32 Reviews of Property 172256 in Gift Hill, Virgin Islands

I went on a yoga retreat at Florian Villa on St. John. I was a little skeptical because I was used to going to Canyon Ranch, Kripalu, and other destination yoga retreats such as mexico and costa rico. I was also a little skeptical because the villa isn't just used for villa retreats. It is used for weddings, adventure retreats, and family vacations and this isn't usually the norm for the yoga community. I was pleasantly surprised. The food was catered in and was excellent. We had to drive to get to yoga on the beach which was kind of the norm because there are very few villas on the island that are on the beach ( unless your Kenney Chesney or Maho Green Resorts ). But other than that yoga high ontop of Bordeaux Mountain was great, with a breeze and the villa was secluded. The retreat was well organized and the yoga was surprisingly very good. The high lights of the retreats was the island itself as snorkeling, scuba, hiking, and boating are the best in the Carribbean. Taking a trip to Jost Van Dyke was so much fun and very secluded for a couple of drinks at the Soggy Dollar Bar. Other islands right around Jost and Tortolla were totally secluded and so was the East End of the island of St. John. ( 2/3's US National Forest ). We did go out to eat twice and if there were any knocks on the island and the retreat it was Cruz Bay and the dining out and even though the Westin seemed like a great place to stay, they too didn't have the greatest food.
So if you are looking for a small group of people for a retreat or rental I highly recommend Florian Villa. But there are just two of you then I would stay maybe at the Westin or at Caneel Bay or even a cheaper alternative would be Maho Bay. If you are looking for nightlife, St. Thomas would be a better bet. After looking below, it should be known that Florian Villa is also gives away the Villa to Families of Fallen Firefighters and also wounded veterans ( especially Marines ). It is good right now for people with disablilties but the owneers were saying that they were going to make it totally handicap accessible for not just wounded veterans but also for renters. You also absolutely have to rent a car without question and that was hardest thing about staying on St. John was to book the car far in advance. We were on a retreat but after talking with other people, if you are not on a retreat than you must book a car at least a month in advance during the high season. Just some FYI>