Hotels in Antigua
Antigua's hotels are generally small, and many are closed during the summer. Owners may decide to shut down early if business isn't good. There is a high percentage of upscale boutique hotels on Antigua, and competition among them is fierce.
A 12.5% government tax and a service charge of between 10% and 15%, depending on your hotel, are added to your hotel bill, which makes quite a difference in your final tab.
Antigua has lots of shockingly expensive hotels and resorts, but there are ways you can bring down the prices. Consider booking a package if you're interested in one of those pricey places.
Because getting around the island is difficult, your choice of where to stay is crucial. Those who prefer high winds, breaking waves, and dramatic scenery should stay on the northwest side, north of the capital of St. John's. This is an area of middle-bracket resorts such as Sandals. If you want to spend most of your vacation at one resort, venturing out only occasionally, and can afford it, try one of the superexclusive places such as Curtain Bluff, Carlisle Bay, or St. James's Club on the remote southern coast. History buffs interested in atmospheric B&Bs should try either Admiral's Inn or the Inn at English Harbour, unless a good beach is crucial. If it is, then head for any of the big, mass-market resorts, all of which are on sandy beaches.
Bookstore
Available as paperback
and as e-book.
13 Results
- Vacation Rental
Blue Moon Antigua
Up on the green hillsides overlooking English Harbour, these two spacious, good-value villas are handsomely furnished and outfitted for optimal comfort and convenience with well-equipped kitchens, king-size beds with recessed reading lights, and big outdoor garden showers. A Jacuzzi…$$St. Mary's
- Hotel
Carlisle Bay
This glamourpuss sets the tone with a sweeping open-air lobby crammed with custom-designed Indonesian teak and louvered shutters. It’s set between a sugary palm-fringed beach and, on its backside, a protected nature reserve—many of the resort’s oversize bathtubs look out on those…$$$St. Mary's - Hotel
Coco Point Lodge
Sometimes luxury is as much as about what you don't have as what you do have. Case in point: This singularly wonderful Barbudan resort, where rooms come without TVs, phones, radios, or even air-conditioning, and where vacations provide an immersion in the gracious, slo-mo…$$$Barbuda - Hotel
Cocobay Resort
This is one of Antigua's most laid-back all-inclusives, with a handful of silky beaches and comfortably rustic rooms in pastel cottages. Crowning a bluff on the island's quiet west coast, Cocobay is also one of the island's most competitive all-inclusives, price-wise, especially if…$$St. Mary's - Hotel
Copper & Lumber Store Hotel
The reasonably priced inn is one of two restored 18th-century hotels in Nelson's Dockyard National Park (the other is the Admiral's Inn). The hotel was built by the British Royal Navy around 1783 as a dockyard storehouse for copper and lumber (as the name signals), and many…$$English Harbour - Hotel
Curtain Bluff
Classy, old-fashioned, and as cozy as a mink throw, this independently owned, all-inclusive resort still rattles its jewelry as one of the grande dames of the Caribbean. Some 65 percent of its guests are repeat customers, who keep coming back for the informal elegance, the…$$$St. Mary's - Hotel
Galley Bay
This rustic-elegant adults-only all-inclusive sits on a three-quarter-mile beach of powdery white sand just a 10-minute drive from the capital of St. John's. It's a mid-sized resort, not too big and not too small, with a full roster of all-inclusive perks essential for a complete…$$$Five Islands - B&B
Harmony Hall
Amid the ruins of an old sugar plantation, this peaceful, good-value six-suite inn, Italian restaurant, and art gallery has much to recommend. Each simple colonial-style room, located in one of two estate villas, comes with a voile-draped fourposter bed, a small terrace, and…$Freetown - Hotel
Hermitage Bay
Quiet, choice, and secluded, Hermitage Bay is that rare property that truly deserves the designation "boutique." It's tailor-made for honeymooners and an ideal retreat for those looking for a little peaceful R&R. Of the 25 spacious suites, eight are beachside and 17 are…$$$St. John's - Hotel
Jumby Bay
It's a 10-minute boat trip to reach this luxury island retreat, a ride you may be sharing with moguls and captains of industry and their well-tended broods. Jumby Bay is one of Rosewood's boutique collection of tastefully high-end hotels, and a $28-million renovation in 2010 only…$$$Jumby Bay - Hotel
Lighthouse Bay Resort Hotel
Barbuda, Antigua’s little sister island, has some of the Caribbean’s most beautiful beaches—pearly pink-sand wonders. They remain that way because Barbuda is not the easiest place to get to, except from Antigua, from which it’s accessible via helicopter, prop plane/boat, or express…$$$Barbuda - Hotel
The Admiral's Inn
You'll be transported back to colonial times when you stay in this beautifully restored inn in Nelson's Dockyard National Park. The main building, a three-story Georgian structure, was built in 1788 as offices and a storehouse for British naval officers working the colonial…$$English Harbour - Hotel
The Inn at English Harbour
Small, serene, and unpretentiously elegant, the Inn at English Harbour has boutique service down to a science. Everyone, not just Her Majesty, is treated royally here. With 19 tropical acres, the inn offers plenty of space and places to play, including a lovely white-sand beach (with…$$$English Harbour
