Some excerpts from the website of Julianas Hotel & Apartments that might be useful
A timeless unspoiled island we may be... but at Juliana's we're constantly working on ideas to improve your stay; from accommodation upgrades to special events we're always striving to enhance your Saban experience! Living like a King! More upgrades again, our ever popular ocean view
room, # 7, has been transformed into a honeymoon retreat with all new
furniture and linens and a four poster king size bed. Juliana's Hotel now has
satellite TV in all our
rooms, Mango
Apartment and both cottages just incase you just want to chill out you can now choose a
TV show from over 100
channels, including all HBO and Cinemax
channels. Meet us at Duikvaker! Juliana's Hotel will be at Duikvaker Trade show in Holland during February 9th and 10th 2008, Stand # E18! If you're in Holland please stop by for info! For info about the show please link to: Bring in a new century... Our century old Flossie's cottage has had some minor upgrades with new linens and curtains in a delft blue style, the cottage still boosts its historical theme with timeless pictures on the walls and its classical Saba style build with its beautiful wooden floors and well manicured
gardens. Happy Holidays and a great 2008! Happy Holidays and a great 2008! Happy New Year from all at Juliana's Tropics, may 2008 bring you back to visit us on Saba or other great destinations! New Year Festivities! Once again Tropics
Cafe hosted an exciting evening with a champagne
party and a ½ hour fireworks display to bring in 2008! New Faces at Juliana's Hotel and Tropics
Cafe! We have two new faces on the property. Hensley our new Chef at Tropics
Cafe; he's originally from Curacao, and before coming to Saba he was working at Oyster Bay Beach Resort on St. Maarten. Hensley has great new daily specials and a great Caribbean Night, so stop by to taste some of his great dishes! Karen is the new face at our front
desk, she's originally from South Africa and has been on Saba for almost a year now starting out as an Ecoteer (volunteer) at the Ecolodge Rendez-vous, after several months of volunteering there and her many other jobs she found afterwards on Saba; (including being lobster packer make sure to ask her how she got involved in that job!), she came to work at Juliana's Hotel, so come check in to meet Karen! November 2007. Juliana;s most popular cottage has had a makeover, walls have been painted, new artwork linens,
living room furniture, appliances and dishware; all sporting the new Tropical theme. We would like to thank Paul for all his help and touches! October. Front
Desk Face Lift! Local artist Robby Lynn has done it again! He's transformed the
office into a tropical paradise, so you'll have to come down again and come check in! September 2007. While Chef Paula was on vacation the
kitchen at Tropics
Cafe got re-modeled, new
kitchen appliances has been purchased and now the
kitchen is roomy and cooler! Chef Paula was really surprise when she returned to work and is super happy behind her new stove and oven! July 2007. On July 1st, weighing in at 7.7lbs Trevon Leandro arrived on planet earth courtesy of Leanna (and of course Travis), both mother, daddy and son are
healthy proud and very happy! Congratulations to them both! June 2007. Leanna is on maternity leave awaiting the birth of her first child, no worries Mellanie van Djke has traveled across the pond from Holland to fill in for her while she;s away. Already a hit with staff and guests alike, Mellanie will be with us till August. May 2007. Our
garden view
rooms have had a long anticipated face lift, fully redecorated with brand new fittings, linens and curtains all round! April 2007. latest Saba Shorts on. Juliana's myspace page. Now you can browse the web even faster with our two brand new
computers in the
internet cafe located in our recreation
room! February 2007. We now have easier access to Orchid Cottage! We have extended the deck at Tropics
Cafe with a;boardwalk; towards Orchid Cottage, don;t worry there is still lots of privacy with our new gate leading up the pathway. Come down and check it out! January 2007. Happy New Year from all at Juliana's Tropics, may 2007 bring you and yours
health happiness! New Year goes off with bang bubbly at Tropics! A magical evening was had
poolside on New Years Eve as Tropics hosted it's first Champagne and fireworks night, the air was full of laughter and the sky was full of light as nearly 70 people partied in the New Year with style... Staff Christmas
Party. The staff of Juliana's Tropics
Cafe partied the night away at the Brigadoon. The evening was filled with great food,
drink, a secret Santa gift exchange laughter. November. Juliana's Gets Botanical! Stewart Chipka (Saba Orchid Research
Center) has catalogued and posted signs of all the flora on and around Juliana's premises, he also plans to write a detailed handbook to accompany the signage. October 2006. New
Barbeque at Orchid Cottage. To complete the Orchid Cottage make-over we've added a new area for barbecuing at the rear of the property, which increases the already ample deck area! So now you can enjoy a
barbeque under the stars. September. Maintenance upgrades to Orchid. Orchid cottage has been freshly painted, new plants and flowers have been planted in the
gardens, and the;outdoor;
bathroom area has received a sprinkler and lighting systems so that Orchids and ferns will enjoy there new homes on the rock! July. The underwater world comes to Julian;s Front
Desk. Deck. Robbie Lynn does it again! Robby has recently been developing a range of marine themed
furniture, his second piece of the series being a tubular sponge table base. He has kindly agreed to have his work on show outside of the Front
Desk at Juliana;s. Many have already commented on how realistic it looks as you can see its detail threw a large tempered glass tabletop. This artistic addition now provides a great place to enjoy a sociable
drink as the sunsets over the ridge.June 2006. Tropics has a complete new menu, but don't worry our Burgers are still there! We've expanded the appetizers section to include Nachos, Quesadillas and wraps, our
breakfast menu has also been extended, still a great place to dine
poolside! Artist Robby Lynn has created another masterpiece. Our front entrance now boosts an amazing waterfall and pond with metal lilies created by Robby Lynn. Come down and check out our new water feature! May. Leanna, Paula and Lieke attended SESNA;s Customer Service course, a three night course taught by Saban Carol Zagers. They all enjoyed the course and said it was a nice refresher on the importance of showing Tropics and Juliana;s guests an excellent service. April. New face at the Front
Desk. Lieke Dellaert has joined Juliana;s staff, she will be on Saba for 5 months working on a market research study as her graduation project for the AVANS Hogeschool, where she studies International
Business Management. March 2006. Rec.
Room Transformation and Additional
Computer! Robbie Lynn has done it again! He;s transformed the Rec-
room into another master piece of artwork! A new library book case, and;cottage area; for the
computers, now with 2
computers for guests use. Don;t for get to bring down your laptops,
wireless is available for free! February 2006. Juliana;s Hotel and Sea Saba Dive
Center shared a booth in Utrecht Holland at the Duikvaker show. If your in Holland pop by to say hi and taste some Saba Spice. New Gateway to Saba... Step into Saba through Juliana;s new Arbor! Pewee Johnson built an arbor reflecting Juliana;s gingerbread edgings at Juliana;s rear entrance making this;short cut; into town look great! Juliana's Hotel Tropics
Cafe would like to wish everyone a happy and
safe 2006! Juliana;s and Tropics Staff enjoy Christmas
dinner together on December 13th before Francia leaves to go home for her Chris...
Here's what some of our guests had to say about us. If you would like to add your comments after staying at Juliana;s Hotel, please email us. Carl Erik Anderson. Jeff Chris Johnson. Thanks for making our stay such a great experience. We loved the
breakfasts, the special
lunches for our dive
trips, the Saba Spice and your hospitality. The diving was great. I would highly recommend Sea Saba and their crew. I appreciate you working with us when we had to change our travel plans to accommodate the risky weather. We will be back some day. Wayne Anne (June 2005). For those of you that have never had the opportunity to visit Saba, the following is a synopsis of what you are missing. My wife and I arrived at the Saba
airport via Winair. You haven;t lived until you land and take off from Saba. We were greeted by a friendly customs and immigration agent and then to our waiting
taxi driver Garvis. Saba is a Dutch Island with approximately 1500 residents. It is 5 square miles of volcanic rock. Hilly would be an understatement. Garvis dropped us at Juliana;s where we would be staying during our visit. We are met by Johanna and Wim the owners who show us to our
room and give us a quick
tour. Imagine no
room keys needed, no crime on Saba. Nestled in the lush hillside this old world style resort is a great place to stay. With a
pool, hot
tub,
restaurant and honor system beverage
refrigerator this is a great place to spend your time when not under the water or hiking the many nature trails of the island. After our
tour of the resort Wim takes us for a short walk to Sea Saba our dive operator. There we are greeted by Lynn who actually put this package together for us. We complete all of the paperwork and are scheduled to do two nitrox dives each day for the next three days. After spending some time with Lynn off we go to look around and get our bearings. The first evening we choose to dine at the Swinging Doors. Here we enjoy the Friday night BBQ of chicken, ribs or a combo. Food was delish and the bill was twenty-five dollars including gratuity. Saturday morning we grab a quick
breakfast, which is included in our package and our
taxi arrives at 8:45 sharp to take us down to the dock to get the dive boat. (About 1000 feet down) There Steve and guy are awaiting our arrival. After a short thorough briefing of the boat and procedures off we go to the outer limits. This is a deep pinnacle with tons of marine life. Sea Saba allows you to do your own thing if you like on your
computer so we just enjoyed the scenery. Large schools of wrasse, clinging crabs, lobster eels and much more. After our dive we moved to a more protected area for our surface interval and then we hopped in to dive Babylon. This is a shallower dive and again plenty to keep you occupied. After our second dive it was back to the dock. All our gear stayed on the boat so it would be ready for tomorrow. Manny our
taxi driver was waiting at the dock to take us back to Juliana;s. One thing you have to be careful of is hiking some of the trails after diving as altitude could be an issue. Saturday we select the Ecolodge for
dinner. This amazing place is in the middle of the rainforest. They grow all of the vegetables and use no electricity. We ate by candlelight and enjoyed a very tasty meal. The coconut shrimp is great. Our
taxi driver provided us with a flashlight so we could navigate our way out of the rainforest and he was waiting when we emerged. Sunday same deal and we dove twilight zone and saw tiger shark which, we were informed is not a common sight here. Second dive was Ladder Labyrnith, shallower and a little current kicked up during the dive. Sunday night we enjoyed the Buddy night at the Tropics
Cafe at Juliana;s. This unique idea is the brain child of Wim and Johana and is for divers only on the island. For twenty dollars we had beef, chicken or tuna
barbeque, corn on the cob and salad as well as an open
bar. We all got to mingle and there were around forty divers all enjoying the evening. Monday morning we headed out to the pinnacles and found too much current so we chose to dive tedra wall. Very nice, deep lots of marine life and several rays. Second dive was tent reef and the turtles were all over. This is a very cool shallow dive. Unfortunately this was our last dive for this
trip so the staff at Sea Saba brought our gear back to Juliana;s for us. Not bad. Monday evening Sea Saba presents a side show at the Brigadoon
restaurant. A brief presentation talks about the history of Saba as well as the marine environment. The photos discovery
channel quality. After the presentation we stayed and enjoyed
dinner with another diver (Bud) from Duluth Minnesota. Bud was a very accomplished photographer and well traveled. We truly enjoyed the meal. (Bud picked up the tab. Those meals always taste better) Tuesday we relaxed and headed to the
airport for our afternoon departure. Anyone looking for a great place to escape to should check out Saba. Inexpensive, friendly, clean and very nice diving. Lynn and John at Sea Saba really operate a first class dive operation and in conjunction with Juliana;s make this a no stress
trip. Check them out at and
www.julianas-hotel.com. Louis Jane Anders (December 2004). Just wanted to let you guys know how much we enjoyed our stay. Juliana's is the place to stay on Saba. Your Staff are first class and the scenery is unbelieveable. Thanks again for being so nice and helpful. Lauren Curry (July 2004) I wanted to thank you for a wonderful stay at Juliana's. Everyone was very cordial and helpful and I thank you for the special attention Tod and I received while there. Being a
flat-lander Floridian, I was 'awe' of the island and the way of life you all have there. Truly a paradise that I am thankful I got to share and I appreciate you sharing it with us. Please tell Wim thank you for the hospitality and all for being such great hosts. Michael and Mary Day (March 2004) Just wanted to drop an email to say Thanks for a wonderful stay at Juliana's. You have got to be the best show on the island. Thank You. Albert Tims (March 2004) IT WAS WONDERFUL -- everything we had hoped for -- and more :-). We will most certainly become return visitors to Saba and we'll send our friends planning
trips to the region to you. Flossie's Cottage is a treasure -- seeing the Floral Cottage framed in the window on a foggy morning while having
coffee was like living in a story book :-). The collection of old black and white photos Johanna has on the walls helps emphasize the unique history of the island. I have some great photos of the cottage, if you'd like some for your collection :-). Overall, we were thrilled with Juliana's management, hospitality and the accommodations. A+ Lynn at Sea Saba sets the Gold Standard for arrangements and service! Every diver we spoke with confirmed how well they were treated and how pleased they were with her and with the overall quality of the operation. The dive boats and creature comforts on the boats weren't specially noteworthy, but many of the dive sites were unlike anything we've ever seen. We'd never confuse Saba with anywhere else :-).The dive crews were friendly, efficient. eager to help and skilled. We were always given the option of following along with the dive leader or doing buddy dives -- when the conditions permitted. We liked he emphasis on slow ascents after the deep dives. They've mastered the art of keeping an eye on the brood without getting in the way of individual discovery :-). We'd wouldn't hesitate to recommend Sea Saba to our family and friends, nor would we hesitate to use them again. A+ Given the size of the island, we were amazed that we had so many nice options for meals. We had lovely
dinners at Tropics, Y2K, Brigadoon, Swinging Doors and an absolutely amazing
dinner at the Eco-Lodge. Lynn gave us perfect knowledge about how to get the best out of the dining options. Quite honestly, o...