Almond Beach Club, an All-inclusive Set oOn the Gold Coast of Barbados

The all-inclusive Almond Beach Club, part of the Almond Resorts chain, offers 161 rooms in several categories. All are set in a lush, tropical location on the west coast of Barbados, also known as the island's gold coast. As an adults-only all-inclusive resort, Almond Beach Club caters to the romantically inclined, honeymooners, and those looking for a prime location on a soft-sand beach to kick back and relax. it is about 20 minutes from the capitol city of Bridgetown and a half hour from Grantley Adams International Airport.

The resort has 161 in seven categories, with three- and four-room blocks of buildings surrounding the gardens, pools, lounges and restaurants, all with air conditioning, private bath/shower or walk-in shower, room safes, and other usual room amenities. Besides standard and deluxe oceanview rooms, rooms on the second-, third- and fourth-floors have balconies and come with a king bed or two twins. For parties of more than two, additional guests can use twin rollaways. Most rooms have balcony or patio, some with French patios.

Almond Beach Club has three restaurants -- Sunset, Enid's and Water's Edge -- to choose from, as well as five at the nearby Almond Beach Village and three at Almond Casuarina Beach, reached via a free shuttle service. The Water's Edge restaurant at Almond Beach Club and Spa is not included in the dine-around program and only guests 16 and older are allowed at the property. Snacks are available throughout the day from the beach grill, and room service is available for lunch and dinner. After 6 p.m., men are required to wear collared shirt and trousers; no shorts allowed. Reservations are required in all restaurants for dinner only. Sunset is the resort's main eatery, serving buffet breakfast, full lunch and a la carte dinners. A British-style high-tea service is also offered daily from 3-4:30 p.m. with sweet pastries, scones and finger sandwiches presented to each table on a three-tiered tray.

Enid's offers classic Bajan cuisines, open for dinner only.

Water's Edge is the resort's newest restaurant, offering seafood and subject the weather allows.

The signature Tommy's Bar, is a Bajan rum shop, and live entertainment is offered nightly in the form of a piano bar with sing-alongs and nightly floor shows. In addition, a manager's cocktail party is held weekly.

A courtyard with tall tropical plantings holds a large, two-level pool divided by a waterfall, an eight-person cool-water spa tub flowing into another pool, and a sunning lawn with lounge chairs. The Caribbean washes ashore on coral formations along the property's 100-yard water frontage, and above the rocks is a sand terrace furnished with lounge chairs shaded by trees in the morning and giving way to sunshine in the afternoon. There are three freshwater pools overall as well as a cool, freshwater Jacuzzi.

Activities and sports included are sailboats, snorkeling, windsurfing, pedal boats, kayaks, water skis, banana boats, rods and reels for fishing off the beach, and one lighted tennis court.

A health-and-beauty spa offers -- at extra charge -- massage, hydrotherapy, body treatments, men's and women's facials, waxing, and hair and nail care. Treatment options include Thalassotherapy algae and seaweed baths, couples massage, aromatherapy salt scrubs, and body wraps.

Almond Beach Club Resort
Vauxhall, St. James, Barbados
Phone:246-432-7840
Website: http://www.almondresorts.com/the-resorts/almond-beach-club-spa/