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Carlisle Bay Review
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Carlisle Bay
$$$$, Old Road
Fodor's Review:
This cosmopolitan, boutique sister property of London's trendy One Aldwych hotel daringly eschews everything faux colonial and creole. The monochromatic, magazine-worthy result combines cool, classy minimalism with unsnobbish warmth. Vast, split-level accommodations emulate the Japanese decorative ideal of perfection through simplicity with white walls, black-and-white snapshots of island plants and local life, mahogany-and-teak furnishings, mauve and peach fabrics, and chrome-and-glass accents. The bougainvillea garlanding the enormous balcony adds just the right amount of color. Deluxe gadgetry runs the gamut from in-suite plasma TV-DVDs, fiber-optic bed lights and Gaggia espresso machines to a movie-screening room and library with futuristic Internet stations. The two innovatively trendy restaurants, complimentary nonmotorized water sports, and a soothing spa enhance the luxe ambience. There are kinks -- uneven service, the murky sand-roiled bay, an inadequate separation of families and romantically inclined couples -- but the buff bodies toting cell phones make this a hip, hopping, happening see-and-be-scene.
INFO
- Address: Carlisle Bay, Old Road, St. Mary's
- Mailing: Box 2288, St. John's, Antigua
- Phone: 268/484-0000; 800/745-8883; 800/628-8929 reservations only
- Fax: 268/484-0003
- Web site
- Hotel Details: 88 suites
- In-room: kitchen (some), DVD, Wi-Fi.
- In-hotel: 2 restaurants, room service, tennis courts, bars, children's programs (ages 3-12), pool, gym, spa, laundry service, beachfront, diving, Internet terminal, water sports.
- Rate includes: Full breakfast
- Credit Cards: AE, DC, MC, V
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