Swetes Holidays from £1,750

We were so pleased with our week at the Verandah we booked it again for next year! Staff are excellent.

Nice facility. Polite & accommodating staff. Very curious that the bars did have ingredients for standard drinks and drinks offered on their menus. Wi-Fi was off and on for our 9 days.

This is not a luxury resort. Older wooden construction, one restaurant, you stay in small wood cabins. All surrounded in rich greenery of colorful bushes and hundreds palm trees. All situated on the side of the hill. Not every cabin has a water view unless you pay to get one of the best views Caribbean can offer. Two infinity pools to enjoy warm water looking into ocean horizon. Still have good booze in the couple bars. Beech is nice, water clear, half for resort and half for Antigua residents. Getting loud on the weekend. More beeches around, see them from the resort. Resort can get costly specially if you want view and plunge pool with the cabin. The biggest issue resort has is the food choices they can offer. Fish and chicken all week long and beef burger. Resort will not even place tablecloth on the tables for a dinner to make the time special. Staff is efficient but will not give you many smiles. If food choices are not much of the problem resort has something to offer. Be sure what you expect for the money you pay.

Loved the views the property had to offer. Drinks were amazing. Stuff was easy going and great customer service. Menu could be bigger and food taste could have been better.

Pros: Great location. Very easy check in. Snorkeling off the beach very good. Staff almost exclusively very friendly and helpful. Lots to do if you want. Nice beach. Nice pool setup. Grounds interesting and pleasant. Judith in the restaurant an absolute pleasure. Kwon for pool aerobics fantastic. Beds great. Lots of hot water for showers. AC in the beachfront rooms make it sub zero. Easy à la carte reservation process easy. Nightly entertainment. Never a time when food unavailable. Coffee shop really nice-clean. Coffee drinks nice. Courtesy showers a nice touch. Breakfast was very good, arguably the best meal of the three. Monkey bread! Cons are few. Beachfront room 113/115 are adjoining and the 113 is a smaller room and a shared deck which is not great. Grill was out of some things for the entire week we were there. While food taste is very subjective, and most things were good, baked goods were generally without flavor. Desserts hit and miss. More generally. Cab from the airport the easiest and regulated fare. Takes about 30 minutes Walk to Devils Bridge doable and worth while. Expect a little bit of elevation change and the walk itself not particularly scenic. 3 miles rt or so If you want shade anywhere (pool, beach) and it’s generally desirable, have to get there early. Claims are staked to be sure. That said, there are plenty of chairs, just not shaded.