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MOUNT IRVINE BAY RESORT TOBAGO, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
The tiny island of Tobago in the Lesser Antilles, West Indies, isn’t as well-known as its big sister Trinidad. However, Tobago radiates an old Caribbean charm that’s difficult to replicate anywhere else. And it’s here that you’ll find the charming, award-winning Mount Irvine Bay Resort
The iconic, award-winning Mount Irvine Bay Resort encapsulates the best of Tobago; four- star luxury in a historical setting with modern convenience. Formerly known as the Mount Irvine Bay Hotel & Golf Club, the hotel opened its doors in 1972. The golf course opened three years prior and quickly attracted the world’s best golfers. Mount Irvine Bay Hotel & Golf Club was the brainchild of Irishman Pat Coughlan, who had the idea to convert 156 acres of his Tobago coconut plantation into Tobago’s first major tourist development. Today the Mount Irvine Bay Resort is
a boutique 80-room beachfront hotel and championship golf course with wide-open spaces, beautifully landscaped gardens, engaging decor and breathtaking sea views. It remains a family-owned, independent property with visible reminders of Tobago’s colonial past. Relatives of arguably Tobago’s most famous export, the former Premier League footballer Dwight Yorke, have owned the resort for the past 34 years.
The elegant statue of a Tobagonian folk dancer
greets guests upon arrival at the resort’s well- appointed lobby. Before Pat Coughlan farmed coconuts on the Mount Irvine Estate, the land on which the resort now sits, and several hundred acres around it, constituted the Mount Irvine Sugar Plantation. According to resort staff, the statue’s name is Aquisia; and the sugar cane stalks around her pay homage to the resort’s plantation past. From the lobby it’s a short walk through the hotel and gardens to the stunning pool and unspoilt beach. Walking through the property is akin to
stepping back in time. The remains of the original 18th-century sugar factory complex form part of the building that today houses the resort’s spa. Remnants of a sugar plantation heritage can be seen throughout the grounds in the form of sugar boilers, hoppers, aqueducts and water tanks. Even Mount Irvine Bay Resort’s beach facility is built off the foundations of the storage depot where sugar was warehoused.
The resort’s main restaurant, aptly named
the Sugar Mill, is built around a 19th-century sugar mill, the largest one on the island. British parliamentarian Lord William Douglas, a former owner of the Mount Irvine Sugar Plantation, constructed the sugar mill in the 1820s. The restaurant is open on all sides with views of the resort’s pristine swimming pool and Buccoo Reef, Tobago’s marine park. Tropical birds frequently drop in to say hello during breakfast and liberate a stray piece of toast. Much of the produce served in the Sugar Mill
restaurant is grown on property. The resort maintains an extensive kitchen garden and even keeps a few chickens. Silt cleaned from the golf course dam is used to fertilise the garden. Banana plants located on the resort grounds provide the main ingredients for banana bread and green fig salad; while the coconut trees on the golf course produce the nuts from which the resort’s tasty coconut chips, served at the weekly rum punch parties, are derived.
Mount Irvine Bay Resort offers a range of
accommodation to choose from — standard rooms, superior rooms, suites, and garden cottages. All accommodation offers excellent views of the pool, sea, or gardens. The garden cottages, dotted around the resort grounds, are popular with families and couples alike. These spacious Caribbean retreats provide the modern traveller with the ideal combination of privacy, comfort, and style. It’s no wonder that honeymooners favour Mount Irvine Bay Resort. With its breathtaking vistas and historical
buildings, Mount Irvine Bay Resort is a popular venue for destination weddings. Outdoor nuptials can happen on the private beach, in the resort’s natural amphitheatre, on the pool terrace overlooking the sea, or on the golf course. Indoor options include the newly renovated elegant ballroom and large meeting rooms. Apart from being the perfect venue to tie the
knot or sip a cocktail while watching the sun set over the Caribbean Sea, the Mount Irvine Golf Course is arguably one of the Caribbean’s finest.
World Golf Awards has named Mount Irvine Golf Course the Best Golf Course in Trinidad & Tobago every year since 2015, and Mount Irvine Bay Resort the Best Golf Hotel in the Caribbean for the past two years. Tobago is a haven for nature lovers, sun
seekers, and sports enthusiasts. Mount Irvine Bay Resort is the perfect base from which to explore this fascinating island given its location just a 15-minute drive from both the airport and the capital Scarborough. The resort’s beach has a small reef frequented by turtles, eels, and a variety of sea life. Tobago also has several excellent and accessible dive sites. Birdwatchers gravitate towards the oldest legally protected forest reserve in the Western Hemisphere, Tobago’s Main Ridge. Tours can be arranged independently or via the resort. The Mount Irvine Bay Resort is the place for
holidaymakers who want an alternative to a crowded beach holiday. The indefinable Tobago charm is so effortlessly embedded within its walls, one visit inevitably leads to more.
Don’t miss The personalised al fresco dining experience on Mount Irvine Beach, during which guests can dine by candlelight at the water’s edge
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KEY FACILITIES • 80 rooms • Pool • Golf course • Spa • Three restaurants • Five bars • Conference rooms
KEY ACTIVITIES • Golf • Diving • Birdwatching • Watersports • Hiking • Cultural immersion • Sightseeing
Get in touch
mtirvine.com
T: +1 868 298 1674/1671 E:
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