In terms of what to do during your stay, most of our mornings tended to start with a spot of pickeball. Though guests have the option to book private training sessions, we ended up borrowing rackets and playing just us most mornings before breakfast, with the novelty of working up a sweat against the backdrop of Slim Aarons-esque mountains truly never getting old.
Stunning views within Sandals Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
While we adopted a slower pace of life for many of the days we spent on the resort, there’s certainly no shortage of things to fill your time with. For those wanting to achieve a full state of zen, the Red Lane spa is a must, with their jasmine massage proving a highlight of the trip, not only because of how relaxing the treatment itself was, but also thanks to the oasis of calm the spa has managed to curate.
For the more adventurous among us, all guests have access to a generous selection of water sports that range from sailing to paddle boarding to tubing, with there even being guided snorkelling and kayaking trips on offer, along with a long list of evening entertainment such as live bands, movie nights and steel pan drum sessions. And that’s all before I’ve even had a chance to mention the daily pool volleyball, sip and paint sessions and artisan craft market that comes to set up each week.
One of our favourite days of the trip, however, saw us exploring the rest of the island with our friendly local tour guide Fraser. “It’s a small island, everyone knows everyone,” he tells us. In fact, nowhere on the island is more than a 15-minute drive from the beach, though we revelled in the opportunity to see what the rest of the island had to offer beyond its world famous beaches. We learnt that Kingstown is known as the city of arches and that Heritage Square is where you can count on a party each Friday, while Vee Jay’s is where you’ll find the best rotis in town.
Saint Vincent’s botanical gardens.
Sea vistas from Bequia’s coastal path.
One of the highlights of the day trip with Fraser was seeing the oldest botanical garden in the Western Hemisphere, a lush landscape where we admired rolling hills and plants from across the world such as Egyptian river bamboo, a Lebanese red cedar, a buttress tree from Brazil along with plants from Japan, Madagascar, Hawaii, Tahiti and beyond.
Of course, if you’d rather see the sights by boat, that’s always an option too. One day we took a private Island Routes tour to Bequia, dubbed ‘the most desirable island of the Grenadines’. It’s little wonder why, with the picturesque coastal path that wraps around the island providing some impossibly beautiful vistas of the bustling yet charming Admirality Bay. The powerboat ride with rum punch in hand was an adventure in itself, with us stopping along the way to snorkel nearby and admire the powder white sands of Princess Margaret beach before sampling Bequia’s famed floating Bar One.
Back at the resort that evening, we experienced the laid-back family dining concept at the newly launched Buccan’s. Seeing guests come together to enjoy several courses in groups of six or eight, it was over Chef Rebecca’s hearty coconut roti, grilled snapper and lamb curry that we met Sandy and Roger, regular Sandals goers who shared their lives with us as we gobbled down each delicious creation.
Soaking up sunset before dinner at Buccan’s.
In fact, many of the guests we met during our trip seem to find themselves drawn back to Sandals time and time again. It’s little wonder why – after all, Sandals have had over 40 years to perfect the special formula of relaxation, and this was apparent to me by the way my anxieties I had carried with me from London slipped away when we first arrived.
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