Terrific Get-Away
Submitted: December 29, 2011
Stayed: November 2011
This was our first Caribbean vacation not staying in an all-inclusive. A wonderful introduction to villa vacationing! Great location! Rented a car for the week and this was the perfect base to explore the island.
The villa itself is first rate. Nicely designed, very spacious, well-furnished and fully equipped for our needs. Ceiling fans in every room kept the air circulating well. We loved the use of glass brick to move the light into the interior. And a terrific mattress! Some of the beds where we have stayed previously were barely softer than the tiled floors.
“Must sees” & “go to’s”:
• Charlie’s Restaurant & Bar – just down the street. Great fish and chips and a totally interesting character as the host
• Just Grill’em – several on the island but we went to the one in Rockley and loved it. Fast, very reasonable, and so good!!!
• Ackee Tree – in Rockley. Great rotis…a whole pound.
• Harrison’s Caves – Fantastical tour to a depth of 170 feet. (Don’t go if it has been raining heavily since it will be closed for flooding.)
• Barbados Wildlife Preserve, Surfer’s Point, Animal Flower Cave, Oistens for the Friday night fish fry and crafts people.
We went mostly to Rockley Beach and loved it. Really friendly people, great food (but slow), 2 loungers and an umbrella for $10 for the full day.
Jonathan, the property manager, is fantastic! Picked us up and returned us to the airport. He was a huge help with directions and things to see and do. He even had our rental car at the villa for us. Great service and really nice guy. We found all Bajans we met to be kind and friendly people, but really impressive was that they are the most polite drivers we have ever encountered.
This was a really calm and restful vacation in a beautiful setting. We’ll definitely be back!
Helpful votes: 2/2
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