DESTINATIONS — CARIBBEAN
Strawberry Hill Resort, Jamaica
Sugar Railway, St Kitts
comfortable chalet-style guest properties set apart around lush gardens, a pool and inviting bar and restaurant. There’s also an art gallery, spa and a forested walking trail to keep guests amused. Speightstown’s sweep of white sand is less than 10 minutes’ drive away but, wherever clients roam, they’ll be eager to retreat back to The Sugar Cane Club to sip cocktails on the property’s deck, away from the crowds, while enjoying an exclusive view of the sunset. Book it: Virgin Holidays offers seven nights’ all-inclusive at the Sugar Cane Club from £1,125, including transfers and flights from Gatwick, departing May 18.
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l STKITTS Less developed than many of its neighbours, St Kitts has a rugged, undulating interior where fields of swaying sugarcane merge seamlessly with emerald highlands. Zip lines at former rum distilleries and the St Kitts Scenic Railway provide a taste of life away from
the coast for holidaymakers staying at beach hotels such as the St Kitts Marriott Resort & The Royal Beach Casino. Those staying up in the hills, however, get to enjoy country living every day. From its vantage point, Ottley’s Plantation Inn boasts sweeping sea views across its manicured lawns and from the terrace. Spa treatment rooms are enshrouded by woodland, the pool is in a walled garden, and a botanist gives tours of the property’s landscaped grounds that are planted with exotic fruits, flowers and palms. The 23 rooms here are either set in the great house- style building or separate stone cottages. All are furnished in the colonial style of St Kitts’ heritage. Book it: Kuoni offers five nights’ room only at Ottley’s Plantation Inn and five nights’ room only at the St Kitts Marriott Resort & The Royal Beach Casino, including flights from Gatwick and private transfers, from £1,488, based on a May departure.
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Sugar Cane Club, Barbados
NEW HILLTOP HOTEL, ST KITTS
Ottley’s Plantation Inn, St Kitts
St Kitts’ newest hotel, Belle Mont Farm, is a hilltop property – you can tell from the name, which means beautiful mountain. Its 84 guesthouses and seven, four- bedroom farmhouses, set in a 400-acre site, offer panoramic views of neighbouring islands
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St Eustatius, St Barths and St Maarten from their wrap-around verandas. It’s a luxurious spot with a focus on sustainability and farm-to-table eating, and is part of Kittitian Hill, an ongoing $600 million hospitality and real estate development.
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