Carlisle Bay

Having experienced Carlisle Bay myself I can clearly see why it is such a favourite with a lot of our guests. Set in between tropical rain forests and the most beautiful beach I have ever seen, the accommodation is all just a few steps away from the gentle lapping turquoise waters. Just as I got to my sun lounger I was presented with a cool box filled to the brim with cold bottles of water to see me through the day! I could also have opted to have my afternoon tea on my sun lounger too, instead I had it on the seats looking out over the jetty. A cucumber sandwich has never tasted so good!

Dining options are a plenty here, I enjoyed dinner at Indigo On The Beach and lunch at the Jetty Grill, which is geared more towards adults and only has 9 tables. I loved choosing what I wanted to eat and watching it being cooked, while selecting fresh salads to accompany it.

There is a great range of accommodation and the Beach Terrace Suites work well for families as they are on the ground level with direct access to the beach. They have a small separate bedroom for two children who should sleep really well if they have been in the Kids Club enjoying activities from turtle watching to hunting for shells. There is even a small splash pool for the children to cool down in!

Excellent resort, wonderful staff, food very good and good variety, including the room service. Occasionally the service was very slow but only occasionally, generally everyone was attentive and incredibly helpful and when we did chase something up they responded quickly. The accommodation was nice, not massively luxurious, especially the child's boxroom but nice and clean and everything functioned well. Lovely view. Good coffee machine, free water, crisps, milk etc and the wifi worked. Kids club was very good. The beach is divine. The pool was lovely. The resort is very compact and it is overall beautifully kept so it was ideal for a holiday with a 3 year old. Indeed she asks us most weekends if we can go back to Antigua and we look forward to returning!

Carlisle Bay is located in the more lush part of Antigua in the south, the area where the much coveted Antigua Black Pineapple grows. The resort is very happily situated between the ocean and the rainforest along a beautiful stretch of beach. Almost all the accommodation is on the beachfront so offers a lovely view of the beautiful Caribbean Sea. It's very easy to get around Carlisle Bay with everything within short walking distance.

A firm favourite for our Scott Dunn guests. Perfect accommodation for both adults and families; contemporary and chic in style. The hotel is located on a wonderful stretch of beach and perfect for swimming in the bay. There is a watersports centre offering sailing, paddle boarding and snorkelling. The snorkelling is best further out, round the headland rather than in the shallow waters.

Three restaurants to choose from; Indigo - the all day dining restaurant, East - the Asian restaurant and then a restaurant on the beach which is open at lunch for adults only offering freshly grilled fish and meat.

One of our most popular Caribbean resorts and I was lucky enough to recently discover why. The style here is chic and contemporary with Caribbean influences all set in a tropical paradise. The sounds of the tropical gardens humming by night will stay with me forever. I loved the beach here, excellent size to wander along with a local village at the far end so you can see a little local Antiguan life and the bay here is so calm and the waters perfect for swimming staying relatively shallow for a good time.

The way the resort is split between families and adults is genius, so at the beach suites side of the resort you have families all playing and interacting together in front of their rooms and then adults can enjoy the peace and serenity at the ocean front suite side where the jetty bar offers adult only dining at lunchtimes when you'll find most families at the pizza oven.

The food here was the best that I experienced during my stay in Antigua and I was also lucky enough to enjoy a vitamin C facial that was so good I drifted off to sleep!

Standing out particularly for me as a mum was the kids club. Most definitely the best on offer in Antigua and the new manager here is experienced as a teacher and child centre manager from the UK and has a lot of vision and passion for the children's holiday experience. I'd very happily return here with my family. The design is well thought-out as well with sand pits, paddling pools, jungle gyms and great spaces to run around.

I'd urge anyone with kids of primary school age to visit here and older kids will also be well entertained with 9 tennis courts and a great water sports facility. Generally, if the kids are happy then parents will be happy, however Carlisle Bay ensures that there is high level dining and quality in all aspects that make a great holiday so parents also have an indulgent stay. I'm a big fan!

I had a lovely stay at Carlisle Bay. I think they've got the balance of a family resort that it also suitable for couples just right.

I had a ground floor Ocean Suite and I loved being able to step off my terrace and just walk a few paces over the grass to the beach. I really liked being able order breakfast to my terrace. A great help when I had an early start, or if I was just being lazy!

I absolutely loved my stay at Carlisle Bay and I can now see why it is such a popular and successful option for our guests. The beach is gorgeous and ideal for families with young children and the Beach Suites are fabulous. I stayed in an Ocean Suite which was very comfortable and offered everything I needed, but it is worth noting that if you are on the top (3rd) floor, you don't always get a great sea view as the top of the palm trees can restrict the view somewhat. I think the hotel works very well for families as well as for couples and honeymooners as the adult rooms are all located at one end of the beach while the family accommodation is at the other end.

The facilities are excellent; kids club, tennis courts, gym, spa, watersports and all the great dining options. The food and wine was superb. I loved the atmosphere at the hotel. It is so relaxed allowing guests to really chill out, but they still offer incredibly high standards of service. All the staff were very friendly and nothing was too much trouble. I felt very welcomed.

I was really impressed with Carlisle Bay, the rooms were really spacious and very well designed. They rooms all mostly have a sea view and are just moments from the beach. The food is really lovely and there is a good choice of restaurants.

The beach is lovely and long, they bring you iced water in little cool boxes, and afternoon tea which are nice touches. The bay is very pretty with lovely blue water, and perfect for the complimentary watersports on offer.

For me the best thing about Carlisle Bay is the layout and location of their Beach Terrace Suites, they have a large master bedroom with a separate dressing room which doubles as a second bedroom that can sleep two children comfortably giving you lots of space to enjoy as a family. The suite has a lovely terrace that opens directly onto the beautiful sandy beach meaning that if you have younger children you can still sit with your feet in the sand whilst they're taking their afternoon nap!