CARIBBEAN
FOUR MORE RUSTIC CARIBBEAN RETREATS…
Where: Bequia Price: £2.6 million
Thirteen-acre plantation with 280-year old West Indian sugar mill behind Spring Bay beach, with great potential. Also includes a hotel.
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which is currently being looked after by a maintenance crew.” The home of Bob Marley and reggae – celebrating its 50th birthday as an independent nation this year – remains a popular tourist destination, offering white-sand beaches, lush forests and mountains – rather like St Lucia, although the holiday home market is much less active. Generally, overseas buyers can
choose between £1 million-plus homes in expat communities such as the Tryall Club or Round Hill, or they can navigate the local market themselves. Some 2 million visitors travel to the island each year, from the UK and North America especially, and various improvements have been made to help it keep pace with other Caribbean islands. According to the latest report by
Jampro (Trade and Investment in Jamaica, tradeandinvestmentjamaica. org), there’s going to be an increase of 10,000 rooms by 2012, especially in the boutique hotel sector. The North Coast Highway is now
completed, providing a quick route between Negril in the west and the Blue Mountains in the east. Along this route is the newly re-
vamped Goldeneye resort on the site of Bond creator Ian Fleming’s former home, at Oracabessa. Alongside a luxury hotel and spa, there are new- build beachfront or lagoon-based properties for sale from $1.25 million (£790,000) (
goldeneye.com). The Ian Fleming International
Airport at nearby Boscobel last year became Jamaica’s third international airport (with Kingston and Montego Bay) – perfect for all those private jets bringing in Goldeneye’s star-studded guest list.
The Jamaican government is also
developing a Health and Wellness Tourism Roadmap to guide investments in the health/spa sector. There are also income tax relief incentives and import duty concessions for between seven and ten years for those opening hotels or resort cottages.
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Where: Freedom Bay, St Lucia Price: from £660,000
One- to four-bed villas on a new eco-luxury resort at the foot of the Pitons. Fractions of the hotel section also available.
freedombaystlucia.com
Where: Hope Town, Bahamas Price: $1.16 million (£733,000)
Restored historical home amid lush tropical gardens in the village of Well Lane, 500 feet from a mile-long beach. Has four bedrooms , pool and guest cottage.
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Where: Cap Estate, St Lucia Price: $345,000 (£218,000)
Three-bed, three-bath properties in Villas on the Green, a small community on the exclusive northern tip of the island near the popular Rodney Bay area.
st.lucia-homes.com
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