Amenities Dawn's Creole restaurant serves a Complimentary (Continental) or full American breakfast from 8.00 am on. At the Reception Bar we are at your service from 9:00 until 12 noon for telephone calls or any information, for excursions, taxi or rentals, exchanging US currency, bar service: drinks and take away (spring water sandwiches). From 11:30 on the Beach Cafe opens for coffee, cake, lunch, sandwiches and drinks; on Sundays beach party. 5:30pm the restaurant reopens for bar service and dinner starts at 7:30. Further Amenities: All rooms have balcony and sea view, queens bed or full size bed and a twin bed, mosquito net, hot shower, radio clock, kettle and complimentary tea. Hair dryers, wake up service, laundry and ironing service are available. Snorkel gear and Beach towels are provided (for a small cleaning fee).

The beach and village of LOWER BAY invites you to the waterside, between fishing and rowing boats, for swimming, sunbathing and snorkeling at the rocky ends of the beach. Beach mats, snorkel gear, ocean kayaks and games are available at our Beach Cafe, where you meet visitors and locals for coffee, snacks, lunch and cold drinks or your favorite punch at sundown. To walk around in Lower Bay: there is a mini market; there are other restaurants, with entertainment some nights, rental villas and many local homes and gardens. PORT ELIZABETH, Bequia's harbour and main town is reached by land or water taxi or in 30 minutes by foot. There you find shops, boutiques, market, Post Office, the ferryboat dock, waterfront hotel/restaurants with tennis and scuba diving facilities and some nights Jump Up (dance). Roads leading to the windward side and its beaches and palm groves, to Friendship Bay and the settlements on the South side and to the airport. Most of the scenic, 7 square mile island can be reached by taxi or by foot. Public transport by minibuses exists on the main road; car and bike rentals are also available. We arrange for you tennis, water skiing, boat excursions and fishing trips; day tours to neighboring islands, Mustique, nature park Tobago Cays or excursion on St. Vincent, as well as cruising the Grenadines for three days or longer. Don't miss diving on our excellent sites. (see

On BEQUIA, in the independent state of St. Vincent the Grenadines, Eastern Caribbean, 100 miles west of Barbados, lays our small West Indian style hotel with its 7 rooms, 100 yards from our best beach, Lower Bay, Even this is the most frequented beach, you will have it, except for New Year and at Easter Regatta, when everybody meets here, mostly for yourself and some special people who have chosen the serenity of Bequia for their vacation. Enjoy from your room and verandah the splendid view over sea and harbour or wander through our tropical garden filled with fruit, flowers and birds. Meet at the Reception Bar your host Dawn and our friendly staff for your Welcome Drink. Sunbathe and swim at the clean beach, just 60 feet below, with DAWN'S CREOLE BEACH CAFE at the water's edge.. Discover the unique charm of Bequia, its people and life style and the beauty of the surrounding islands. Try our authentic West Indian cuisine or international tropical dishes at the restaurant.htm or local snacks at the Beach Cafe.

The panoramic view from the hotel to the end of Admiralty Bay, Pt. Elizabeth, over the hills, beach and anchorage out to the Caribbean Sea allows you to be part of the island life. Dawn, born right here in the fishing village of Lower Bay, her family home close to the hotel, and Willi, sailor and traveler from Germany, built and operate the Creole Garden Hotel since 1995. More recently the Beach Cafe was opened to give house guests a base and service at the beach as well as to visitors and residents, being a meeting point for water sports and for socializing during the day until your favorite sundowner in the cooling evening breeze.

Creole Garden Hotel Lower Bay, Bequia, St. Vincent the Grenadines, West Indies. Tel 784 458 3154 Fax 784 457 3696 dcreole@caribsurf.com

Bequia (pronounced 'Beckwee'), 5000 inhabitants, is the biggest Grenadine island, part of the island state St.. Vincent and the Grenadines. The language is English, currency is the Eastern Caribbean Dollar, connected to the US$, electricity is 220 volts, 50 cycles AC. Though most tourists visiting in the High Season from December to April, there are no long periods of rain in the Low Season and weather conditions are good from May to August and most of the time from September to November. Time difference GMT (England) - 4 hrs, Middle European Time - 5 (Winter), Eastern Standard (New York) + 1 To get here from Click on map to enlarge. North America: AMERICAN, BWIA or Air Canada to Barbados and connection flight (30 min.) with MUSTIQUE AIRWAYS or SVG AIR to Bequia, or with AMERICAN to San Juan and AMERICAN EAGLE to Canouan (neighboring Grenadine island) and connection flight to Bequia. Europe: BRITISH AIRWAYS or VIRGIN ATLANTIC to Barbados, MUSTIQUE AIRWAYS or SVG AIR to Bequia, or with AIR FRANCE to Martinique, LIAT or AIR MARTINIQUE to St. Vincent, ferryboat. Frankfurt: CONDOR to Grenada, SVG AIR connection flight to Bequia. From Barbados, Grenada and Antigua are also flights available with regional airlines like LIAT to St. Vincent (SVD), taxi (US$ 10) to the harbour, ferry (one hour ride) to Bequia. For further information contact us with intended time/travel dates and book as soon as you have the airline reservation.

These are some of the sites we recommend you visit to have more information on the island, things to do and some of the customs of the community. Information on the country: www.bequiatourism.com. Official web site of Bequia Tourism Association. Bequia Information and Links. Hotel Association - General Information, List of Member Hotels. St. Vincent Tourism Department, Country Information www.bequia-island.com. Hotel contacts in St. Vincent: www.paradiseinnsvg.com www.beachcombershotel.com. SVG Air, Scheduled Flights Barbados - Bequia. Mustique Airways, Scheduled Flights Barbados - Bequia. LIAT, Regional Flights Barbados - St. Vincent www.flycaribbeanstar.com. Caribbean Star, Regional Flights Barbados - St. Vincent