ROOMS & SUITES: 49

The hotel was designed in harmony with nature and is enhanced by wrap-around balconies, showers with breathtaking views and the beach Kai Belte Spa.

At Anse Chastanet Resort you experience the romance of the Caribbean as it should be...before trade winds were replaced by blasts of air conditioning, when morning exercise was a walk on the beach and not water aerobics, and when you sat watching the sunset instead of cable TV. The resort is the vision of owner/architect Nick Troubetzkoy and is designed in harmony with nature, complementing the island's natural beauty. The 600-acre site is a lush garden of tropical foliage bordering one of the island's best beaches, where soft silver sands dip into the clear turquoise waters of the Caribbean. A second beach, Anse Mamin, belonging to the estate is just around the corner and can be reached by the Resort's water taxi. St Lucia's trademark green peaks - the Gros and Petit Pitons - make for a dramatic backdrop.

Some of the best dining in Soufriere and St. Lucia can be found at Anse Chastanet. An enticing selection of menus is available in a number of intimate hillside and beachside locations and also, you can pre-book private dining arrangements at the water's edge on Anse Chastanet beach or in our spa cottage Kai Mer overlooking the Caribbean. Whether you fancy fine tropical Caribbean Cuisine, exotic Creole flavors, or simple grilled fare, you will find it available and more. Our culinary options also include our St.Lucia- East Indian menu titled Apsara, a wholly vegetarian restaurant called Emerald's and last not least our Jungle Grill for day time laid back dining on our second beach Anse Mamin. And of course, all of our kitchen receive organic produce from our resort farm Emerald's in the Soufriere hills.

Anse Chastanet has 49 uniquely designed rooms, 37 of which are scattered about a flower-decked hillside, and 12 of which are located within a tropical garden at beach level.

No two rooms at Anse Chastanet are exactly alike. Twelve beach level units are tucked away behind the coconut palms, just steps from the water's edge and the resort's renowned dive facility. Perched on the hill are Anse Chastanet's original rooms; cheery white-washed cottages with wrap-around wooden balconies. These octagonal-shaped 'gazebos' offer splendid views of the Pitons and the sea, framed by an abundance of flourishing blossoms. Chairs and beds are covered in madras prints - a traditional island fabric of bright plaid woven with the same colors as the ginger lilies, anthuriums and bouganvillaea found in every room.

Further up the hill are Anse Chastanet's deluxe suites, and roomy is hardly the word to describe them. Immense is more accurate. And the sense of space is even further enhanced by the fact that as little as possible is between guests and their natural surroundings, with entire walls open to the vistas. Indeed, it's even hard to say where the inside stops and the outside begins: a flamboyant tree drops its red-blossomed branches gently over the balcony in one room, the veranda of another was actually built around a red gommier tree. And the famous showers-with-a-view in the premium suites are a unique luxury of Anse Chastanet.

Please note that there are approximately 100 stairs leading from beach level to the mid-hillside level, thus making the property unsuitable for those with walking difficulties or cardiac problems. This is never a question of age.

WOW FACTORS

New York Times names Anse Chastanet in 6 Caribbean Beaches to See Before You Die

AWARDS

AAA 4 Diamond Award

LEISURE

While the sensuous seclusion of the rooms provides some guests with the perfect excuse for lolling away the day on the balcony, others head out to partake of the many activities on offer; snorkeling, scuba diving, tennis, sunset sailing, jungle biking, 'kool kayaking' or a nature walk among the ruins of a colonial plantation. The less actively inclined 'simply do nothing,' lie on the beach or enjoy one of the therapeutic body and beauty treatments offered by Anse Chastanet's spa, Kai Belté, located at beach level. There's also a casual, beachside bar and restaurant and a panoramic hillside terrace where breakfast and afternoon tea are served daily. Dinners are a romantic candlelit affair with a daily changing menu celebrating Tropical World Cuisine, with musical backdrops provided by local entertainers.

SPA

Kai Belté Spa - Professionally trained therapists using only quality products offer a variety of body and beauty treatments, including massage therapy, deep tissue massage, aromatherapy, reflexology, facials, paraffin treatments, waxing, pedicure and manicure and even hair braiding. Massage and aromatherapy treatments can be done at Kai Belte or in the privacy of the guest rooms. Kai Belte also offers a couples massage course, especially popular with honeymooners (still) eager to learn yet another way to spoil each other.

EXPLORE

The resort furnishes water-taxi service to the picturesque town of Soufriere 2 miles south near St. Lucia's signature twin spires, called the Pitons.

Soufriere (shopping, dining) - 2 miles
Diamond Mineral Baths - 3.5 miles
Petite Piton - 3.5 miles
Gros Piton - 5 miles
Sulphur Springs - 5.5 miles
Castries (shopping, dining) - 30 miles

AIRPORT

St. Lucia-Hewanorra International Airport (UVF)

AIRPORT DISTANCE

18 miles/45 minutes

HIGH SEASON

November through April

CHILD POLICY

The resort is not suitable for kids. Children under the age of 4 are not allowed at the resort.