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Catch a Tan at Southern Palms Beach Club in Barbados
By : Kriss HammondCatch a Tan at Southern Palms Beach Club in Barbados
There are unexpected pleasures and surprises when you travel, that's why it is so much fun. When I stepped onto the Southern Palms Beach Club property in Barbados' Platinum Coast, it was full of victorian architecture.
Get Bronzed At The Southern Palms The pink property sits on one of the largest beaches in Barbados, with over 1,000 feet of its own velvety, coral sand. Young palms are growing in the sand in front of the resort. The resort is not quite on the Caribbean, and it is not quite on the rougher Atlantic side, either.
Located in the south end of the island in an area known as St. Lawrence Gap, the resort is close to bistros, nightclubs, and chattel house shopping, but it also has nightly entertainment, barbecues, calypso bands, sporting tournaments, and its own duty-free shop.
Click for Bridgetown City Guide. The Southern Palms is really a great place to stay for weeks or months at a time. What I liked about my ground-level suite was the balcony / patio offering fully-glassed Caribbean-style verandah doors for seclusion, opening into a living area, kitchen off to the side, and the bedroom that had homey feel. You have windows on both sides of the unit so I immediately turned off the air-conditioning, popped open the bedroom windows and swept the patio doors open to catch the breezes. The bedroom closets are enormous. Each unit at the resort has telephone, radio, TV with lots of stations, and cool ceramic floor tiles.
The Southern Palms is actually more than one complex, each unit has three stories except the condo which has four. Each one has its own uBook The Southern Palmsnique moniker: The Palm Court, Jasmine Court, Capri, Lady Smith, Banyan Court, and the Carlisle Rooms, which I suspect are the most upscale on the property. Southern Palms offers 92 units, in three categories: rooms, suites, and condos.
I found my way back to my suite each evening by counting the number of 6-foot high wrought iron lamp poles along the garden walkway. The resort has a secure but secluded feeling about it at all times.
Guests can dine nightly at the Club's Rondelle Restaurant, but you have so many other options,
A snack menu is available in the bar area from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., and room service is available from 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. for breakfast, and from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. for lunch, dinner, and snacks. Fresh breads and pastries are made in-house daily, or you can dine in your room — each family-style suite comes with a complete set of utensils and cookware and full refrigerator and stove.
I really enjoyed the value of the buffet breakfasts on the beach at the Garden Terrace Restaurant (7:30 a.m. to 10 a.m.), but you can also choose à la carte or continental. They serve fresh juices, wonderful coffee, cereals, breakfast-to-order.
Happy hour is nightly, except Monday, from 6-7 p.m. in the Khus Khus Bar, also on the beach. The British tradition seeps into the pores of the hotel again with daily complimentary High Tea each afternoon at the Crescent Pool from 4—4:30 p.m.
There is a guest laundromat on the premises. Meeting rooms hold up to 100 people. I did not see guest Internet access at the hotel, but there is a well-run Internet cafe just a few blocks away. There are Swedish massages available at the "The Palms" unisex beauty salon on the west end of the property. The Best of Barbados Souvenir Shop is also on the west end, and the Koko Palms Gift Shop is in the Lobby. There is a book swap cabinet and games available in the lounge, just ask for the key from the front desk. You are only about 12 minutes from the airport, away from the capital at Bridgetown, and the hotel offers free guest parking.
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Kriss Hammond , Jetsetters Magazine Correspondent – Read Jetsetters Magazine at www.jetsettersmagazine.com To book travel visit Jetstreams.com at www.jetstreams.com and for Beach Resorts visit Beach Booker at www.beachbooker.co
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