Tropicana Magazine Mar-Apr 2018 #117: Edge Of Excitement

THE VACATION
PLANTATION HOUSE AT
MANTIS ST HELENA
JONATHAN, 185 YEARS OLD
HERITAGE ROOM AT MANTIS ST HELENA
WHERE TO STAY?
Revel in the island’s history by booking a room at Bertrand’s
Cottage, once home to one of Napoleon Bonaparte’s most
famous officers, Grand Marshall Bertrand. Restored by
Enterprise St Helena (ESH), it has three en-suite bedrooms
and a lounge and restaurant with views across the garden
to Deadwood Plain, where horse-racing took place in
Napoleon’s time. Rooms start from £130 per night with
breakfast. Book it at sthelenatourism.com.
For something more luxurious, try the four-star,
30-bedroom Mantis St Helena on Main Street in Jamestown
(pictured on this page). Three Georgian properties have
been carefully restored to make up the property, where
rooms costs from £210 per night with breakfast. Make your
reservations through mantishelena.com.
DES JACOBS
LEARN THE LINGO
Everyone on St Helena speaks English but there are a few
local terms it’s worth adding to your holiday vocab. ‘Eierce’
(pronounced like pierce) means yes, ‘mussie’ is the phrase
for ‘it must be’, and if you want to sound exasperated about
something, simply say ‘phew ya’.
Flights are now available to book via SA Airlink (flyairlink.
com), from Johannesburg to St Helena.
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