Hotels in St Lucia

[phil-lavin]

Hi folks,

Just got some Avios reward flights to St Lucia in May ‘26 so looking for hotel recommendations.

Ideally a nice, tranquil adults only hotel with no 6am sunbed dashes 😂. Preferably by the beach.

We never do All Inclusive but from what I’ve read St Lucia is more of a “stay in your resort” kind of place so it seems to make some sense… but I’m happy to be corrected on that!

Has anybody got any recommendations?

Thank you!

[redlilly]

Its been nearly 10 years since I went and I really enjoyed the island. We stayed in one of the quieter Sandals, but personally I wouldn’t stay there again if I had the choice. It was mostly down to budget at the time.

There is a thread of hotel recommendations here that you might want to look through:

http://www.headforpoints.com/forums/topic/st-lucia-hotels/

[masaccio]

There are some excellent restaurants in St Lucia away from the beach resorts like Ladera, Jade Mountain, and Bucan to name a few. Lots of people like the whole volcano tourism and piton hike, but I’ve never done either so can’t comment.

If you don’t mind blowing a budget, Jade Mountain is every bit as good as the hype though avoid the cheapest room category as it does not have an infinity pool. We got a surprisingly good deal from BA with a free night. There is a shuttle to the Anse Chastenet beach which is more convenient than it sounds.

I will offer a disrecommendation for Sugar Beach: the bay is breathtaking, the food in the non-buffet restaurants can be excellent and the rooms with pools superb. But sometimes the food is very poor and despite being allocated a ‘butler’ in our swanky pool cottage the service was just a bit rubbish. Given we paid a similar rate to Jade, it all felt disappointing.

But if you want a fly and flop, the Sandals resorts in St Lucia are the best we’ve experienced of the brand and they run shuttles between them to try different restaurants. Scuba is decent though expect a lot of baby sitting, which is typical of Sandals. Boats are always top class though.

A good compromise is Anse Chastenet in that it’s on the beach, has amazing snorkelling (and scuba), great service and the beach where the burger bar is was quiet when we went. It’s not adults only but since we walked to the burger beach, I’m not sure we ever saw kiddies.

Also excellent, with good food, better wine and good value try Ti Kaye. It’s on a cliff above the beach with a walk down to the beach (or buggy) where there is a black sand beach and great beach bar. Snorkelling is OK (not Anse Chastenet) and the dive shop is good.

[Tracey]

Avoid the Royalton adult only hotel. It’s actually just one block of the main hotel with one of the pools designated the adult only pool. Views from your room of a foam party in the main pool etc. The restaurants are plentiful, but the quality ranges from poor to adequate.