Carlisle Bay

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1408 reviews

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  Carlisle Bay Beach

  Another beauty beach to visit. Local bus #22 takes you to Old Road for this beach. Rent lounger/umbrellas for $20US. There is a resort here and a restaurant where we ate. Was good and reasonable. Washroom. You’ll see some locals here too. And goats! Nice water and sand. Can walk a short distance.

  Feb 12, 2025
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  Go and Enjoy Paradise

  Highly recommend this resort. The staff bends over backwards to make your vacation special. We stayed in the Beach Balcony room. The website pics do not do it justice. Great food -- East and Jetty Grill were our favs; fantastic beach and Nigel and Remmi are superb tennis pros.

  Feb 11, 2025
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  Lovely stay with a few things to improve

  Just finished a wonderful week in Antigua. Carlisle Bay sits on a beautiful secluded beach. They offer some non-motorized sports activities, which is very nice . They provide floats that are secured in the water, which are lovely to lay on and relax in the sun during the day . They provide you with large bottles of water daily in your room that you can take to the beach, which is nice, if you do have a water bottle, they have refill stations as well. There’s a mini fridge in the room which most of it is complementary even a few snacks and chocolates. Be aware to get up early and go catch your spot on the beach as everybody does that. Especially if you want to oceanfront seating. Rooms are excessively large and well appointed. Decorated beautifully and very clean. Views of the ocean are from almost every room. Food is very good, service is great. Was very happy overall with our stay. There are a few things we felt that could have been improved. We wish we were told upfront about the three floors of accommodations as we were put on the third floor. I just finished physical therapy for hip bursitis and was put on the third floor and had a difficult time going up three flights of stairs for a whole week with no elevator. We had to ask a few times for things like bath mats for the bathroom, shower gel, things that have should’ve been looked at when housekeeping came. The lighting on the grounds at night away from the main area of the hotel is limited and very difficult to see. We were glad we had our flashlights on our phone to help us. We felt it was a little dangerous and easily could trip if you weren’t really paying attention. There was basically no service on the beach. Which was a bit of a disappointment. It’s not like nobody came by, but it was not very often and you really had to search somebody down. For a five star hotel, the linens, bath towels, and bed were not comfortable. The bed was like sleeping on a stack of books. I had to request feather pillows because the pillows were hard too. The towels were scratchy, and the linens were not fine linens that you would expect at a hotel of this caliber. They coordinate your pick up and departure arrangements but do be aware they charge you $75 each direction which they do not tell you upfront. Also, they arranged for taxis if you want to go off premise to different restaurants for dinner. This is a very nice service and is charged to your room. The tip for the driver is not included . The taxis can be quite expensive.

  Feb 09, 2025
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  A Winter Break

  My wife and I have just returned from a 10 day holiday at The Carlisle Bay. Whilst we have been to Antigua before this was a first at this hotel. We were not disappointed . We had a comfortable and well appointed room on the top floor of a block to the east end of the resort enjoying a balcony with a sea view. The staff were very friendly and accomodating. We were 'fed and watered' to a high standard in each of the 4 restaurants. This south facing resort sits on an attractive sandy bay with very safe swimming. If you are interested in sailing the bay enjoys excellent ( often gusty ) breezes which make for exciting Hobie Cat sailing. If there was a shortcoming it was the hotel's location; it is quite a long way from civilisation so if you wish to visit (say) English Harbour ( which we did ) you will be out for quite an expensive taxi fare. However that did not spoil our enjoyment and, all in all, I am more than happy to recommend this hotel.

  Feb 07, 2025
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  Good, but not the best.

  As we arrived we were greeted by the manager which I thought was a nice touch. The service was excellent and the majority of the staff couldn’t do enough for you. Our room was gorgeous, very large with everything we needed and more. The bed was comfortable with excellent linen. The views are lovely (we had a top floor beach view) and the location excellent. However there was a problem with the electrics. The sockets next to the bathroom mirrors did not work making drying your hair rather challenging. But worst of all the lights in the bathroom came on automatically when you walked in during the night and because there are no doors on the bathroom, it disturbed the person sleeping. The hotel staff fixed it by isolating the entire circuit with the result of no power at all in that area. The breakfast was good and we had one good dinner at the Jetty. However the other meals were a little bland and if you stayed for a week or more, I think you’d become bored with the menu. Having said this we did not try the Asian restaurant. The massage I had was excellent and the treatment room was nice. However the relaxing area was plain, lacking in atmosphere and looked onto grubby, net curtains, not really what you expect from a 5* resort. I guess for £600 a night I would have expected top notch and this it wasn’t, there were a few too many niggles.

  Feb 03, 2025