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Carlisle Bay, Antigua

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Description & Facilities

STAR RATING:

5 Stars

Atmosphere:

Couples
Family Friendly
Honeymoons
Relaxed
Romantic
Weddings

Amenities:

Beach
Family
Honeymoon
Relaxing
Restaurants / Bars
Wedding Abroad

The popular Carlisle Bay hotel resort has something for everyone. Owned by Gordon Campbell Gray (recent winner of the Leading Legends accolade) the hotel has that "wow" factor.

Beautifully set between mountains and sandy shores the hotel is also a previous "Best Luxury Romantic Hotel" winner at the World Luxury Hotel Awards.

The hotel is situated amidst stunning scenery on the beautiful island of Antigua. With a policy of no motorized water-sports in the bay, nothing will prevent you from fully enjoying that all important escape from the usual bustle of busy life.

That's not to say that you can't enjoy the water. Sailing enthusiasts and those keen to try out various water-sports such as kayaking are well catered for. Also, around April/May, Carlisle Bay often hosts Antigua Sailing Week and so it's a great chance to see some fantastic races. This event has received top billing in the world of sailing.

Days can be spent playing tennis or being pampered in the ulta-modern, 17,000 square foot Blue Spa. The hotel features 9 well equipped tennis courts and residential sports professionals teaching all ages and levels of expertise. With these facilities, you can see why sporting superstar Boris Becker is amongst a very distinguished list of previous guests at the hotel.

Evenings are low key affairs focused around Carlisle Bay's two splendid restuarants. East is an outstanding Pan-Asian affair, whilst Indigo on the Beach is more Caribbean in its setting, offering wonderful healthy grills, barbeques, seafood and salads.

Adding to the sophistication of the area, you can even find residents such as fashion supremo Giorgio Armani on the island. In addition, the 5 star hotel has hosted royalty such as the Duchess of Cornwall.

For those looking to bring their children, the hotel more than provides with the "cool kids club". Weekly activity programmes are available including: giant castle building, turtle watching and star fish finding. All this can happen while the adults can then enjoy their champagne on the pier.

The hotels 82 ocean facing guest suites are very spacious with huge bathrooms, bespoke furniture, and cool Frette linen. A contemporary feel is created by cool grey interiors and sleek dark wood furniture complemented by original black and white photography of the local flora and fauna.

Notice: A Tourism Guest Levy charge of $5 per guest per night will be charged upon departure and will be billed as a separate item on the final bill

Location

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Hotel
Carlisle Bay
Local Attractions
  • Yacht for a Day in Antigua - 4 miles away
  • Nelson's Dockyard - 8 miles away
Flight Time
9 hours (approximately)
Journey Time From Airport
  • 30 minutes by Road
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Weather

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January

"Sunny and hot with odd brief shower. Longest shower lasted only half hour, and was lovely as it cooled everything down a little."
"Great"
"we had two weeks of hot sunshine"
"Perfect"
"Generally good but quite a few showers"
"Varied, but did not spoil the holiday"
"Hot rain hot rain"
"Mixed but warm, some heavy showers and winds but generally good"
"As expected. Mainly 30 degrees & few clouds & light rain on one or two days but nothing to ruin our holiday."
"Very good warm sunny & only rained at night for short periods."
"very nice rained at night but that was fine and expected"

February

"Hot and sunny even temperatures."
"Some rain and wind but this soon cleared and temperatures remained in the high twenties to 30c throughout our stay"
"as expected. Very warm but some overcast but still warm days"
"Fantastic"
"It was superb, warm, sunny and in the mid to late 20's all the time. It was just perfect"
"Hot and Sunny!"

March

"Very hot"
"Beautiful, 28-31 degrees every day in April with a light breeze. A quick rain shower most days kept everything fresh but never cased us any problems."
"Fantastic weather for the 5 days we were there. Rained on 2 nights but every day was sunny, hot and had a lovely breeze"
"A beautiful temperature. Not too oppressive."
"very good, cloudy on some days which was fine. always a light breeze which was welcomed"
"Excellent climate. Even the rain is great!"
"Hot, cloudy but still got sun burnt Rained too but only for 10 minutes"
"Beautiful hot and humid, rained at night but days were brilliant!"
"very good sunny and hot"
"Beautiful!"
"Lovely and hot"
"Warm"
"Fabulous"

April

"One day of rain the rest was wonderful sunshine."
"very warm , we had a couple of tropical storms, but generally the weather was fantastic"
"Mostly sunny,little rain."

May

"It was 28 degrees for the most part, a couple of days with heavy storm like showers that cleared really quickly and then it became hotter once they had passed. It reached the highest of 33 degrees one day in the first week."
"A little rain some evenings otherwise warm and humid."
"Hot and sunny and quite humid, showery at night."
"Very hot"
"The weather was superb, brilliantly hot during the day and cool/rained during the night which we were particularly pleased about as we did not pay for air con."
"It was very hot, but rained for a period almost every day. We didn't mind this though as it gave us a break from the sun, and it never lasted long."
"Generally very good"

June

"Brilliant"
"lovely and hot"
"Sunny, breezy and hot!"
"Hot, short sharp showers but nothing to worry about!"
"The best holiday I've ever had!"
"35 degrees throughout, with some very occasional and mild shower. It rained probably a total duration 10 minutes in the whole time (2 weeks) we were there. Nice breeze and it was lovely to have that on a hot beach with the sun beating down on you."

July

"On a whole lovely"
"consistently warm/hot - mid 80's somedays rain (1 day very heavy rain which was actually quite welcome!)"
"Great"
"Gorgeous"
"Lovely, hot, slight trade winds"
"Very good bar one day"
"Weather was great, hurricane bertha just affected"

August

"Apart from the threat of hurricane Danny, pretty good overall!"
"very hot, mostly sunny, occasional rain"
"perfect"
"ok - 2 days of heavy rain"
"a lot sunnier and hotter than barbados"
"Even though it was not their high season we had temperatures in the mid 40s"

September

"Sunny & very hot!"
"Perfect"
"Excellent until the tropical storm which meant the holiday had to end early. I wouldn't visit at this time of year again due to storm risk."
"always high temperatures, some over casts times, sun and a mixture of sun tropical short bursts of rain quite a mixture"
"Hot and a bit hunid at times. We have sun every day and just half a day rain"
"very hot, sunny and humid."

October

"Beautiful - apart from Hurricane Gonzala!"
"hot and humid"
"good for time of year"
"Very Good."
"Hot weather on average 27% showers most days although short."
"Hot except for a couple of days which were stormy. Staff in hotel were great and hotel kept us informed."
"fabulous- we were lucky, ave 35 during the day 25 at night and 2 hours rain in 2 weeks during daylight but very Humid"
"Excellent until the last 2 days when it rained but it was still warm & we were there on independence day so being indoors was OK as they laid on entertainment"
"Excellant"
"Excellent"
"hot and sunny mainly. 1 day the whole island flooded (our wedding day!!) and a couple of over cast rainy days within the fortnight. It didnt ruin the holiday, you just plan around it."

November

"Mostly sunny"
"good, nice and sunny, one day of rain."
"Very hot"
"A little rain, mostly early morning, but always warm."
"ONLY ONE AND A HALF DAYS RAIN BUT GOOD."
"good"

December

"28 degrees, only one cloudy day, windy most days"
"Sunny with scattered clouds"
"The weather was warm all week."
"Almost to warm. mid 30s"
"Very warm but a lovely sea breeze most days. Occasional spells of rain."
"Really good with showers"
Reviews

Carlisle Bay, Antigua

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Holidaysplease Customers Reviews

Rating Summary

Rooms 8.5 / 10
Service 9.0 / 10
Food 7.5 / 10
Facilities 9.5 / 10
Average 8.5 / 10

Wendy K Bristol

Location is fantastic and the beach setting lovely. Room was large but a little tired. Service very friendly but exceptionally slow. Kids club a disappointment. Despite being half term, there were very few other 9-12 year olds (lots of toddlers) so many of the activities didn't run. Those that did were at an extra cost so the holiday was less all-inclusive than we expected.

Lisa B Meopham

Meals very expensive £100 pp for buffet meal- Gin and Tonic £16 pp but wine very reasonable- similar to prices in UK. Room was amazing and service exceptional.
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