Top Hotels in Saint Mary's
Top 6 hotels in Saint Mary's, Caribbean
Discover the best hotels in Saint Mary's, Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda including Cocobay Resort Antigua - Adults Only - All Inclusive, Hermitage Bay, Curtain Bluff Resort, Carlisle Bay Antigua, Orrie's Beach Bar And Hotel, Harbour Island Residences.
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1. Cocobay Resort Antigua - Adults Only - All Inclusive
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 3033 reviews
Welcome to Cocobay Resort, an All-Inclusive, adult-only getaway on the sunset side of Antigua. Widely known as Antigua’s most romantic and relaxing resort, Cocobay offers the perfect Caribbean atmosphere for honeymoons, romantic vacations, unique experiences, barefoot luxury and island style wellness. The resort consists of a colorful collection of pastel cottages crowning a breezy hillside, winding down to two white sand beaches and miles of turquoise Caribbean Sea. The rustic facilities feature several infinity pools and rugged terraces, blessed with some of the most dramatic ocean views on the island. The Premium Waterfront Pool Suites provide the very best oceanfront locations along with a private plunge pool and outdoor slipper tub. They also include a more spacious interior, including extra seating area, air conditioning, bathrobes and other extra bathroom amenities, private balcony with adirondack chairs and hammock, ceiling fan, mini fridge, shower, hair dryer, espresso coffee machine, iron & ironing board, king size bed with pillowtop mattresses and high thread count 100% Egyptian cotton sheets, and an in-room safe.
Cocobay Resort
Reviewed By Connector627564We spent our 40th anniversary at Cocobay and loved it! The cottage was so cute and we enjoyed our private plunge pool. The staff at this adults only, all inclusive resort were all so friendly and helpful! The food and drinks were all delicious! We had the most relaxing time and will definitely go back!
2. Hermitage Bay
Overall Ratings
5 based on 1618 reviews
COVID-19 Update: Effective 16 March vaccinated visitors will no longer need to show evidence of a negative Covid test. We provide on-site pre-departure testing for your return home. UK visitors no longer require a pre-departure test for returning home. Unvaccinated visitors will not be allowed to enter the country. Conde Nast Traveler Readers Choice 2021, and 2018, 2017, and 2015 Gold List. The independently owned, all-inclusive Hermitage Bay is comprised of just 30 eco-luxury suites tucked into a secluded bay, featuring a 1200 ft natural beach and reef, on the west coast of Antigua. With a laidback style and promise to deliver barefoot luxury on the beach, Hermitage Bay is an escape for the soul; a retreat for those seeking rest, relaxation, and an authentic Caribbean experience. Each of the 9 Beachfront and 4 Seaview Garden Suites features a spacious split-level lounge and patio, while the 17 Hillside Pool Suites offer large wrap-around decks and private plunge pools and sun bathing areas. Daily changing a la carte menus offer vegan and vegetarian options and feature freshly squeezed local juices, locally grown produce, and organic ingredients. Free Wi-Fi is included as are private round trip airport transfers with 'meet and greet' and a fast track service through immigration and customs for guests staying 3 nights or more.
Our Dream Honeymoon
Reviewed By P2524SEjhoWe feel so lucky we stayed at HB for our honeymoon. This place is a gem, and we'll always remember the memories made here. The view and plunge pool from our hillside suite were incredible. The staff was always friendly and professional. Morning yoga with Charlotte was a great way to start the day. Live music at night was always excellent. The food was so delicious that we cleaned our plates every time. So much so that the front desk asked me if I was expecting a boy or girl on our last morning there. A bit offensive, but I'll let it slide because it's a testament to the great food there ;). However, please don't ever ask a guest that again. If you're looking to unplug, fully relax and be taken care of - HB is for you.
3. Curtain Bluff Resort
Overall Ratings
5 based on 723 reviews
Flanked by water on both sides, Curtain Bluff sits on a rocky promontory (bluff) that juts into the sea between two beautiful beaches. One is calm, ideal for swimming and watersports; the other beach is washed by ocean surf. 72 Rooms and suites, all with staggering seascape views, are spread out along the Surf Beach and up the bluff. There are two restaurants: the open-walled Tamarind Tree serving breakfasts and candle-lit dinners, and the Beach Cafe & Bar, where barefoot-casual lunches are enjoyed one step from the sand and a few feet from the water's edge.The resort's exceptional facilities include a championship tennis center, a fully equipped watersports center (scuba, Windsurfing, paddle-boarding, waterskiing, Hobie Cats and kayaks), a squash court and fitness center. When it's time to relax, there's our tranquil spa overlooking the sea, a beachside swimming pool, a beach bar, and hammocks swaying in the shade of coconut palms.With the exception of a few above-and-beyond luxuries (Cuban cigars, vintage wines, spa treatments), everything is included in the room rate, making it one of the best values in the Caribbean.
Amazing Holiday!!
Reviewed By megandys0nWe recently went to Curtain Bluff on a family holiday and had the best time!! The resort, staff and overall experience was incredible. We are already taking about planning our next holiday, my favourite hotel ever! :)
4. Carlisle Bay Antigua
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1254 reviews
Carlisle Bay on Antigua is one of the leading luxury Caribbean resorts, its accommodation designed to allow for both families and couples to holiday in peace. Both kinds of traveler have a dedicated end of the resort, which allows for everyone the tranquility of the spectacular beach.
Still a great place to stay and relax
Reviewed By Storyteller810425My wife and I stayed in May 2022 for a milestone birthday and loved this place. It's not perfect, but for us, the plus points far outweighed the negatives. If you've not stayed here, it's an 87-room 5* hotel spread over two-thirds of a sandy bay about a kilometre long. Almost all the suites face the sea and all of them are within about 50 metres of the water. I know this is a long read but hopefully it will help answer some of the questions arising about the hotel on the forums. The rooms are beautiful, with lots of cool white and pastel blue decor, tall ceilings and full-length glass balconies or patios facing the sea. We were upgraded to a two-bedroom suite upstairs and while we didn't need the second bedroom, it was useful as a dressing room/storage. Each bedroom has its own aircon and fan. The bathroom is spacious and has separate bath, shower and WC areas. The suite came with a queen-sized bed, medium to firm mattress, and two singles in the second room. Also a 3-seat sofa and a single armchair inside, plus a large dressing table. On the balcony, there's a double day-bed and a glass dining table with a couple of chairs. The balcony has mosquito screens if you want to leave the doors open and listen to the sea. The curtains include effective blackout screens. There's a small minibar fridge (no freezer - you get an ice bucket) and a Nespresso machine. The soft drinks and snacks are complementary but you pay for beer and wine. Wifi signal is strong and consistent but didn't seem to be password-protected. The room has a safe, phone and flat-screen TV. Service to the room was usually very quick. Our bags arrived within 10 minutes of check-in and when we ordered afternoon tea on our balcony, it arrived within 10 minutes too. The hotel did not charge us an in-room fee for the latter. The hotel is notionally divided between families/kids, east of the main restaurant, and adults only to the west. The kids' section is idyllic as the ground-floor rooms have patios opening directly onto the beach, with the sea maybe 20 metres away. The beach is wider by the adult section and the rooms are a little farther back from the water. In-room soundproofing is good. We were in the kids' section but rarely heard any noise from the families around us. There's some noise from the restaurant when the band's playing but they don't finish late. The surf noise is gentle because the bay is so sheltered. The grounds are luxuriant, with trees, vines and ornamental plants screening the paths and some of the communal buildings. There's a lot of birdlife around the hotel including hummingbirds, doves, bananaquits and grackles. There's also mongoose. The hotel beach is beautiful - one of the best all-round beaches on the island in my opinion. It's fine golden sand, gently shelving, and because the bay protects it, there's rarely any surf. Between the hotel jetty and the small rocky headland to the east of the bay, there's barely any stone or coral in the sand so you don't need water shoes. It's a bit rougher west of the jetty. There are extensive patches of seagrass starting about 30 metres out in the bay (the water's about neck-deep by there). Just short of these, the hotel has moored half a dozen round floating platforms, so you can sunbathe in the water. Non-motorised watersports include kayaks, SUPs, water bikes, a pedalo and a few Hobiecats (all free from the watersports centre, by the jetty). The bay is calm so you can go out quite a way, but sailors and SUP paddlers need to be careful of the wind, which blows down a gap behind the bay and can be tricky to fight against as it pushes you towards the rocky eastern headland. There's a rescue boat on standby while the watersports centre is manned. The pool is large and freeform. When we've been in the past during school holidays it's been noisy, but this time it was mostly quiet. There were plenty of beach sunbeds when we were there, and we always found free ones. An attendant issues a towelling cover (sometimes) and large beach towels. You'll also get bottles, or a cool box, of drinking water. There is good snorkelling off the shore, but you have to look to find it. West of the jetty, there's a rocky headland which has some decent reef fish, squid and lobster, but visibility can be a little cloudy. Morning is definitely a better time. If you push round the headland, you pass a small sandy bay, and then running parallel to the shore from this is a series of rock ledges in about 4-6ft of water. Visibility is better here and the ledges shelter a number of interesting fish species not commonly seen on the reefs, including soapfish, hamlets, hind and hogfish. There are some coral outcrops that hold the usual reef species too, and the open water on the outside of the rock reef attracts a few predators such as tarpon and jacks. There are barracuda of varying sizes everywhere, and snook, jacks and needlefish in the sandy parts of the bay. In front of the hotel, green and hawksbill turtles feed on the seagrass beds. These were evident on previous visits too, so the calm waters there seem to attract them. On the last evening, I counted at least 6 turtles in the bay. Behind the jetty, just past the watersports centre, is access to a mangrove lagoon. Although it's pretty squelchy in there, there's a lot of birdlife picking small fish out of the shallows, and if you sit quietly you'll see crabs, mullet, stingray and tarpon going about their business. The hotel is located in an isolated part of the island, so hiring a car is an advantage. The 22 bus service starts in front of the hotel entrance and runs to St John's via Jolly Harbour. It's EC$3 for a single ticket. However, few buses run after dark so getting back to the hotel at night will probably require a taxi (around US$20). It's about 15min to Jolly Harbour, and 30min to English Harbour from the hotel. There's one local restaurant, Karnagio (Greek), which has good recommendations. We didn't eat there. There are several places offering Caribbean food between the hotel and Jolly Harbour and we ate at several of these. Shanaz was very good, and Sunset Horizon was a cool place to watch the world go by while waiting for the jerk chicken to cook. There are a host of small restaurants and pop-up food options in this area, aimed more at locals, plus several stalls selling delicious local fruit. Other attractions nearby include the Zipline place (10min drive), Wallings nature reserve (where you can book hikes in the forested hills of the SW of the island), and an art centre nearby that never seemed open. We used Reef Riders from Jolly Harbour to do a self-drive snorkelling trip to Cades Reef that was great fun - I've done a separate review of this. The hotel has cut back on the complementary activities that it used to offer. It no longer runs twice-weekly free snorkelling trips, and the manager's cocktail party has been canned. Free events now comprise: Pilates and yoga sessions, tennis clinics, nature walks around the hotel grounds with the gardeners, cooking lessons and a Sunday morning hike up Mt Obama (my wife did this and said it was a tough walk - but the views were amazing). There's also a long signposted hike to Winter Hill via a stony track at the western end of the beach (past the jetty), if you're feeling brave. Some independent hiking groups do this walk at weekends, so you might be able to join them if you want to go with a group. You'll need trainers - it's a rough path. Chargeable trips included snorkelling at Cades Reef now cost US$300 (++25% charges - prices at May 2022; min 4 pax); Nelson's Dockyard tour ($135++;min 6); sunset cruise ($450++; max 4). You can also book spa treatments and boat charters. My wife had a ferociously hard massage at the spa and said it eased the knots out of her shoulders, but she creaked for days after. We didn't use the gym or tennis courts. There's a library and book exchange, and also a boutiquey shop that never seemed to open. What food we ate at the hotel was good, but we were on B&B and we found the additional meals horrendously expensive. A simple dinner at East, comprising two bowls of nasi goreng, one dessert, a couple of beers and a cocktail came to US$140 including the ++ charges. It simply wasn't value for that amount of money, which was why we ate out a lot of the time. That possibly explains why there were few diners at the restaurants and drinkers at the bar in the evenings, which makes for a lack of atmosphere if you enjoy socialising. Breakfasts were excellent however, with a variety of set options and the usual fry-up extras available from the buffet. Bacon is American-style streaky, not back. They do gluten-free options including very good banana bread. There's plenty of pastries, fresh fruit, cold meat and cheese, yogurts, juices and smoothies. Afternoon tea is a couple of sandwiches and a couple of cakes.Once again, gluten-free was available, but only on the sandwiches, not the cake. So: apart from the cost of dining, the other gripes we had included: Patchy service at breakfast occasionally - forgotten orders and slow table service (this was infrequent - usually service was excellent and cheerful). Inconsistencies with housekeeping. Ice bucket not always filled and evening turndown service not always offered. Towelling covers not always available for beach sunbeds. The canvas on some of the sunbed cushions is quite distressed. One or two maintenance issues in the bathroom: the shower switch on the bath was broken, and some of the grouting was coming away. Insects in the room (this is not a complaint but an observation): if you leave food out in the room, bugs will find it; and if you leave the balcony screens open in the evening, mosquitos will find you. Some of the issues we had with the hotel are also mentioned by other reviewers, so maybe your level of expectation will influence what sort of holiday experience you have here. But we found the service was generally cheerful, courteous and professional so as I said, the smiles far outnumbered the frowns. As a final gift, the hotel extended our checkout of the last day until evening (as we were on an 8pm flight home) which effectively gave us an extra day in paradise. For us, this was a well-run, luxurious place - yes, with one or two flaws. But overall we had a hugely enjoyable break on the island. Hopefully, we'll be back.
5. Orrie's Beach Bar And Hotel
Overall Ratings
4 based on 13 reviews
Wonderful
Reviewed By marianp87There are 6 rooms overlooking Turners beach , one of the best in Antigua! The top three rooms (4,5,6) have vaulted ceilings. All rooms are very large (about 40M2 including bathroom) plus all rooms have 6 x 1.5M balcony overlooking the sea. Our room, 6, had a very large four poster bed, local handmade bed cover. three sets of tables and chairs including one set on the balcony. All rooms have AC, we had a fridge, kettle and a safe. Staff could not have been nicer. The bar is very friendly with rum punch a speciality. breakfast fabulous ( they will cook you what you want, there is lots of fresh fruit as well as granola & yoghurt. evening meals really good but for all meals best to ask in advance if you want anything in particular and they will get it. we stayed 19 nights. Ensuite shower room was spacious but a little tired.
6. Harbour Island Residences
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 7 reviews
Harbour Island Residences contemporary, stylishly design, comfortably fully equipped condominium villas are located in Jolly Harbour resort village. Our 2-bedroom, 2-bathrooms villas are air-condition, offering breathtaking panoramic bay and garden views. They are perfect for short or long terms stays, weekend escapes, family vacations or friends trip.
We enjoyed our stay at Harbour Island Residency
Reviewed By stoshb2021The 2- bedroom, 2-bathroom villa was perfect. It was welcoming, with all the amenities we needed and wanted for a fun and relaxing stay. It's location in quiet Jolly Harbour residential area also added to its charm.
