The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman sits on Seven Mile Beach, but its reputation rests as much on the plate as the sand.

The beach is the obvious draw, and the resort has the run of it. Beyond the water are a nine-hole Greg Norman golf course, tennis and pickleball courts, two pools lined with private cabanas and a 20,000-square-foot spa. Families get their own orbit: Starfish Cay’s waterpark and Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Ambassadors of the Environment, run here since the resort opened in 2005, sending children aged four to 12 kayaking through mangroves and snorkelling the reef after dark.