We were 8 adults and 2 kids spending two weeks over Christmas in St Lucia. The villa was perfect for us in terms of size, location, and amenities. The pictures accurately show what the villa looks like. The 5 bedrooms were all a good size and allowed everyone their privacy. There were also sufficient bathrooms and dinning/living room space for all of us. The view, and the sunsets (when it wasn't cloudy) were gorgeous. And the villa is located on the perfect spot to enjoy new year's eve (also known as old year's night in St Lucia) fireworks from every direction from several neighbouring resorts. Given that the villa is located some distance above sea level there were nearly no mosquitoes to pester us and a nice breeze to keep us cool.
When we arrived on our first night, we were greeted by Kentra, the housekeeper and Mr. Wally, the owner, and Kentra's delicious Lucia home cooking. Even to this date, my husband raves about her delicious bean stew. During our time there, she whipped up several feasts with dishes including creole fish, goat stew, "green fig" salad, fish cakes, chicken curry, roti, pumpkin soup and many more. She also introduced us to cocoa tea and made several fresh fruit juices, which mixed very well with the local rum. Suffice to say we all gained a few pounds while on vacation. Kentra comes every second day to clean and kept the place quite tidy. The gardener and pool maintenance employee came a few times to take care of the premises.
Our host Mr. Wally was absolutely a delight and very attentive. We had been corresponding for over a year before we eventually went to St Lucia. During this time he answered all our questions and made arrangements to address any concerns we had. When the AC wasn’t working in one bedroom on the first day he ensured to have a repairman come by the very next day and it was fixed. And while we were there he responded right away if we needed something or we wanted information. He even came with us to the Friday Night Jump Up Street Party in Gros Islet to take us to his favourite Fish Fry stand and also bought us some lovely St Lucian souvenirs.
The only small complaint was that the phone was not functioning during our stay and the wifi was intermittent. But honestly who needs the internet when you are right next to the beautiful Caribbean sea. All in all, this was the perfect villa for our large family get away and would highly recommend the villa to anyone looking to have a private family vacation in St Lucia.