Friday, 15 May 2009

Barbados:

Hotels:

Bayfield House, small friendly family run hotel with 10 rooms, all immaculately finished, lovely garden and pool. Trevor RC Ramsay, Proprietor Tel: (246) 419 0497, email: trevor@bayfieldbarbados.com www.bayfieldbarbados.com




The Ramsey Family at Bayfield House

















Restaurants:
The Cove, Cattlewash on the East coast. Run by Laural Ann Morley who has produced a wonderful award winning Caribbean Cookery Book Tel: 433 9495 email morley@sunbeach.net great food

Mullins, at Mullins Beach Tel: 246 422 2044


Waterfront Café, Bridgetown Marina Tel: (246) 427 0093 www.waterfrontcafé.com Live nightly entertainment. Particularly good on Thursday night, great atmosphere and food


Car rental:
Stoutes Car Rental Ltd, www.stoutescar.com Tel: (246) 416 4456


Sightseeing:

Animal Flower Cave: there is the most spectacular view from this point, great for photography


Great walk along Cattlewash Beach on the east coast, spectacular waves, not for swimming.


Cherry Tree Hill, great spot for photography










Sunbury Plantation House in the Parish of St Philip, an interesting historical building














Four square Rum Factory Parish of St Philip – a tour shows you how the rum is distilled.
St Nicholas Abbey

Mustique:

Basil’s Bar: Restaurant in Britannia Bay (See below)













Firefly Mustique: Restaurant and five rooms, fantastic view from the bar.

Mustique Company:
Owns this private island. You can rent out villas from $8500 upwards per week!

The Cotton House: The only resort on the island

Thursday, 14 May 2009

Bequia:

Bequia is a small (7 sq miles) island situated to the south of St Vincent in the Grenadines and north of Mustique. It is a volcanic island and used to have plantations. The beautiful beaches are a feature of the island on both the leeward and windward sides. Port Elizabeth is its capital and the main industry here is around the yachting world. We flew into St Vincent on Liat Airways and then got the ferry across to Bequia

Tourist Information: http://www.bequiatourism.com/

Car Hire:

Grenadine Island Villas www.grenadinevillas.com email: islandvillas@mac.com

Hotels:

The Frangipani Hotel Tel: (784) 458 3255 http://www.frangipanibequia.com/ Situation on the waterfront in Port Elizabeth, overlooking Admiralty Bay, charming old-style rooms in the original family home.

Typical morning view from Frangipani



Gingerbread Hotel (784) 458 3800 http://www.gingerbreadhotel.com/. Situated on the waterfront in Port Elizabeth, overlooking Admiralty Bay, has apartments too.

The Goingerbread from the bay


Friendship Bay Beach Resort Tel (784) 458 3222 http://www.friendshipbayhotel.com/


Apartments:

Grenadine Island Villas is an agency dealing in accommodation, car rental, boat charter in the Grenadines http://www.grenadinevillas.com/ email islandvillas@mac.com

Island Inn Apartments, Friendship Bay (784) 458 3706 http://www.islandinnsvg.com/

Kingsville Apartments Lower Bay (784) 458 3932 http://www.kingsvilleapartments.net/

Deja View Apartments, Belmont (705) 897 6537 (Canada) http://www.dejaviewapartments.ca/

De Reef Apartments, Lower Bay (784) 458 3484 dereef@caribsurf.com

Orchard Apartment, Belmont http://www.bequiaorchardhouse.webeden.co.uk/

Sea Shells Holiday Apartments seashellsbq@vincysurf.com
http://www.seashellsbequia.com/ Tel 784 458 3656

Eating places:

The Frangipani Hotel, Port Elizabeth, as above

Gingerbread Bar and Restaurant, Port Elizabeth, as above

Portofina, Belmont Walkway Tel (784) 457 3008

Mac’s Pizzeria, Belmont Walkway Tel: (784) 458 3474 (MOG's favourite!!!)

Jack’s Bar on Princess Margaret Beach (784) 457 3762

Typical view at Jack's bar on the beach

Dawn’s Creole Beach Bar and Café

Diving:

Dive Bequia situated along the Belmont Walkway, http://www.bequiadive.com/
(Don’t get this confused with the dive school next door...its called adventure diving but have a very similare e-mail address)

Best Beaches:

Princess Margaret Beach (Jack’s Bar)

Lower Bay (Dawn’s Creole Beach Bar )

Friendship Bay (The Friendship Bay Hotel and Bequia Beach Hotel’s Beach Bar)

Yacht Charter:

TMM Yacht Charters http://www.sailtmm.com/ email: tmmsvg@sailtmm.com Tel: (784) 456 9608

Day Trips:

To Tobago Cays, Mustique etc – there are two ships:

Friendship Rose Schooner http://www.friendshiprose.com/

Passat Schooner http://www.sailholiday.com/

Both boats seen here moored in Mustique


Hairdressing:

Emma Boucher specialises in European hair and has worked in a to London salon in Chelsea Tel: 455 5820