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And that's before you've tried the cocktail list. I can highly recommend the Off The Lip and Gin Fizz delights.


If that all sounds too heady, the great thing about Elegant Hotels is that you can move freely between each of their seven resorts and an award-winning restaurant on the island.


It means you could enjoy breakfast on the beach at Waves, before a mid-afternoon massage and rum punch at the swim-up pool of Colony Club before enjoying cocktails and a lobster & jazz dance at sunset at Tamarind. The water taxi ferries guests between each hotel - meaning you can hop on and off as you please depending on where the mood takes you. We decided to split our holiday in two and spent half our time at Tamarind before moving on to Waves - less than a 10-minute drive further along the coast. Bigger than Waves, with 104 bedrooms to 70, The Tamarind still feels like a private haven. With ocean -view suites spread along the seafront, there was nothing better than waking up and enjoying a morning coffee on our balcony while watching the waves lap the shore just a stone's throw away.


MAIN: Waves Hotel has an enviable spot on the affluent St James coast


TOP: Pampered under the palms by the friendly and attentive staff at Elegant Hotels


MIDDLE: Elegant beach-front dining at Tamarind


BOTTOM: Enjoying a rum punch at the swim-up pool bar at Colony Club


With two restaurants from which to choose (the Seascape overlooking the beach and serving a locally-sourced fresh menu daily or the Shiso - an Asian fusion delight), a cafe serving fresh coffee, delicious hearty salads and homemade cakes all day, afternoon tea and fresh fruit and ice lollies delivered straight to your sun lounger if you wish - you certainly won't go hungry.


In fact, the suite was so big (king- sized cloud-like bed included) that you could lounge around the room all day - and sunbathe on the balcony.


But that would mean missing out on all of the beautiful surroundings - and the delicious oatmeal fritters at breakfast weren't going to eat themselves.


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