Amazing Destinations Magazine Autumn 2021

St Lucia
Best Hotels
ST LUCIA
BEST HOTELS
ST LUCIA BEST HOTELS
Unlike more developed Caribbean Islands, such as Aruba and the Bahamas,
the sparsely populated island-nation of Saint Lucia still maintains a sense of
unspoiled, exotic beauty. Its landscapes of pristine beaches and mountainous
terrain are among the most stunning you’ll find anywhere in the Caribbean. Here is
our selection of the best places to stay in St Lucia.
Famed for its dramatic peaks and volcanic beaches, St Lucia is now - finally - upping
its game on the hotel scene with distinctive escapes to get excited about, we have
selected five of the best.
LADERA HOTEL, ST LUCIA
LADERA: bright, local, castaway
charmer
This hotel is in one of the most
incredible locations in the Caribbean,
high on a hillside with direct views
of the dramatic V formed by the
Pitons. Ladera is a collection of
architecturally unassuming wooden
structures angled to maximise the vista
(modestly described as ‘views with a
room’). It’s a quiet place with a fairly
formal restaurant-bar, and there are
never many people around. But then this
hotel is all about romance, and guests
tend to hole up in their rooms: big,
open-air Swiss Family Robinson-style
fantasies with polished teak floors, rope
swings, outdoor showers and carved
four-posters.
There are plenty of eccentric (some
might say kitsch) touches such as conchshell
taps, bright mosaics and carved
stone fish around the private plunge
pools. Ladera is over 20 years old, and
it’s starting to show, but the rooms are a
lot of fun, provided you’re comfortable
sharing them with geckos, birds and, at
night, insects. The property doesn’t have
its own beach (there’s a shuttle to the
ones at the Viceroy and Anse Chastanet),
so it’s best for those who are happy to
savour the view rather than sun on the
sand.
ROOM TO BOOK The Hilltop Dream
suites are the freshest and most private.
www.ladera.com
PRICE Doubles from £371
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