Warm Weather Hotels: Galley Bay in Antigua
Heading for Antigua for an escape into warm weather and got some pretty deep pockets? Well, with a pretty long list of awards, you can't go too far wrong with the Galley Bay Resort. As well as being #1 on the TripAdvisor ratings, Galley Bay was named on Conde Nast's 2007 "World's Best Places to Stay" list (and it was there in 2005, too).
Galley Bay is an all-inclusive resort set in 40 acres of gardens, and although it's not quite an eco-resort, care has been taken to make the buildings blend into nature as well as possible. There are 69 suites and cottages and the majority of them front directly on to the beach. One of the main restaurants, Gauguin, is an intimate spot that gets a few mixed reviews but generally sounds good; you can also eat at the Seagrape Restaurant--dress standards apply.
There seem to be two down-sides to a stay at the Galley Bay, although neither are really the fault of the resort: there are a lot of bugs around (bring your repellent if you want to head outside) and the sea is often too rough for swimming, or certainly too choppy for relaxing. That said, the resort of course has private splash pools for some of the villas. As for the bugs, you'll have to deal with them yourself, but that's part and parcel of getting warm weather, right?
[Photo: Pete26]
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