WINTER IS COMING. It’s that point of 12 months once more when these of us in cooler climes spend the morning commute negotiating slippery snow slush and dreaming of escaping to heat climate locations.
There are a good few lodges on the planet to select from, however few as implausible as this. Nestled simply two miles north of Antigua lays probably the most outstanding Caribbean resorts, Jumby Bay – a surprising 300-acre personal enclave that goes above and past the decision of luxurious.
Not surprisingly then, it is a favourite with the A-list elite – Paul McCartney, Justin Bieber, Mariah Carey and Oprah have all sought sandy solitude right here.
Paradise discovered: Jumby Bay is the final phrase in Caribbean luxurious
After touching down in Antigua from New York I used to be whisked away on a five-minute automobile journey to the Jumby Bay dock the place I boarded a ship certain for the idyllic island only a brief and scenic journey away.
From the second you arrive and take within the lush tropical lawns that roll right down to the considerably abandoned, palm-dotted pristine seashores, you have discovered a distant hideaway, however with five-star companies.
Instagram worthy: Lazy Lizard (above) is without doubt one of the privately owned Property Properties obtainable to lease
A-list clientele: Justin Bieber and Mariah Carey are simply two of Jumby’s well-known company
There aren’t any automobiles on the island – simply bicycles and golf carts – it is a self-contained haven and actually does have the whole lot you want. You do not even want to hold money, all day by day charges are inclusive of breakfast, lunch and dinner, afternoon tea, drinks, cocktails and home wine by the glass. As are the health services.
Begin your days with a yoga class and a fresh-fruit smoothie, adopted by a day snorkeling, enjoying tennis, or hitting the state-of-the-art fitness center.
And must you develop drained by all of that, you possibly can unwind by exploring the intensive therapies on supply on the spa then retreating to a hammock with a e book or take a delicate bike journey underneath the pink sundown sky earlier than dinner.
All-inclusive: Indulge at one of many Rosewood resort’s many high-quality eating places
There are 5 eating places and bars to select from on the island however for one thing actually particular be sure to dine at The Property Home, which is able to re-open in December following a four-million-pound restoration led by acclaimed designer Dennis Irvine.
Returned to its former grandeur, the circa 1830 plantation home guarantees to be the centerpiece of Jumby.
The historic two-story constructing incorporates a vaulted ceiling that may present a dramatic entrance to the bar the place you possibly can sip on a Colonial Traditional, a refined concoction of Tanqueray 10 and Cavalier White rum stirred with St. Germaine elderflower liqueur and grapefruit oils.
Cheers! Set alight your style buds as your dine underneath the celebrities
Suite life: Make your self at dwelling within the Colonial-esque cottages
Gown life: Take a soak in your suite’s outside tub
Then work your method by means of the gorgeous starlit courtyard connecting the primary restaurant, three personal eating rooms, and the Wine Room for plates or monkfish and black trumpet casserole with crispy jasmine rice pancake or take pleasure in spiny lobster with Armagnac flambe.
Jumby Bay is all in regards to the consideration to particulars, and nowhere is that extra obvious than within the suites. In step with the peaceable ambiance of the resort one can find solely 40 suites and some multi-million greenback villas to lease.
Take within the views as you look again on the lights on the mainland of Antigua
Serene! Discover excellent peace at Jumby Bay
Making certain every visitor seems like they virtually have the island to themselves.
With an ornate carved four-poster mattress, tasteful British colonial furnishings, a 42-inch display screen TV, an outside tub in a personal courtyard and a wraparound terrace that boasts gorgeous views of the Caribbean sea, my suite welcomed me with fashion and decadence.
Jumby Bay actually is the last word luxurious Caribbean hideaway. Together with the recollections, take again a bottle of Antigua’s notorious Susie’s Scorching Sauce. Like Jumby, as soon as you have had a style – it is very arduous to neglect!
