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Style: Well appointed, executive style villa with a tropical, contemporary, colonial theme
The Beach: Nearest beach with public access is next to Colony Club about 5 minutes drive. Guests have access to the exclusive members area at the Suga Suga beach facility at Mullins Beach in St Peter
The Rooms: 3 bedrooms with en suite bathrooms, plus a study/bedroom with en suite bathroom in the main villa and a 1 bedroom guest cottage with en suite bathroom
Key features: Barbados villa holidays for anyone looking for a bit of sporting action in an exclusive tennis resort, fabulous shared swimming pool (49ft), wet bar, barbecue, cable TV, DVD, CD system, internet access, set in a 50 acre gated villa community with clubhouse, 2000sq ft communal pool, restaurant and gym, and the David Lloyd Tennis Centre with 4 courts.
Children: Welcome
Staff: Cook/housekeeper and maid/laundress – additional staff available on request. Resort security with 24 hr patrols. |
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Description
Calliaqua is one of a number of villas that occupy a ridge overlooking the West Coast of Barbados in the Sugar Hill Resort Community, which includes the David Lloyd Tennis Centre and Village. Set within an acre of landscaped gardens, which give a great feeling of space, Calliaqua is an ideal setting for those who prefer to be in a resort with a residential feel.
Designed so that guests get the best of the panoramic views of the Caribbean Sea, Calliaqua has spacious covered verandas on both floors running the full front of the villa. The interior décor of the villa’s main living areas has a contemporary colonial theme and the furnishings, fabrics and accessories use images of palms and coconut palms to create a sense of the tropics. The actual fabric of the villa features cool, cream Italian marble floor tiles, coral stone clad walls, French doors topped with traditional arched fanlights and high ceilings. The upper bedrooms have tray ceilings in traditional Caribbean style.
At the lower level, the foyer leads into a formal sitting room, where a small dining area, suitable for breakfast, is located at the rear and the kitchen behind it right at the back. Two sets of French doors lead out onto the covered terrace, which has comfortable wicker seating on one side and a more formal dining area on the other with a coral stone table, elegant padded chairs and a crystal chandelier. There are hanging cotton drapes for the afternoon when the sun proves too much, but it is certainly a shame to shut out the views to the pool below and the dazzling Caribbean Sea beyond.
There are three bedrooms within the main villa and a downstairs study, located off the sitting room, which is able to convert into a fourth. This room leads out to the living veranda, where there is a double sofa bed, cable TV & DVD, internet access, and like all of the living areas (including the verandas) a ceiling fan. This fourth bedroom has an en suite bathroom with shower which also works as a day bathroom. Upstairs all the bedrooms have access to the full length veranda, which has been well furnished with woven natural fibre chairs and a small denim covered breakfast table that seats four. The views from upstairs are exceptionally good. The three bedrooms comprise a central twin room with patchwork quilts and an en suite bathroom with shower, a second similar sized bedroom with king size bed with a white theme, and then the larger Master bedroom with brass four poster frame king size bed, which continues the contemporary colonial theme from downstairs. The Master has a dressing room and en suite marble bathroom with tub and separate shower. A pool-side cottage forms the fifth bedroom and it has a small covered terrace that sits at the edge of the tiled pool and sun terrace. The cottage has a kitchenette area with larder fridge, king size bed with a bold tropical spread, and en suite bathroom with shower. All bedrooms are air-conditioned.
A tiled pool area is located just below the main villa and is accessed from the covered veranda via a flight of stairs at the centre. A large freeform, mosaic tiled pool, set with rock features and waterfalls to create a lagoon-like setting, measures 1000sq. Guests can choose to dine poolside, where the villa’s sound system is also operational. With a wet bar in the nearby gazebo, cocktails and rum punches at sunset will be close at hand. |
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Beach & Swimming
The nearest beach with easy public access is literally just down the hill next to Colony Club, which is about 5 minutes by car. Guests can choose to travel up the coast to St Peter, and use the members area at the Suga-Suga Beach Club & Spa, which is about 10 minutes by car. At the club guests benefit from discounted watersports, such as waterskiing, hobie cat sailing, kayaking and boat trips, plus sun beds are available and use of a private beach deck. There is also a popular bar and restaurant.
The communal infinity edge swimming pool up at Sugar Hill’s clubhouse measures 2000 sq ft and the villa has a private pool of generous proportions. Calliaqua’s free form. mosaic tiled pool has a number of rock features set around its edges which either have a waterfall feature or provide an area of planting to create a lagoon like setting. The pool is approximately (49ft long) 1000sq ft and has depths of 3ft to 6ft with one small set of entry steps. |
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Sports & Recreation
The resort’s clubhouse has a fully equipped, air-conditioned gym and there are four floodlit, all weather tennis courts at the David Lloyd Tennis Centre where tuition is available at an additional cost. Guests also benefit from discounted watersports at the Suga-Suga Beach Club & Spa at Mullins in St Peter. The nearest golf course is Royal Westmoreland just a few minutes drive up the hill, which has some tee times open to outsiders in the mid morning, otherwise there are the three courses at Sandy Lane about 10 minutes away. |
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Locality
Calliaqua is set within the fifty acre Sugar Hill Resort Community, located on a ridge over looking the West Coast, with facilities including the David Lloyd Tennis Centre with 4 floodlit courts, a clubhouse featuring a communal pool, the popular Sassafras restaurant and an air-conditioned gym. The nearest shopping district in Holetown (about 6 minutes south by car). Here you will find the Cave Shepherd Plaza and the larger West Coast Mall. These contain a supermarket, bank, photo centre, duty free shops, video rental, and various shops and boutiques. Also close by is the Chattel House Village, a series of traditional looking Caribbean cabins selling souvenirs, the 24 hour Sandy Crest Medical Centre, and a market stall where you can buy fresh fruit and vegetables. The town also has a gas station (as petrol stations are known locally) which has an in store mini-mart and an outlet of KFC, both open until late evening.
Holetown, the place where the English first landed in 1625, later settling it in 1627, is also a local Barbadian community, with police station, post office, parish church, bank, pharmacy, clinic, fitness centre, school and so on.
There is a host of restaurants within 15 minutes drive along the main West Coast Road in either direction from Sugar Hill. You might consider the famous Cliff Restaurant, about ten minutes away to the south - also look out for Scarlet, Daphne’s and Calabaza in this direction. Heading north beyond Holetown you could try celeb favourite the Lone Star, about 15 minutes north, or the Fish Pot. There are any number of restaurants in Holetown itself, including The Mews, Café Indigo, Olive’s and The Tides as well as an excellent patisserie, Flindt’s and several pizza parlours, cafés, a beach bar and some fast food outlets. There is also good nightlife in Holetown with lively weekend gatherings in 1st and 2nd Street, where the restaurants and bars stand shoulder to shoulder, with some providing live music. Drinkers tend to spill out into the street to mingle, creating an easy-going ‘street party’ type of atmosphere. The current ‘hot spots’ are The Mews, The Elbow Room, Spago’s and Lexy’s. |
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Useful Hints
Ask your travel organiser or the management company (if booking direct) for initial food and drink supplies to be laid in for your arrival. The cook will then prepare a welcome meal. Thereafter, staff will shop for you during your stay if you wish to delegate this chore, however it is up to the guest to provide transportation and funds for the staff to do so. Rental rates for villas in Barbados do not include ‘tips’, about which you will find advice in the guest information book at the villa.
Initial groceries and additional shopping, transfers, and any other incidentals such as crib, high chair, TV rental are subject to a 15% VAT and 15% Service Charge. |
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Rates
| | 15 Apr-14 Dec 2007 | 15 Dec-14 Apr 2007-08 | 15 Apr—14 Dec 2008 | | Calliaqua 1-10 guests | 1,400 | 2,200 | 1,500 | Prices are per night in US$ and exclude 7.5% Government Tax. Minimum stay of 7 nights. Rates do not include the Christmas/New Year period for which special rates apply, with a minimum stay of 14 nights. All rates are subject to change without notice. |
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How To Book
If you wish to book direct, bookings should be made through the local managing agents, AAAltman. You will need to send a deposit equal to 25% of the total rental fee to confirm a reservation and payment of the remaining 75% is required 30 days in summer and 60 days in winter prior your arrival. If you are booking within 30 days or less prior to your arrival, full payment must be made to secure the booking. You may contact AAAltman by using the WEB LINK or DIRECT ENQUIRIES facility at the top of this page, or if you wish to telephone them, please click on TELEPHONE CONTACT to reveal the number. For a review of AAAltman and details of their services please see here. |
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UK Tour Operators
If you wish to book through a tour operator or travel organiser, please follow the link below. |
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Airport Meet & Greet
If you are booking direct ask the villa management company AAAltman to send a taxi to meet you at the airport. Once you request their transfer service, they will have a representative at the airport outside the arrivals hall holding a sign with your name on it, who will direct you to your awaiting taxi. Your airport transfers are paid for locally and take approximately 40 minutes.
Alternatively, if you would prefer to be taken care of from the minute you arrive at the airport, with a range of services that can include limousine transfers and a Concierge Service is offered by St James Travel & Tours.
If you are booking through a travel organiser, it is likely that their representative will be at the airport to meet you. This service and your return airport transfers should be included in the cost of your holiday. Please check at the time of booking. |
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Getting Around
Although in a resort style setting, and Holetown is just short drive away, a hired car is strongly recommended (for all private villa holidays), unless you prefer staff to call taxis for you as required. A car will be useful if you want to dine out at night or do lots of sightseeing and particularly when it comes to shopping for groceries. Book car hire via your travel organiser or direct with Stoutes Car Rentals and ask for your vehicle(s) to be delivered to the property approximately 3 hours after your scheduled time of arrival on Barbados or, if preferred, the following morning. Vehicles can be returned at the airport or be collected from the property at a pre-arranged time on your departure day. |
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