Green Turtle Club Resort & Marina

Frommer's Review

An outstanding place for laid-back luxury, this resort attracts honeymooners and snorkelers. The excellent full-service marina and dive shop on-site draw serious anglers, boaters, and divers. The waters around the resort are shallow enough to spot schools of fish from the shore -- sometimes you'll even see a green turtle paddling above the sandbanks.

Spread across 32 hectares (79 acres) of low-lying scrubland, the inn feels very much like a country club. The courteous staff members offer assistance yet don't intrude on peace or privacy.

The resort's yacht club, host of the prestigious Bahama Cup Around the Island Race, is associated with Florida's Palm Beach Yacht Club and England's Birdham Yacht Club. Members have their own villas right on the water, often with private docks.

Temporary guests lodge in spacious bungalows (usually two accommodations to a building) set within a gently sloping, carefully landscaped garden. Rooms are among the region's most upscale and luxurious -- think England in the Tropics. Bedrooms boast Sheraton-style mahogany furniture, four-poster beds, French-inspired draperies, oak floors, terra cotta-tiled patios, and wicker or rattan furniture. Each comes with an immaculate midsize bathroom, and almost all contain tub/showers plus generous shelf space.

The flag-festooned bar is the resort's social center, where there's occasionally live music. There's an unmistakably British tone to evenings here, beginning with pre-dinner cocktails beside a roaring fire in the bar's iron stove (in chilly weather only, of course) before everyone adjourns to the pine-paneled dining room for well-prepared dinners. Breakfast and lunch are usually served on the veranda.

Facilities:
Restaurant; 2 bars; pool; watersports equipment/rentals; bike rentals; Internet access; babysitting; coin-operated laundry; nonsmoking rooms

Note: This information was accurate when it was published, but can change without notice. Please be sure to confirm all rates and details directly with the companies in question before planning your trip.

Back to Top