Virgin Holidays View
This luxury resort, spread out over 400 acres and lying on 2 miles of powdery white sands, offers an excellent choice of leisure facilities, superb cuisine and first-class service for a quality holiday experience. Accommodation is found in a number of beautiful colonial-style buildings spread out over lush, landscaped grounds, and the resort has a total of 6 full-service restaurants, serving everything from Jamaican cuisine to Italian, Indian, Thai and International fare including an authentic English pub! Spend your time relaxing around one of many pools or enjoy the extensive sports facilities. You can swim with the hotel's resident dolphins or snorkel in the bay to enjoy the coral and marine life. There's also a fitness centre with full-service spa and unusually, an equestrian centre with dressage, show jumping and mini-polo field for enthusiasts!
Where is it?
Located on the north coast of Jamaica, within 400 tropical acres and along 2 miles of white sand beaches. Transfer time from Montego Bay airport: 15 min.
Facilities
Over 51 swimming pools (3 main pools including Olympic-size pool), 18-hole golf course* and 18-hole putting green, full-service health spa* with a range of treatments, fitness centre with dance studio, squash*, tennis, croquet, volleyball, basketball, badminton, table tennis, cycling and equestrian centre with dressage area, show-jumping arena and mini-polo field. Water sports include water-skiing*, snorkelling*, scuba-diving*, paddle boats*, kayaking*, glass-bottom boat*, deep-sea fishing* and sailing*. Dolphin lagoon offering encounters and swims with dolphins*. Anancy Children's Village (3 years and over, potty-trained) with a wide variety of supervised activities*. 6 restaurants: Seagrape Terrace (open for breakfast, lunch and dinner), Il Giardino (open for dinner only, Italian cuisine), The Sugar Mill Restaurant (open for dinner only, Caribbean fusion cuisine), The Prince of Wales (open for lunch and dinner, British cuisine in an English themed pub), Akbar/Thai Garden (open for lunch and dinner, Tandoori, Moghlai and Thai cuisine), La Baguette (seasonal opening: 15 Dec-15 Apr, open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, grilled fare). Reservations are required for dinner at Seagrape Terrace, Il Giardino, The Sugar Mill Restaurant and Akbar/Thai Garden. 8 bars: The Royal Pavilion, Lester's Bar, Cedar Bar, Hibiscus Pool Bar, 19th Hole Bar (on the Half Moon Golf Course), Oleander Bar (at La Baguette/Oleander Pool), Sugar Mill Bar and Beach Bar.
Room info
398 rooms and suites on 2 floors with no lifts. All with balcony/patio, air-conditioning, cable TV, radio, refrigerated mini-bar, in-room safe and hairdryer.
Superior Rooms have 1 king-size bed or 2 twins, sleeping max 2 adults.
Deluxe Rooms - are located on the bay in the West Cottages with rattan and mahogany furnishings, featuring views of the ocean or gardens, sleeping max 2 adults and 1 child.
Junior Suites - have an additional living area making it suitable for small families, sleeping max 3 adults, or 2 adults and 2 children.
Minimum stay
7 nights except 20 Dec '12-02 Jan '13 when it is 12.
Additional information
DRESS CODE: Casual elegant. No denim, shorts, sneakers or flip flops for dinner in the following restaurants: Seagrape Terrace/Il Giardino/The Sugar Mill Restaurant/Akbar/Thai Garden.
*Denotes local charge.
Child ages at this property: 4-12 years.
All Inclusive
Cocktails and house wine by the glass, breakfast, lunch and dinner, afternoon tea, sparkling wine on arrival, welcome gift, golf green fees (18 holes per day), bicycles, windsurfing, sailing, kayaking and snorkelling, glass bottom boat ride, paddle boats, horseback riding and use of squash courts.