Southern Palms Beach Club

Barbados, Caribbean

Garden Room
Garden Room
Ocean View Room
Ocean View Room
Junior Suite
Junior Suite
Luxury Suite
Garden Terrace Restaurant
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Garden Room
Garden Room
Ocean View Room
Ocean View Room
Junior Suite
Junior Suite
Luxury Suite
Garden Terrace Restaurant

The hotel

The Southern Palms Beach Club and Hotel is spread out along 1,000 ft of oceanfront at St Lawrence Gap, so it has the best of both worlds. There are spacious grounds in which to relax and unwind during the day and then lively restaurants, shops and bars just a 5-minute walk away for evening entertainment! You can look out over the Caribbean Sea as you dine in the Garden Terrace restaurant and, on Sundays, people come from all over the island to enjoy the wonderfully lazy Sunday buffet lunch — accompanied by live music.

Amenities

  • Bar
  • Romantic
  • Swimming Pool
  • Wedding
  • Families
  • Honeymoon
  • Safety Deposit Box
  • Evening Entertainment
  • Fitness Centre/Gym
  • Laundry Service
  • Beachfront location
  • Tennis

Where is it

On beautiful Dover Beach at St Lawrence Gap. 15 minutes to Bridgetown. Transfer time from airport: 20 minutes.

Hotel information

92 rooms on 3 floors in 6 buildings with no lifts. All rooms are individually styled with Caribbean decor and have ceramic tile floors to keep you cool, plus a balcony or terrace, air-conditioning, satellite TV, tea/coffee-making facilities, fridge, hairdryer and iron and board. Garden Rooms with twin beds or 1 king-size bed, sleeping maximum of 2 people.

Breakfast and Half Board options: available at a supplement.

Ocean View Rooms are as Garden Rooms but with sea views, and either 1 king-size bed or 2 queen-size beds, sleeping maximum 4 adults or 2 adults and 2 child.

Junior Suites with kitchen facilities and 1 king-size bed or 1 queen-size bed and sleeper sofa in living room, sleeping maximum 2 adults and 2 children.

Luxury Suites are very spacious with kitchenette and a bedroom with either 1 king-size bed or 2 queen-size beds and a queen sleeper sofa in the lounge, sleeping maximum 4 adults or 2 adults and 3 children.

  • Meal Offer: Receive 7 breakfasts and 3 dinners from £248 per person (must be on 7 consecutive days).

    Offers may not be combinable.

  • Welcome Pack: Book a Luxury Suite and receive bread, milk, juice, butter, jam, coffee and tea in the room upon arrival.

    Offers may not be combinable.

  • Honeymooners and Silver and Gold Anniversaries: Receive a bottle of sparkling wine on arrival (not applicable when booking the Supersaver Room).

    Offers may not be combinable.

  • Kids Stay Free: up to two children (2-16 years) stays free when sharing a room with two adults (excludes Supersaver Room).

    Any applicable offers have been calculated into the prices shown. Offers may not be combinable. 

  • Kids Stay and Eat Free: Child up toand including of 11 years will receive 50% off at the buffet, not the al-la-carte.

    When two adults have a meal, the 1st child will have one kids menu choice free of charge.

Garden Terrace Restaurant. Khus Khus Bar. Complimentary afternoon tea served at the small pool. Breakfast option available*. Room service*.

Regular live entertainment, three evenings a week. Weekly Manager's rum punch party.

2 swimming pools. Small outdoor gym in the gardens, small indoor fitness centre. Snorkelling, boogie boards and introductory diving lesson. Floodlit tennis (charge for floodlighting. Shuffleboard. Beach volleyball. Windsurfing. Mini-golf. Guest lounge with library and board games.

Gift shop. Beauty salon*. Complimentary safes are available at reception. Coin-operated laundry*. Turtle nesting on the beach (seasonal). Complimentary WiFI available in rooms/suites and all public areas. Babysitting*.

Please note: a room levy of $9.63 per bedroom, per night applies (payable locally, subject to change).

Good general access for guests who are able to walk short distances and can manage up to six steps. For more information and contact details please check out our Special Assistance page

* Denotes local charge.

Please note: compulsory gala dinner supplements apply over Christmas and New Year holidays.

Please note: child ages for accommodation are up to and including 16 years.

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May 3, 2020 Ian2966 Rotherham, United Kingdom

This is our 15th stay at Southern Palms over the past 25 years. It did not fail to impress, the views are unbelievable, the staff really helpful and friendly. The restaurant is both affordable as well as decadent Plenty of places to visit on the Gap too. Both outside the hotel if your feeling lazy or further up the Gap for local street food or… Read more
This is our 15th stay at Southern Palms over the past 25 years. It did not fail to impress, the views are unbelievable, the staff really helpful and friendly. The restaurant is both affordable as well as decadent Plenty of places to visit on the Gap too. Both outside the hotel if your feeling lazy or further up the Gap for local street food or fish, Brazilian Asian Mexican or local food. Lots of repeat customers so that says it all A real gem Read less
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Apr 14, 2020 Rosie W Camberley, United Kingdom

We spent four nights here on a short break from St Lucia. The welcome from Jenny Wilson on reception was very friendly & we were checked in very quickly. The location of the the hotel is fantastic - right on a beautiful long beach very handy for an early morning walk and swim. The whole place was very clean and efficiently run and although the… Read more
We spent four nights here on a short break from St Lucia. The welcome from Jenny Wilson on reception was very friendly & we were checked in very quickly. The location of the the hotel is fantastic - right on a beautiful long beach very handy for an early morning walk and swim. The whole place was very clean and efficiently run and although the room was quite small it had everything we needed. Southern Palms is right in St Lawrence Gap so all the bars and restaurants are very easily accessible - all a short walk away. Breakfast at the hotel was very well run, fresh fruit, cereal, and the usual hot breakfast with freshly cooked eggs. We did not have any other meals as we were only on B & B. We were very happy with our stay and would like to thank our namesake, Miss Wilson and all the other staff for looking after us so well. We will be back! Read less
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Mar 22, 2020 Norgesurf Sandnes

This hotel reminds of of something in days gone by. This is the type of hotel that you would picture Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra at, it is a throw back to a more romantic era of travel. It is an older hotel, I think that one of the buildings dates back to the 50's. The room decor and fittings are a bit older, but clean and functional. The… Read more
This hotel reminds of of something in days gone by. This is the type of hotel that you would picture Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra at, it is a throw back to a more romantic era of travel. It is an older hotel, I think that one of the buildings dates back to the 50's. The room decor and fittings are a bit older, but clean and functional. The grounds of the hotel are something that you can walk through with green areas and courtyards. If a hotel was built on the same area today it would be a concrete covered 1000 room vacation factory. As it is now it has more charm and atmosphere then any new hotel. The beach steps from any room in the hotel is magnificent. What sand and uncrowded. You can look 200 meters to the south and see an umbrella jungle. But the beach in front of Southern Palms may have 4 umbrellas total. For me there was a fun little surf break right in front of the hotel and the snorkeling was excellent. We swam with turtles every day. At the north end of the beach there is a reef and rock outcropping that had as much or more sea life then the Marine Sanctuary. I can not say enough about the excellent staff. The hotel rep, Kelly, was very helpful and always available. The grounds keeper and master of water sports, Rodney, was so accommodating and helpful and genuinely friendly. He even let my wife feed the fish and turtles in the hotel ponds. The hotel clientele seemed to be in an, older, age range, which suited us. It could not have been more peaceful. Read less
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Mar 19, 2020 Skevsue Ripley, United Kingdom

Stayed here for two weeks (this was our 5th time in 14 years) The beach is still as beautiful as ever - the perfect Caribbean scene you could ever imagine) The hotel is spread along by the beach and offers two nice pools There are plenty of sun beds available and decent beach towels The rooms are spacious and tidy with clean towels daily The… Read more
Stayed here for two weeks (this was our 5th time in 14 years) The beach is still as beautiful as ever - the perfect Caribbean scene you could ever imagine) The hotel is spread along by the beach and offers two nice pools There are plenty of sun beds available and decent beach towels The rooms are spacious and tidy with clean towels daily The restaurant is excellent, we had buffet breakfast every morning and sometimes buffet or fine dining in the evening All meals were great, the staff are excellent and friendly Would definitely recommend this place Love it! Read less
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Mar 17, 2020 Sonrichard Teignmouth, United Kingdom

Location is probably one of the best in The Gap, a few steps to Dover Beach and surrounded by restaurants within 2-10 minutes walk. We were in room 312 with 2 balconies, one over the beach and out to sea, the other over the pool and also out to sea. Would have given 5 stars, but the room was like a 1970's motel and definitely needs upgrading, in… Read more
Location is probably one of the best in The Gap, a few steps to Dover Beach and surrounded by restaurants within 2-10 minutes walk. We were in room 312 with 2 balconies, one over the beach and out to sea, the other over the pool and also out to sea. Would have given 5 stars, but the room was like a 1970's motel and definitely needs upgrading, in saying that, the bed was really comfy and the air con worked perfectly. All the staff were great and nothing was to much trouble, only booked bed & breakfast, but had a couple of meals in the hotel that were very good and reasonably priced. The hotel does not put sun beds on the beach for hire, which is public, so get your own sun bed and towel and deposit yourself on the quietest part of the beach. The hotel has a sort of time warp appeal, where people actually talk to one another, which gives it a really good feel. Having felt disappointed at the start, we soon fell into the spirit of Barbados and had a great time. Read less