GM Linda Coltart says this 17-room resort, 60 miles from Cape Town, is ideal for a sabbatical to take time for yourselves before a birth. Four Quarters Three is an especially tranquil upstairs room, colored in greens and jades. Order your favorite movies for a private session in the screening room, and enjoy chef Margot Janse's cuisine (and prepare for retail spend, many say the boutique here is the best hotel shop - anywhere!).Visit Property Site

The Crown Prince of the Netherlands honeymooned here at the same time that Queen Elizabeth was visiting, again - this 23-villa luxury resort, on the bank of the fast-flowing Waikato River, is that kind of place. Yes, you can be active (fishing, golf, whatever) but you can merely laze the days away, cocooned in designer Virginia Fisher's palette of soft grey and moss colors and leather, and the view across 20 feet of grass to the river's spray. No televisions interrupt your peaceful theater, though telephones are brought on request. Dine as a pair, in the wine cellar, or in an upstairs library - it is your choice, says GM Willem Pentermann.Visit Property Site

Real stars - not wannabe celebrities - know that the seclusion of one of the bungalows here is the ultimate (the WOW.travel editor could hardly pull herself away from the working fire in bungalow 7-a). Around, the 203-room luxury resort has 12 acres of lush gardens, which include a pool with cabanas managed by one of the best concierges around. GM Alberto del Hoyo, indeed, runs an ultimate style center: we love the Polo Lounge, Bar Nineteen 12, the basement soda fountain and of course, the signature lifesize palm wallpaper in what seems like acres of interior corridor.Visit Property Site