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Antigua: questions about beaches
Already stressed out of trying to plan a Caribbean vacation: we discarded
Jamaica and decided for Antigua, but due to flight schedules (mileage plan) we should stay 9 days instead of the original plan for 6-7 nights. We know hotels are mostly isolated and there is not too much to do but we are fine as long as we can enjoy the beach as we enjoy swimming, snorkeling, walking, etc, which brings this concern: Are the beaches clean and free of creatures such as sting rays or others? (we've been to Aruba and beach was perfect).We are considering these hotels for the 9 day stay: Halcyon Cove Cocobay Resort Siboney Beach Club Blue Heron I will appreciate any comments on these beaches or the hotels themselves, or any other information you consider may help my decision towards a great vacation (March 1-10) or any other hotel (in this price range) you may recommend. Many thanks TravelEd |
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Antigua: questions about beaches
In message , Anne Purvis
writes Blue Heron is on a beautiful beach - never crowded. Peaceful location but you can get a bus from right outside the Hotel to St Johns or to Jolly Harbour if you want the shops. Food is reasonable but not great but it is one of the cheaper hotels. Halcyon Cove is on a pretty crowded beach as I remember with several other hotels. Much less appealing. Can't help you with the other two, I'm afraid. Have a good time. Anne On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 21:20:00 -0800, "TravelEd" wrote: Already stressed out of trying to plan a Caribbean vacation: we discarded Jamaica and decided for Antigua, but due to flight schedules (mileage plan) we should stay 9 days instead of the original plan for 6-7 nights. We know hotels are mostly isolated and there is not too much to do but we are fine as long as we can enjoy the beach as we enjoy swimming, snorkeling, walking, etc, which brings this concern: Are the beaches clean and free of creatures such as sting rays or others? (we've been to Aruba and beach was perfect).We are considering these hotels for the 9 day stay: Halcyon Cove Cocobay Resort Siboney Beach Club Blue Heron I will appreciate any comments on these beaches or the hotels themselves, or any other information you consider may help my decision towards a great vacation (March 1-10) or any other hotel (in this price range) you may recommend. Many thanks TravelEd Blue Heron. Superb beach, minor distractions close by, frequent buses to town during the day. Excellent -- Michael J Kingston |
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Antigua: questions about beaches
Blue Heron. Superb beach, minor distractions close by, frequent buses to town during the day. Excellent -- Blue Heron on superb beach but hotel disappointing when we were there about 4 years ago. Food VERY disappointing and the wine (we were on all-inclusive) almost undrinkable. Has a couple of beach restaurants very close which reportedly are very good. -- Rita Daggett |
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Antigua: questions about beaches
Many thanks to Anne Purvis, Michael and Rita for helping me.
We like the positive reviews regarding Siboney, also that it is not too far away of the city, restaurants, but I find it pricey considering their rates do not include even breakfast. Cocobay looks very good, but we wander if it could be too isolated for a 9-day stay and it has no TV (not that we plan to be watching TV but we are very realistic, and last year we spent 7 days at Belize while it rained nonstop, and the TV helped). It may be worth to rent a car? (we never drove on the left side of the road). It surprises me that there are not too many pictures, not to mention videos, about Antigua. After researching for many days I have seen just a few that keep coming up, no pictures of St John, beaches, etc. BTW: We have enjoyed Aruba (Marriot), Bora Bora, Moorea, and some time ago the "old" Fiesta Americana in Cancun, all those places have spotless beaches, and there are close by places to go, walk, etc. Thanks again TravelEd. "Rita Daggett" wrote in message ... Blue Heron. Superb beach, minor distractions close by, frequent buses to town during the day. Excellent -- Blue Heron on superb beach but hotel disappointing when we were there about 4 years ago. Food VERY disappointing and the wine (we were on all-inclusive) almost undrinkable. Has a couple of beach restaurants very close which reportedly are very good. -- Rita Daggett |
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Antigua: questions about beaches
Cocobay looks very good, but we wander if it could be too isolated for a 9-day stay and it has no TV (not that we plan to be watching TV but we are very realistic, and last year we spent 7 days at Belize while it rained nonstop, and the TV helped). It may be worth to rent a car? (we never drove on the left side of the road). Cocobay does look good - but we couldnt get in there! Antigua is a very dry island; you'd be unlucky to get lots of rain (what time of year are you going?) Driving on the left is an advantage for me (coming from UK!); we hired a car for a couple of days the first time we were there* and saw all we wanted/needed to (that was in 1980 tho). *stayed at Half Moon Bay hotel then, which was absolutely wonderful; unfortunately it got badly battered in one hurricane and before they had it sorted, there was another hurricane. If anyone has any info about it, I'd love to know. It was a fantastic position; had a golf course and tennis courts, as well as superb beach. -- Rita Daggett |
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Antigua: questions about beaches
Thanks again to Rita and Anne!
I just reserved for 9 days at the Jolly Beach hotel. For all I have researched, the Jolly Beach hotel appears to be a good balance between price/convenience, probably similar with some good experiences I have with some no-so-new hotels like the Marriot at Aruba, and a couple of Fiesta Americana in Mexico. I almost went with the nice cottages at the Galleon Beach, but since they do not offer any meal, nor TV, no pool, nor air conditioner or others amenities I'm sure it will be better to rent a car and check all the other places on the island to make thinks more easy for the next time. I'll bring some nice pictures. TravelEd. "Anne Purvis" wrote in message .. . There is a busy Antigua/Barbuda newsgroup here http://www.geographia.com/cgi-bin/antiguanews/discus.pl which in the days when I used to read it regularly had lots of pictures & constant debates about the various locations. Anne On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 14:45:00 -0800, "TravelEd" wrote: Many thanks to Anne Purvis, Michael and Rita for helping me. We like the positive reviews regarding Siboney, also that it is not too far away of the city, restaurants, but I find it pricey considering their rates do not include even breakfast. Cocobay looks very good, but we wander if it could be too isolated for a 9-day stay and it has no TV (not that we plan to be watching TV but we are very realistic, and last year we spent 7 days at Belize while it rained nonstop, and the TV helped). It may be worth to rent a car? (we never drove on the left side of the road). It surprises me that there are not too many pictures, not to mention videos, about Antigua. After researching for many days I have seen just a few that keep coming up, no pictures of St John, beaches, etc. BTW: We have enjoyed Aruba (Marriot), Bora Bora, Moorea, and some time ago the "old" Fiesta Americana in Cancun, all those places have spotless beaches, and there are close by places to go, walk, etc. Thanks again TravelEd. "Rita Daggett" wrote in message ... Blue Heron. Superb beach, minor distractions close by, frequent buses to town during the day. Excellent -- Blue Heron on superb beach but hotel disappointing when we were there about 4 years ago. Food VERY disappointing and the wine (we were on all-inclusive) almost undrinkable. Has a couple of beach restaurants very close which reportedly are very good. -- Rita Daggett |
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