Best luxury hotels and resorts in St Lucia
Sugar Beach has it all – this holiday playground is the sort of hotel you could happily spend weeks at and never get bored. Arriving by boat brings you straight to the watersports club on the beach, helpful so that you can earmark all of the activities such as snorkelling and tubing to do during your stay. You may have been admiring them from afar, but at Sugar Beach you’ll be in a hidden cove directly between the two Pitons – one of which looks like King Kong in profile (if you squint).
Once a sugar plantation, the estate used to be owned by Lord Glenconner – and it still hosts an authentic English afternoon tea every day. The rainforest spa takes its setting as the inspiration for treatments in individual treehouses, separated by walkways under the canopies.
The resort is a great option for group get-togethers, since there are residences that sleep up to eight with their own staircase leading down to the beach. Every room, whether one of the cottages, bungalows or villas, has its own plunge pool, plus butler service. The estate is huge – it spans 100 acres of rainforest – so you’ll need to utilise the cars that will take you up and down (the pastel pink one is the obvious choice to try and shotgun).
Handily for extended stays, there are lots of restaurants to work through as well. The Cane Bar is a sleek sushi and cocktail space that would feel at home in any big city (despite being on a Caribbean island). The Jalousie grill on the beach is perfect for barbecued dinners, with excellent cocktails before (and after); and Saltwood is the perfect setting for a romantic dinner.
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