Port St Charles

This is our second year returning to Port St Charles and after several years visiting Barbados and staying in different accommodation on the west coast this is now our favourite place to stay. The apartments are homely, super clean, and very comfortable. The pool area at the marina has lovey comfy sun-beds, you can call reception and they get your beach beds and umbrella put out for you, the beach is beautiful and great to snorkel. The staff are fabulous and very friendly and helpful. Shakera organised our booking and was excellent and another member of the reception team ( her name began with V apologies for forgetting ) leant my husband her own phone charger as he had forgot his - and was very kind . I honestly believe the service here is exceptional in all the areas,’ Location wise we had a car but the bus stops outside and takes you anywhere - it’s a 10 minute slow walk into Speightstown which has great restaurants and bars, I would totally recommend staying here.

As most of the reviews already say, This is a top quality marina and beach condominium complex, with wonderful staff who are friendly and efficient. The actual condominium you get seems to be allocated very near to your arrival date, but I'm sure they are all very well appointed and have nice aspects over the marina, or the lovely beach for the most expensive ones. Ours was 1 bedroom number 150, and was beautifully and tastefully furnished, the only minor niggle was that the chrome ware in the bathroom was somewhat dated, as was the dishwasher, with those things replaced it would have 100% perfect. One other thing to bear in mind, depending on your expectations, is that the complex is very quiet, if you prefer a buzzing holiday vibe it may not be for you. Also the location is fairly remote, and if you don't have a car you will be reliant on expensive taxis to go anywhere. If these things don't concern you, you will absolutely love Port St Charles.

My husband and I had an excellent stay here early November just for a week. It was a British Airways holiday and upon arrival discovered we had been allocated a beautiful 2 bedroomed apartment in a superb position with huge terrace, on the second floor. We were expecting and had paid for a one bedroomed apartment. We felt as thought we had walked into somebody's home - well I suppose we had - with family photographs on display, books and also beautifully furnished and extremely spacious. As a previous poster said, we felt we hadn't paid enough money for such a lovely place. We also had a very welcome starter pack including beers! We were very close to the North Beach which is where I used to walk for a swim rather than the main Heywoods beach. Both beaches are extremely quiet and there was always someone around to help with a sunbed and parasol. I only once got the water taxi when I had walked over to Heywoods just to have a look, and the taxi was there so he gave me a lift back to the apartment. We ate very often in Pier One and also at the other bar, both have swimming pools. We walked into Speightstown twice, takes around 20/25 mins, once for breakfast and shopping at Jordans (taxi back) and another day calling at Caboose for delicious fish cutters. I can't remember exactly the opening hours of Pier One (this was the quiet time in November), but lunch goes on until around 5.00 pm so on the days they were closed in the evening, we had a very late 'lunch' at 5.00 which served as our evening meal, which with the time change worked quite well (jetlag!) I knew it may feel a little quiet but that was part of the charm. Ideally it would be better to hire a car but we didn't bother, I knew the location and we decided if we wanted to go further afield we would take a taxi or bus. This really is a lovely place to stay if you want peace and quiet, extremely quiet beaches too. Our second week was spent at our favourite west coast hotel - Colony Club - which has just undergone a superb re-fit, so it was a little more lively and we were able to socialise with quite a number of guests. When we arrived in Barbados it was late, we took a taxi from the airport and went straight to the apartment, the taxi driver was given our key at security gate. We walked round to reception the next day - they were very friendly and helpful as are all the staff and groundsmen who do a great job keeping the gardens immaculate. It feels a very safe place to stay.