Discovery At Marigot Bay

Hotel description

The American novelist James Michener once proclaimed Marigot Bay in St. Lucia the most beautiful bay in the Caribbean. Take it from a tropical-island expert: there’s hardly a finer spot to soak up some sun, and there’s nowhere more grand at Marigot than Discovery, a three-story complex of a hundred-plus rooms and suites cut into the wooded hillside above the bay.

The bay has long been a favorite destination of a nomadic sail-in/sail-out crowd; Discovery takes the concept upscale. Berths are available at the marina for private yachts, but the stylish modern-luxe accommodations will make land-lovers out of the saltiest sea dogs. Rooms have slate floors and pillow-top beds, Italian appliances, Egyptian cotton sheets and wireless internet access — all the standards — but in unusually spacious, high-ceilinged spaces, made from environmentally friendly sustainable materials . Suites come with kitchens, dining rooms, espresso machines, outdoor jacuzzis, Bose sound systems where you can plug in your MP3 player, even washers and dryers where you can launder your complimentary cotton wrap.

Worked up an appetite from all that relaxation? Visit the bayfront Boudreau restaurant or one of Discovery’s various casual bars and eateries, like the Coffee Dock, the Pink Snail cocktail bar, or the Bakery (yes, ice cream sundaes are on the menu), or throw an intimate dinner party at Discovery’s very own treehouse. A number of other dining and entertainment venues are within a stone’s throw of the hotel, and the Marina Village, with its latest cluster of boutiques and cafes, services yachters with dining and banking facilities and even a supermarket, for stocking the galley of that 165-foot mega-yacht.