Easy, breezy, and perfect for relaxing with friends

The newly built Villa Kaloo (KLO) embodies St. Barth living at its lightest.The luxury vacation home is built in a modern style that lets the Caribbean breezes waft through and its inhabitants keep their attention precisely where it should be: on one another.

The clean-lined, modern rental property encompasses two buildings, which allows for plenty of separate spaces within the compound and make Villa Kaloo a dream destination for friends traveling together. (Sibarth’s concierge and make it even more so, whether that means dispatching private yoga teachers and massage therapists or bringing in a top sommelier for a wine tasting.) Very comfortable and a good value, it also benefits from convenience and proximity: The buzz of Le Ti is within an easy few meters’ walk from the villa’s location in Pointe Miou.

Although Villa Kaloo is delightfully unfussy, its owners and designers didn’t stint on quality. Furniture, linens, and dishes are from the haute Belgian design house Maison Flamant, the elegant bar and footstools are by artist Catherine Op de Beeck, and the eye-catching lithographs (one in each bedroom) are by noted artist Jean Charles de Castelbajac. The niceties don’t stop there: The eight-mater lap pool is heated, of course, and the bathrooms are stocked with enticing, effective toiletries from Lanvin.

A separate bungalow, a few steps down from the Villa Kaloo’s hub, houses the other two bedrooms. Each has a king bed and an ensuite bathroom and opens onto the large terrace surrounding the vacation home’s pool.