Luxury Travel
Napoleon’s Remote Island Prison Can Be Your Next Luxury Vacation Spot
St. Helena, the ultra-isolated speck of land in the southern Atlantic Ocean where Napoleon was banished until his death, is now more accessible than ever.
The volcanic coastline of Saint Helena Island.
Photographer: Darren Robb/Photographer's Choice
One of the remotest islands in the world is about to enter the modern tourist age.
When the British exiled Napoléon Bonaparte to St. Helena in 1815, it took the conquered emperor a full 10 weeks to reach the island. Two centuries later, it’s still a five-day trip by mail boat—assuming you happen to be starting from somewhere as close as Cape Town, South Africa.