St Johns Holiday Reviews

We loved Antigua and were very sad to have to leave. The beach is lovely, great white sand. Glorious weather, we got a bit of rain to cool us off each afternoon.

St. Johns is the capital of Antigua and so is a busy port, great to see the massive cruise ships, lots of shopping, loads of places to eat and there is never a superb beach far away. The cost of food and drink is the average although if you want a good buy, stop off at a small places off the main areas. There is a lot of things to see and do in Antigua and you are never far from something to do, some of the trips can be expensive so make sure that you shop around.

Lots of shops for tourists that include perfume, jewellery and alcohol. St Johns mainly caters for cruise ships, however it is well worth a visit.

beaches lovely, food very nice, not so much to do in the evening. staff really helpful, plenty of water sports, grounds of this resort are spotless.

The main beach is lovely soft coral sand and shallow water is great for young children. There are plentyn of loungers but the beach is quite small with a few cabanas, and some tree and 'sail' shades so prime loungers were taken early. Whilst we were there the resort was less than half full but the beach was quite crowded. If the resort had been full, space on the beach would be very limited. The small beach towards the reception was usually all but empty but it wasn't particularly inviting as the sea here is very weedy.. The water sports are good, kayaks, hobbie catss etc and as there are no motorised sport it makes it very restful and you can watch the pelicans diving for fish. There is some snorkelling but you need to go far up on the right hand side of the cove but you have to be careful as you can get buffetted towards the rocks. The pool was very good but its main drawback was the lack of shade, a few cabanas but that was all, no tree shade.

We mainly stayed in the hotel but did venture into St Johns occasionally. It is very good for diamond shopping.