All Inclusive Barbados Hotel Reviews
This hotel review covers the luxury 4 star Barbados Crystal Cove Hotel, Tamarind Hotel and Colony Club Hotel. These hotels located on the west coast of the island, whilst the all inclusive Turtle Beach Hotel is located on the south coast near St. Lawrence Gap.
Read our comprehensive Barbados hotel reviews covering the Crystal Cove Hotel, Tamarind Cove Hotel and Colony Club Hotel below.
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Many Barbados hotel rates are between $400 - $500 a night, so booking a luxury hotel or package break with Expedia or similar package holiday company makes sense especially for Christmas 2011, which is peak season for Barbados holidays - with the highest room rates.
Elegant Hotels offer some of the best all inclusive Barbados hotel resorts. In our opinion, the Crystal Cove Hotel or Turtle Beach Hotel are ideal Barbados hotels for family holidays with a kids club for 3 - 11 years and good beaches. In addition, West coast Barbados hotels like the Crystal Cove Hotel, Tamarind Cove and Colony Club also offer calmer seas for safer swimming.
Barbados Luxury Hotels
The Colony Club Hotel and Tamarind Hotel located in the west coast St. James district of Barbados, are not all inclusive Barbados hotels, but are normally available on either half or full board terms. The Colony Club Hotel has a excellent beach and a reputation as a luxury Barbados hotel. However, neither property can match the finest Barbados hotels such as the sophisticated Sandy Lane Hotel.
Each west coast luxury Barbados hotel run by the Elegant hotels group offers a water taxi service (weather permitting) allowing guests to visit and exchange dine at their other resort hotels. We particularly enjoyed visiting the Colony Club and Tamarind Cove Hotel which had some of the best beaches on Barbados west coast and lots of pool seating.
The all inclusive Barbados hotels from the Elegant Hotel Group generally offer good food, although standards vary and the buffet style food can become rather repetitive. Food at the Crystal Cove Hotel, Barbados came in for considerable criticism with many guests feeling the need to dine out at the best west coast restaurants like "The Cliff" just to avoid the same buffet food night after night.
Elegant Hotels, Barbados
A luxury 4 and 5 star Barbados hotel may not quite live up to the standards of similar rated hotels in Europe and the USA and it's worth noting this to avoid disappointment! Rooms at the Crystal Cove hotel Barbados in particular were more like a 3 star hotel in terms of decor and facilities and not particularly clean. Room maintenance was also a problem at times.
The Barbados hotel reviews (below) are based on our own opinions, having stayed at most of the luxury hotels owned by Elegant hotels several times over the last few years:-
Barbados Crystal Cove Hotel Review (All Inclusive) |
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Barbados Colony Club Hotel Review |
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Barbados Turtle Beach Hotel Review (All Inclusive) |
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Barbados Tamarind Hotel Review |
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Cheap Barbados Hotels
On the Island, cheap Barbados hotels are often referred to as a "Barbados Apartment Hotels." There are quite a few cheap hotels on Barbados south coast. Some recommended Barbados apartment hotels can be viewed by clicking here. Many of these budget hotels have air conditioning, a restaurant and swimming pool and some have direct beach access to the wide sandy beaches of the south coast.
The Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association can also help you to find both a cheap Barbados hotel or luxury accommodation. They can be reached on +1 (246) 426 5041 or to e-mail them click here.
The Worthing area of Barbados south coast has many cheap hotels, and it's close to St. Lawrence Gap night life and restaurants. A typical apartment style cheap Barbados hotel offers room rates of around US $130 - 200 per night.
Disclaimer
Please note that this luxury Barbados hotel review constitutes the personal opinions of the authors and was correct at the time of our visiting or staying at Elegant all inclusive hotels between 2000 to 2004. Hotel improvements may have been made since that time.