Hotels in St Lucia
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The cliffside villas are so
charming and painted cream, pale blue, and pink. Notice the great trim
detail, the trim is different on each one.
Each group of villas (about 9 in each group) share the services of an
amazing butler. The butlers are the friendliest, most helpful, nicest
guys around. Aquinas pictured above, and Montgomery, were butlers
extraordinaire.
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When my son fell down and cut his knee Aquinas appeared 3 seconds later with surgical gloves and a first aid kit. So nice.
Each villa has it’s own plunge pool. With the pool, the view, and a
little room service, you could stay in your room all day.
Because the villas are far up the hillside, you really have to take
shuttle vans up and down. It isn’t a big deal at all, but if you just
prefer to walk to dinner and the beach, the Sugar Mill Rooms above are
more centrally located, no shuttle needed.
This is the view from the roomy deck one of the Sugar Mill Rooms.
Another plus to these rooms is price point–they are offering these in
August for $270 a night. Honeymooners take note!
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The design of the spa feels like an entirely different world than the
rest of the hotel. Each of these little treehouses is an individual
treatment room built on stilts over a little river. You can hear the
water flowing while you have your treatment–nature’s groovy soundtrack.
We took a water taxi to Anse Chastenet for lunch one day. The resort is
a favorite of the big travel magazines so I was curious. It wasn’t what
I imagined at all….it feels a bit 70s with lots of plaid everywhere (and
the waitresses wear plaid uniforms and headbands that match). It was
incredibly crowded, but that could have just been the day we were there.
If you look at the picture above, the building that looks like a car
park above Anse Chastanet is Jade Mountain, a very pricey new resort
(rooms start at $1000 a night). The 4th wall is open giving guests a
striking view of the Pitons. They share the beach with Anse Chastanet.
