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Enchanting Bob from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Date Visited: 04-2000 4/1-4/4/2000: This is one resort whose pictures on-line are actually modest. It is even better than pictured. This felt like our own private hideaway retreat (even though all rooms were booked, there are only a few of them anyway). We were in the Julius Ceasar room which was the former master bedroom in what had once been an architect's private residence. Mago can be a launching pad for everything and anything you would like to do on the island. Nestled on the side of a hill and overlooking the Caribbean and one of the Pitons, it a short walk down (and a slightly more tiring one back up) to the town of Soufriere where one can enjoy the botanical gardens, a local restaurant (recommend: the Old Courthouse at sunset) or water taxi to the beaches of Anse Chastinet (great snorkeling) or Jalousie (white sand and rental availability of water craft). Taxis and guides can be arranged for trips to the Rainforest, the Pitons and the Sulfur Springs, etc. Only caveat (and this is not to be considered lightly) is that the hillside setting puts the town's other inhabitants of dogs and roosters on stage as they perform their nightly ritual of trying to outdo each other in noise during normal guest sleeping hours. An antidote for such is to exhaust oneself for the day with activity and at night, with drinks from Brian, the Mago bartender. We intentionally split our week into two hotels which also turned out to be a great idea, though the next hotel [this was Ladera, but they edited it out] could not match Mago in intimacy and specialness (though exceeded it in overnite solitude and perhaps just slightly in view). If you really want a unique experience and are a little on the adventurous side, Mago will satisfy you. [On hindsight, perhaps the roosters and dogs were just havin' a spring fling (mating time?) and might not be so wild other times]