Jumby Bay Resort
COST: $$$$$
As Featured In...
From Travel + Leisure, Aug 2006
“And on Antigua, Jumby Bay is hosting weekly tournaments on—surprise!—an AstroTurf lawn....” MORE>>
From Travel + Leisure, Jun 2005
“'Since 2002, we've had a fifty percent increase in people paying more than a thousand dollars a night,' says Bob Boulogne, a vice president of Rosewood Hotels & Resorts, which charges that amount for top rooms at many of its properties, such as Jumby Bay on Antigua....” MORE>>
From Travel + Leisure, Oct 2003
“'We were looking to just go somewhere really secluded—sit in the sun, read a good book, get taken care of, and be truly alone,' Swank says. 'That's how we ended up at Jumby Bay,' a private-island resort off Antigua. 'Hilary surprised me with dinner on the beach,' says Lowe. 'At sunset there was a table in the sand, with torches everywhere. It was impossibly romantic.'...” MORE>>
From Travel + Leisure, Dec 2002
“Rosewood has just spent $6 million on a tropical-hued face-lift here, and it shows. The 50 villas at this 80-acre private-island resort off Antigua now showcase British colonial furnishings done up in powdery-pastel fabric, and garden baths with outdoor rain showers and pedestal tubs. There's rarely a reason to rush back from the island's three virgin beaches, but should you need a ride to the golf course or scuba center, bicycles are the only wheels you'll find....” MORE>>
From the T+L 500
Colonial-and-Mediterranean style hideaway on a 300-acre private island.
- Stats:
- 40 rooms; 11 villas; 2 restaurants; 3 bars.
- Competitive Edge:
- Reachable only by boat, it's so intimate that rooms don't have keys.
- Rooms to Book:
- Rondavels with wraparound terraces and outdoor showers.
- Don't Miss:
- A visit to Pasture Bay Beach, a nesting site for endangered turtles — and a sunbather's paradise.
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