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Old January 19th, 2007, 06:20 AM posted to rec.travel.caribbean
TravelEd
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Default 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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Old January 19th, 2007, 10:57 PM posted to rec.travel.caribbean
Michael J Kingston
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Default 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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Old January 22nd, 2007, 12:27 PM posted to rec.travel.caribbean
Rita Daggett
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Default 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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Old January 22nd, 2007, 11:45 PM posted to rec.travel.caribbean
TravelEd
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Default 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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Old January 23rd, 2007, 05:49 PM posted to rec.travel.caribbean
Rita Daggett
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Default 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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Old January 25th, 2007, 11:39 PM posted to rec.travel.caribbean
TravelEd
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Default 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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