Antigua and Barbuda Hotels

Jolly Beach Resort, Antigua - November 2006

Advantages: excellent value for money, watersports included with good tuition offered
Disadvantages: rooms are small and functional but how much time do you spend in your room

...have just returned from the Jolly beach Resort, Antigua. We were a party of 9 , age range from 19 - 60. This is a great place for a group holiday but also suitable for families and couples. The non motorised water sports are free, excellent tuition is offered and there are plenty of sail boats, canoes, windsurfers available for use, we never had to wait. Also available are jet skis at a very reasonable cost of 20 us$ (about £11) for 15 minutes. ...
...available, a choice of an itialian, indian and fish restaurant as well as a buffet choice every evening. The standard of food is good and the service friendly. There is a nice harbour within five minutes walk of the hotel , with local shops and a supermarket. There is a shop on the resort complex. There are plenty of tours available, mostly involving boat trips, glass bottomed boats to a reef, fast catamaran tours around the island. These tours ...

joe13 24.11.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Jolly Beach Resort

Caribbean Hotel Heaven

Advantages: The food, hammock, room and the staff
Disadvantages: zero

...2006. We stayed at the Coconut Beach Club, and thought the place was brilliant. If you're looking for a quiet place to relax and do very little, at the best price in Antigua, this is the hotel for you. The hotel is located beside Yepton Beach on the west of the island, about 20 minute's taxi from the airport in St John's (the capital of Antigua). Our package deal was with Virgin Holidays so transfers to, and from the airport were included in the ...
...is the 'redcaps'. They are locals, wearing red caps, who 'helpfully' start loading your bags onto a trolley without your permission, the second you take them off the baggage carrousel, to take them out to the taxi rank. Of course they want payment for this service, so you have to insist they leave you alone as soon as they start to grab your bags. The taxi area is literally seconds away from baggage claim so no matter how many bags you have, or even ...

davydoug 14.03.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Coconut Beach Club, St. John's

One of the best beaches we have been on Pity about the food

Advantages: Beach friendly staff
Disadvantages: cold food down by the carib bar

beach was brilliant apart from the drilling the first week to get the food bar ready should have left it up where it was at least it was hot and cooked ,it was awfull first day eating there i was ill and the next morning had to have breakfast in room The staff at breakfast was brilliant and the chef was great it was the best meal of the day.sometime couldnt eat food in the evening and went elsewhere not so good when your all inclusive was dissapointed ...
...being repaired more drilling . but we really enjoyed the nights at the carib bar and earl and fenton and Maxine was excellent they would encourage us to return. we also had a mishap on our second night and miss marsh sorted it she was great but it still unnerved us, could do with having a small kettle in room coffee pot didnt get very hot gave up trying after first day. antigua is a beautiful island and will go back one day ...

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Review of Halcyon Cove by Rex Resorts, St. John's

Heaven in a hut

Advantages: Tranquil, friendly, clean, value for money and more
Disadvantages: Maybe to quiet for those who would like entertainment

Cocos is a heavenly experience in beautiful maintained grounds, exotic flowers all around. Stunning views out to sea and neighbouring islands from your room, bar, restaurant and pool, you cannot escape the beauty of the island when at cocos. Fourteen huts, mine was number seven which was the deluxe room, it looked directly out to sea with only a few tufts of grass below, spacious acommodation with dark wood flooring, huge four poster bed, bathroom ...
...before I went and found cocos was the top restaurant on the island, for the food and location and I totally agree. Breakfast and lunch is only available to people staying at cocos, this gave a huge selection to choose from and I personally eat anything but my husband is more the meat and two veg kind of guy so while breakfast and lunch gave a good mixture of basic plus more exotic meals the dinners were more of the exotic variety, but as you are ...

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Review of Cocos Hotel, Valley Church

Relaxing stay at great resort

Advantages: Great location, food, service, facilities
Disadvantages: Limited opportunities for shopaholics, not much for teenagers

...booked our week at the Verandah back in July 2007, for our 30th wedding anniversary, we monitored the reviews on various sites with some trepidation, but were absolutely delighted with our stay. We had booked an Ocean Front room and having checked in and enjoyed our welcome drink, we were quickly whisked by shuttle to Room 179, which had a great combination of location and view. The room was very smart and comfortable, with all the facilities we ...
...most lasting memory of the Verandah will probably be the genuinely friendly and helpful attitude of all the staff, and the other local people that we met. They made the time to ask about our day, and our plans for the rest of our stay. We would highly recommend the Verandah for a relaxing break in Antigua. ...

mashpuma 09.05.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Verandah Resort, Antigua