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. Views over lush
gardens towards suburban st John's, a 75ft
pool, and Supermarket shopping is approximately two minutes away. The Cedar Valley
Golf Club is a ten-minute drive and the
airport and city are both within a two minute drive. All the essentials are very close by. Transportation to and from our best beaches with a picnic basket is available if you choose. Island excursions and rental cars are easily arranged. Our boardroom has the capacity for twenty persons and meals etc. are supplied. . Our
bar is a perfect meeting place and perfectly complements the Calypso
restaurant. Just right for before or after
dinner drinks and its complete selection of wines will enhance your dining experience. The
bar is also a great place to meet your fellow travelers and live sporting events can be shown on the big
screen TV. . The Calypso
Restaurant is open air dining in a beautiful
garden setting.
Breakfast,
lunch and
dinner are served every day of the week. Calypso has been favorably mentioned in the New York Times, Conde Nast, and also featured on BET and in various other magazines. Sample the best in Antiguan
cuisine and island seafood as well as international dishes. Local juices and good wines will enhance your dining experience. . Our twenty-
two rooms are all equipped with
remote control cable television with access to HBO, Showtime, CNN, Discovery, ESPN and more for current international news and
movies.
Internet access can be provided upon request. Also, to protect your valuables each
room is fitted with a
safe. For your comfort and convenience we offer
rooms with
air conditioning and
phones with international access.
Room service and same day
laundry service is also available.
By far one of the most interesting and varied islands in the West Indies, Antigua's volcanic southern hills and rolling limestone plains are surrounded by a convoluted shoreline hiding spectacular white sand beaches. Its natural harbours are unparalleled in the islands, a fact not wasted on the British Navy who fortified several of them to protect their sugar interests in the 17 and 1800's.Their silent cannon now decorate restored forts at Nelsons Dockyard, Shirley's Heights and other commanding points as yachts of all descriptions sail the same waters as the old-time aggressors. Almost any type of sailing is available in Antigua, from
windsurfing to dinghy sailing to crewed or bareboat charters. An often exercised option is a day sail on one of the local catamarans. Now a world class yachting destination, Antigua is home to one of the largest and best known regattas in the world, Antigua Sailing Week which takes place in late April each year and brings together over 200 boats of many nationalities for a week of racing. Antigua Classic Regatta occurs the week before Sailing week and has built a reputation as one of the finest annual gatherings of classic yachts. Ticonderoga leads Whitehawk during Classic Week. Couple enjoying a day charter cruise. A typical, beautiful Antiguan beach. If you want to sail here, Sunsail and Sun Yacht offer bareboat charters out of Falmouth and English Harbour.
Windsurfing Antigua at Dutchman'sbay near the
airport caters to all levels of
windsurfers, from beginners to expert bumpy water sailors. Wadadli Cats, Kokomo Cat and Treasure Island Cruises offer day charter catamaran cruises to a variety of destinations including circumnavigations of the Island. Pillars of Hercules-English Harbour deepwater tube sponges. A Hawksbill turtle skims the bottom. A look at the map reveals countless embayments, harbors and islands - one of the most complex coastlines in the West Indies with everything from sheer cliffs to pure white sand beaches to mangrove wetlands which host thousands of migrant birds each winter. Antigua is one of those places where you will see more shades of blue, green and in-between than you thought possible. The ocean has provided for generations of Antiguan fishermen and several dive operators now share its richness with visitors. Antiguan sites are concentrated in the West and South. Southern sites include steep rock walls with submerged boulders and coral encrustation rather than true reef, whereas the Western sites include wrecks and coral knolls rising from the sandy bottom. Mill tower at Betty's Hope estate. Body Pond, in the southern central foothills. The Anglican Cathedral, St John's. Excursions When sugar production finally ceased in the early 1980's unused land was overtaken by a species of thorny African Acacia locally known as 'cassie'. The National Park land in the dramatic Southern hills mostly escaped the 'cassie' and is the largest area of reasonably untouched forest. This area receives more rain than anywhere else on the relatively dry island and small fruit farms abound in the green hills. Practically all of the
flat land was cleared of its original forest to make way for sugar production and scores of stone windmill towers remain, Betty's Hope being a fully restored example. Several companies guide jeep and hiking
tours Fig Tree Drive and to other areas of the Island. Tropikelly Trails, BoTours, Estate Safari offer such
tours of the interior. XO
Tours arranges custom excursions including day
trips to Barbuda. Adventure Antigua offers eco-
tours by sea. Other parts of Antigua worth seeing includes St Johns which offers excellent shopping, a museum,
restaurants and cafes. Other Antigua activities include offshore fishing, horseback riding, birdwatching and watersports including parasailing, waterskiing,
jet skiing and paddle boating. Barbuda, Antigua's Sister Island. Magnificent Frigatebirds wheel above their nests in Barbuda's mangroves. an endless beach in Barbuda. Not the least attractive of Antigua's sights is our sister Island Barbuda. If you appreciate unspoiled natural settings and having deserted beaches to yourself, then Barbuda should not be missed. It is a low lying coral and sand island 27 miles due North of Antigua - that's ten minutes by air or one to three hours by boat. Home to 1200 people, Barbuda boasts an unbroken 20 mile pink sand beach, the largest nesting colony of Magnificent Frigate Birds in the world, a wild population of Scottish Fallow deer as well as an estimated 200 shipwrecks on her reefs and Shoals.
1 Queen Size Bed -
Cable Television. 2 Single Beds -
Cable Television.
Superior Rooms With Air Con. An additional 20% will be charged for a third person staying in the
room. Children over twelve years of age will be charged as adults.
Phone : (268) 462 8691
Fax : (268) 462 8691 e-mail: : rates contact : :
We are conveniently located between The V.C.Bird International
Airport and the commercial
center of St.John;s. Although close to the buzz of the city, the atmosphere is friendly and relaxed. At Amaryllis Hotel we hope to make your stay comfortable and try to accommodate any special requests. We are unpretentious and welcoming whether you are a
business traveler or a tourist. We are not formal or snobby and you will enjoy good food, clean
rooms and friendly helpful service. We look forward to serving you as a
business traveler, tourist, or someone simply hoping to enjoy an island experience.
Full service hotel consisting of
24-Rooms,120-seater
restaurant,
laundry and 1/2 olympic size
swimming pool situated on approximate 1 1/2 acres of land. US$2,500,000.
Telephone: 268 462 8691