as the First Luxury Resort on St. Thomas’ Western Tip

The Botany opens this winter on a stretch of coast that feels worlds away yet is just minutes from the airport. Twenty villas. A secluded gated community within The Preserve at Botany Bay. The point where the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic converge at Mermaid’s Chair. Steps from Sandy Bay Beach and immersed in 300 acres of natural beauty.

The experience starts before you pack. A pre-arrival team begins shaping your stay from the moment you book. Before arrival, they get to know what matters most to you, curating everything from dining and wellness experiences to the small details that make the stay feel effortless. By the time you arrive, the planning is already done. You arrive to people who already know your name.

Your car stops at an overlook above the bay, where someone takes the luggage and the logistics off your hands. Then a slow descent down a winding road through the preserve until the resort opens below. Reception sits in an open-air pavilion cradled between two pools, each with its own bar. Then the magnificent view takes over.

The land is the architect

Private terraces, vaulted ceilings, exposed beams, floor-to-ceiling glass. Native Virgin Islands blue volcanic stone connects each villa to the landscape that inspired it. Walls that curve softly. Tiles that run from deep green to pearl, the color of nature that frames them. Every villa features both indoor and outdoor showers. Three ways to stay:

  • Villa King: A single refined room aimed straight at the coastline with a private terrace.
  • Villa Suite: A one-bedroom with its own living space, real lounge seating, and a dedicated space for light dining and entertaining.
  • Villa Residence: Two- and three-bedroom homes built for a family, some with private pools, all with the indoor-outdoor expanse the others promise.

Two pools anchor the property. The Sequence Pool curves like a wave caught at the break, framing the bay and Mermaid’s Chair. By the sand, the Legacy Pool invites you to slow down and let the afternoon unfold. The spa offers three treatment rooms including a couple’s suite, a hot tub, and relaxation space indoors and out. A fitness center and a yoga pavilion sit side by side.

Named for the island's national flower, Ginger Thomas offers fine dining that celebrates Caribbean flavors through a contemporary culinary lens. A boutique and a coffee shop serve specialty coffee, light bites, grab-and-go, and beach picnics built to order.

From oceanfront lawns and historic stone ruins to secluded beaches, poolside terraces and intimate dining venues, every celebration unfolds in a different corner of The Botany. Together, these distinctive spaces offer more than 50,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor event venues for weddings, retreats and unforgettable gatherings. 

Sustainability you can see

The Botany runs on the sun for most of the year, pulling almost entirely off solar and pulling away from the island grid. Goats graze beneath the solar panels and keep the brush down, which means fewer machines and a healthier patch of land. Every villa and public building is designed to catch and store its own rainwater. The systems work together to reduce environmental impact while supporting a consistently seamless guest experience.

The commitment to reuse extends beyond infrastructure. Reclaimed material turns up in the signage and the details you touch.

The Botany opens as part of the L.V.X. Collection within Preferred Hotels & Resorts, the world’s largest independent hotel brand, with more than 600 properties across 80 countries. It joins a Practice Hospitality portfolio that includes The Compton in Bentonville, Arkansas, the company’s latest opening, which opened in 2025 and earned a spot on Travel + Leisure’s 2026 It List.

For more information, visit www.thebotany.com.

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