Beaches, kept apart
A coastline of 108 miles and a tradition that puts each resort on its own bay. None of our places share a beach. Most don't even share a sightline.
And we keep five of them quiet. Five of our six resorts sit on stretches of Antiguan sand most travellers never find.
Antigua is small enough to drive around in a morning and varied enough that you needn't. The north-west is sheltered and slow; the east faces the Atlantic and the trade winds; the south-east is where the sailing crowd gather, quietly. Five different stretches of coast — five different ways to spend a week.
A coastline of 108 miles and a tradition that puts each resort on its own bay. None of our places share a beach. Most don't even share a sightline.
Sailing has been the island's second language since the eighteenth century. Modern guests find the same wind — and complimentary snorkelling, kayaking, paddle-boarding and Hobie Cats at every resort.
Tennis, sunrise yoga, a fleet of complimentary bicycles, and the kind of land sports you can still do in linen. Antigua's pace is the guest's, never the resort's.
Shirley Heights on a Sunday evening — the only social fixture worth driving for. Twenty minutes from St. James's, an hour from the others, and the view is the same one Nelson watched.
October–May is the classic season — warm, mostly dry, breezy enough.
June–September is quiet, green, and our preferred-rate window. Brief afternoon showers; the rest of the day is yours.
The last week of July and the first of August belong to Carnival on the streets of St. John.
Ten minutes by car to Galley Bay; thirty-five to Hammock Cove. The Verandah and St. James's Club are a comfortable forty-five. Transfers are arranged through your booking.