Superb Apartment, Great Location
Review Submitted: August 26, 2009
Date of Stay: July 2009
The apartment is in a 4 storey block situated in a quiet location on the edge of the Sandy Lane estate and within a 5–10 min walk of the centre of Holetown. Here we found numerous restaurants to suit all tastes and budgets, supermarket, banks, numerous shops in the Chattel Village and shopping mall and of course a beautiful beach.
We stayed for 2 weeks at the beginning of August and have nothing but high praise for this apartment being spotlessly clean and well- appointed with every facility one could want. There was plenty of storage space for clothes including a walk-in wardrobe where a safe-deposit box which had been installed immediately prior to our arrival.
The balcony faces west overlooking the gorgeous gardens and, with its comfortable sofas, provided an ideal setting to take an early evening rum punch or two as the sun set. Because the complex was not crowded, we were frequently the only ones using the large pool with its numerous sunbeds giving us plenty of opportunity for relaxing, cooling swims. The poolside Chinese restaurant offered a great value-for-money menu and the option of a takeaway proved a real bonus.
Although buses run frequently from just about anywhere to anywhere, we hired a car for a week in the middle of the holiday and this gave us the maximum opportunity to visit beaches, restaurants, roadside cafés and fruit stalls and any number of interesting places.
Nowhere is more than about 30 mins drive from Holetown. There are loads of beaches to choose from and a few we would recommend are those at the Crane, Dover and Mullins Bay.
We were in Barbados for the Kadooment, the culmination of the Crop-Over festival celebrating the sugar cane harvest. This is an absolute must at this time of year, a fantastic carnival atmosphere with all its associated multi-coloured costumes, dancing, music, food, drink and stalls.
Being early August we knew the weather could be a little “mixed” but the rain we had seemed to occur during the night, early in the morning while we were still gathering our thoughts or in the early evening while we were eating. Cloud bubbled up at various times but the days were hot and generally mostly sunny.
All-in-all a wonderful holiday helped, certainly by the accommodation, but also by Anita’s customer service and many helpful suggestions and also by Audrey, our Bajan maid who although we saw her only once a week, seemed to sum up all that is Barbados – friendly, helpful and relaxed.
Owner's Response: Thank you for the review, There is so much detail I am sure other clients will find it so useful .
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