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Style: Romantic, unique, open-air setting for two, a charming tropical honeymoon hideaway
The Beach: Anse du Cap or Smugglers Cove both volcanic sand beaches within a 2 minute drive, the latter has excellent snorkelling
The Rooms: One bedroom with en suite bathroom
Key features: Perfect St Lucia villa for lovers, semi garden shower, upper sitting/dining room, open air living room, plunge pool with sun terrace and lawns, cable TV, VCR, CD music system and built-in barbecue.
Children: Not suitable
Staff: Maid, Sabina - half day service 5 days a week, and weekly gardening and pool maintenance from Johnny |
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Description
Set back into the hills on the Cap Estate, an exclusive residential estate in the far north of St Lucia, La Mer has been designed to take advantage of its dramatic location, with views that extend to Anse du Cap Bay. The villa has an original, open-air concept – it is a charming and cosy tropical hideaway that lends itself to romantic retreats - but it is also a rare find in that there are very few private, one bedroom villas with pools in the Caribbean.
The main accommodation is located on the upper ground level, with the garden and a lovely covered living area on a lower level. The entrance leads into an unusual galleried landing, which is enclosed along the front by wooden loovres and sea green wrought iron work that allows a natural through-flow of air whilst providing privacy and security. This gallery houses the dining area, an open plan kitchen and a delightful sitting area. The walls are adorned with original works of art, and some of the furniture has an interesting sandstone effect – you will see this in the framed wall mirror, the scrolled pillars that support the glass table tops of the dining table, a console and a coffee table. Next to the dining area is a compact, well equipped kitchen with a breakfast hatch, and off the kitchen is a laundry area. The gallery extends to a cosy sitting area, with a built-in sofa against the window and features a small TV with cable, a music centre with selection of tapes and CDs. There is a guest bathroom off the sitting area, with glass tiled, walk-in shower.
Steps lead down from the gallery to a covered living space below, which is open on all sides save for the explosion of green fan palms and foliage that brings the garden into the area. To the front it gives onto a stone patio and sun terrace that features a small octagonal pool. The pool sits on the edge of the hillside providing an enticing and cooling spot to soak up the views. There is an outside shower, barbecue, and lawns to the side with a garden hammock. The views look straight down to the coast and to Anse du Cap Bay, where the resort LeSport is located. The villa has an acre of gardens, which have been lovingly maintained and are brimming with palms, to create a delightful private retreat.
The bedroom is located off the upper gallery to the right of the entrance and has a king size bed with a mosquito net dome. Jalousie doors open out onto a small veranda with seating and encroaching palm fronds poking through the decorative ironwork. The bedroom has an incredibly romantic bathroom with an indoor garden which has a step down into a huge tiled bath/shower. |
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Beach & Swimming
There are a couple of small volcanic sand beaches at Anse du Cap and Smugglers Cove. The latter has excellent snorkelling. A ten minute drive will get you to Causeway Beach, where there are two stretches of white sand leading to Pigeon Island National Park. The northern area of the beach is popular with St Lucian on weekends, especially bank holidays, and has a picnic area. Reduit Beach is the island’s most popular beach and is located on the other side of Rodney Bay, with a lovely mile long stretch of powder soft sand. It is fairly active. It has a few hotels and a good variety of watersports is available, including waterskiing, parasailing, jetski, sunfish and hobie cat sailing. It takes about ten minutes to reach by car.
La Mer has a small octagonal swimming pool/large plunge pool with entry steps and rail. |
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Sports & Recreation
The 18-hole, 6829 yard, par 71 course at the St Lucia Golf & Country Club at Cap Estate is less than five minutes drive away and has a pro shop, driving range and restaurant. The nearest tennis courts open to the public (courts must be booked in advance) are at the St Lucia Racquet Club at Club St Lucia, also in Cap Estate, which has seven floodlit Laykold cushioned tennis courts, a squash court and gym. There are also two squash courts at the St Lucia Yacht Club at Reduit in Rodney Bay. The Sportivo fitness centre at Rodney Heights is St Lucia’s largest gym and offers yoga, Tai Chi and Karate classes. There is a full service spa at LeSport Hotel which you can visit with a day pass. |
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Locality
La Mer is located on a hillside in Cap Estate, a large residential development in the north of St Lucia. There are many luxury homes dotted on the hillsides of the Cap, some holiday homes and some residential. The estate has an 18 hole golf course and a couple of resorts, and is conveniently close to two of the best restaurants in St Lucia - the Great House and Tao at LeSport. Views from the estate extend to Pigeon Island National Park, a forty four acre National Trust reserve which was joined to the mainland by a man-made causeway in 1972, where there are two white sandy beaches. The island features ruins of many 18th century British and French military buildings including Fort Rodney, and has an Interpretation Centre, a restaurant featuring local cuisine, a historical themed pub and restaurant, and lookout point at the top of the fort. The island is also the main venue of the annual St Lucia Jazz Festival, held each May which attracts a host of international stars. A ferry runs between the island and Rodney Bay on an hourly schedule.
Rodney Bay is St Lucia’s busiest tourist area, where there are hotels, good restaurants and bars, a shopping mall, banks, mini marts and a nearby supermarket (on the main road) called Super J and a very lively nightlife. It has a busy marina and attracts over 200 boats for the annual ARC (trans-Atlantic Rally for Cruisers) which usually sees its first arrivals in early December. The nearby village of Gros Islet hosts the now famous Friday Night Jump Up, an all night street party. The Rodney Bay and Pigeon Island area is a ten minute journey by car. Castries the capital and George F L Charles Airport (formerly known as Vigie) which receives inter-island flights only, are about 25 minutes drive |
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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. A starter food pack costs approximately US $40 per person. Rental rates for villas in St Lucia do not include ‘tips’, about which you will find advice in the guest information book at the villa.
Personal laundry is not included in the rental rates and charges are approximately as follows: machine wash small load EC$10, hand wash small load EC$25 and ironing small load EC$25. |
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Rates
| La Mer | 01 May-14 Dec 2007 | 15 Dec-14 Apr 2007-08 | 15 Apr-14 Dec 2008 | | 1-2 guests | 182 | 225 | 182 | Prices are per night in US$ and include 8% Government Tax. All rates subject to change without notice. Rates do not include the Christmas/New Year period for which a 10% supplement applies and rates are for full occupancy only (no tiered rates), with a minimum stay of 14 nights. A 10% supplement also applies for stays over the annual Jazz Festival which takes place every May when a minimum rental of 5 nights also applies. A 10% reduction applies for bookings of 21 nights or longer. Minimum stays: a 3 night stay during 15 Apr to 14 Dec except during the annual Jazz Festival when the minimum stay is 5 nights, for stays 15 Dec to 14 Apr the minimum is 5 nights except Christmas/New Year when it is 14 nights. |
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How To Book
If you wish to book direct, reservations should be made through the local managing agents, Tropical Villas. You may contact Tropical Villas for further information or reservations by using the DIRECT ENQUIRIES facility or the web link at the top of this page. For reservations, you will need to send a deposit equal to 25% (non refundable) of the total rental fee to confirm a reservation and payment of the remaining 75% is required 45 days (non refundable) prior your arrival. If you are booking within 45 days of your arrival, full payment must be made to secure the booking. For a review of Tropical Villas and their services together, written by James Henderson, please see here where you will also find links to reviews of many more St Lucia villas managed by Tropical Villas and featured by DefinitiveCaribbean . |
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UK Tour Operators
If you wish to book through a tour operator or travel organiser, please follow the link below.
See List of UK Tour Operators
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Airport Meet & Greet
If you are booking direct ask the villa management company Tropical Villas to send a taxi to meet you at the airport. These are arranged with their taxi driver Desir (pronounced Daisy), who normally waits in the area just outside the customs hall at Hewanorra airport. He will hold a Tropical Villas sign and if you miss him go to the Tourist Board desk and they will page him for you. Your airport transfers are paid for locally and take approximately 1hr 30 minutes from Hewanorra and 20 minutes from George Charles. 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 helicopter transfers, a Concierge Service please click here for St Lucia Representative Services.
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
A hired car is strongly recommended for all St Lucia villas, unless you would prefer staff to call taxis for you as required. A vehicle 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 Drive-A-Matic (Tropical Villas will book this for you) or Cool Breeze Car & Jeep Rentals for your St Lucia car rental and ask for your vehicle to be delivered to the property approximately 3 hours after your scheduled time of arrival on St Lucia or 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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