- Private, detached cottage rooms
- Beautiful beach with clear waters perfect for scuba and diving
- Landscaped property offers all the best of tropical flora
- Iconic setting between the Pitons
- Large, spread-out property on hillside makes shuttle buses a necessity
- Lunch offerings very pedestrian
- Only one computer available for all guests at resort
- Address: Forbidden Beach, Eden Bay, PO Box 251, Soufriere, St. Lucia
- Phone:800-544-2883 or 758-4568000
Email: info@jalousieplantation.com - Rates:: $430-789 high season, $230-$396 low-season (May to mid-December)
- Dining: 4 restaurants: Plantation Room, Bayside, The Pier, Verandah Terrace.
- Spa: 9 treatment rooms, plus plunge pools, saunas, changing rooms, and jacuzzi.
- Other amenities: Beach, pool, tennis.
- Rooms: 112, including 65 Mountain View, 35 Ocean View, and 12 Sugar Mill Suites
Honeymoons are big business here, and pint-sized guests are few. The property, originally an 18th century sugar mill, is lush with fruit trees and flowering shrubs. Native plants hang heavy with mango, banana, papaya, coconut, avocado, star fruit and sour sop, while colorful hibiscus, jasmine, bougainvillea and oleander scent the air.
Because of the size and hilly nature of the property, small shuttle buses continually circulate, ferrying guests to the four dining areas, spa, pool and beach. Moving around the resort on foot is more like hiking than walking, and uphill treks can be tough in flip-flops and sandals.
Buffet breakfast on the verandah consists of a feast of breads, meats, egg dishes and local fruits. Bayside, down by the beach, provides a serviceable if rather uninspired lunch menu of hamburgers, salads and sandwiches. Dinner at the Plantation is a fine-dining experience requiring formal attire. Caribbean accents dot the menu, although the room gives little nod to island life and could be in any city anywhere.
