SAINT LUCIA


Peaks o per ection


Nature takes centre stage at famed Saint Lucian sister resorts Jade Mountain and Anse Chastanet, finds Isobel Turner


A “


re you ready?” hotel manager Peter Jean-Paul asks, his hand resting on the


handle of a gargantuan wooden door. In a manner that can only be compared to a gaggle of hyped-up children, we nod fervently. At any other hotel, this level of unadulterated excitement at being shown to your room may seem a little over the top. But not here. Not at Jade Mountain. This Saint Lucian property demands a certain amount of anticipation – and for good reason. Like a magician delivering his best trick, Peter


turns the handle. A vast, paradisiacal grotto ÜiÌh ÃhinÞ Üoo`in yooÀÃ >n` ÌiÝÌÕÀi` ÃÌoni walls unfurls, furnished with a giant sunken bath, rainfall shower, four-poster bed with swishy white curtains and a pair of rattan sunloungers. Strictly speaking, ‘room’ isn’t an accurate


descriptor, because there’s one traditional element noticeably absent: the fourth wall. In its «l>Vi ÃiÌÃ >n inwniÌÞ «ool lini` ÜiÌh iÀi`iÃVinÌ rose-hued tiles, beyond which shrouds of foliage tumble down to fringe the ocean. Instead of the rustic brickwork in which the three walls are decked out, behind the pool lies something much more enchanting – the jagged peaks of the island’s famed Pitons, rising from the shallows and standing proud against a clear blue sky.


Big dreams Much like the rooms not technically being rooms (they’re known as ‘sanctuaries’ here), Jade Mountain itself doesn’t fall into the category of a standard hotel. The open-air tiers of this cornucopia-esque structure protrude from the


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