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Smugglers Cove Resort & Spa

Fantastic all inclusive family resort

Set in a private secluded bay amid extensive tropical gardens, this fun and friendly all inclusive village-style resort offers great service, weekly beach barbecues and a fantastic range of sports and activities for everybody.

An extensive range of facilities means that you can be as relaxed or as active as you wish. There are a choice of seven pools, one with children’s section and 100-foot waterslide and two adults only pools, tennis academy, squash, golf, archery, walking and hiking trails, fully equipped fitness centre, relaxing spa and beauty area (extra cost).

There is also a fabulous range of watersports including snorkelling, waterskiing, windsurfing, hobie cat sailing, pedalos, aquacycles and kayaking. The kids' clubs cater for all ages from babies to teenagers and offer fun and educational activities.

Dining options range from an informal buffet and weekly beach barbecues to gourmet restaurants offering seafood, Pan-Asian, Italian and Creole/Caribbean delicacies. Relax at one of the five bars, including a swim-up bar and the sophisticated beachfront 'Waves' cocktail bar, and enjoy evening entertainment such as live music and shows and occasional karaoke evenings at the Smugglers Pub.

Accommodation

357 recently refurbished rooms and suites are located in single storey buildings dotted around tropical gardens or overlooking the bay. Each has air-conditioning, television, bath, shower and terrace.
Standard rooms are as above with garden views.
Deluxe gardenview rooms have high pitched roofs and are slightly larger.
Superior deluxe gardenview rooms are set on a hillside and have a sofabed, some in adults only area.
One bedroom garden suites have an air-conditioned bedroom and separate living room with ceiling fan.
Superior deluxe beachfront rooms, for adults only, are spacious with Japanese soaking tubs and are set nearer the beach with sea view or atop a hillside.
New
Family suite gardenview consists of two interconnecting rooms with two full size bathrooms.

Restaurants

• The Cove - International cuisine. Open for buffet breakfast, lunch and dinner. • La Trattoria - Italian fare with wood oven pizzas, salads and handmade pasta. Open for lunch and dinner. • Waterside Creole Grill - Seafood and local creole restaur

All Inclusive

•   All meals and named brand drinks, except Racquet Club food and drinks
•   Afternoon tea and midnight snack buffet
•   Watersports including waterskiing, windsurfing, sailing, kayaking, snorkelling, aqua cycling, pedalos and banana boat rides (all subject to weather conditions)
•   Tennis, table tennis, billiards, volleyball, squash, archery, bike hire, walking and hiking trails
•   Classes including tennis, sailing, windsurfing, aerobics, dance, yoga, t'ai chi and Pilates
•   Use of pools, chaise lounges and fitness centre
•   Nursery (under 2 years), mini club (2-4 years), kids' clubs (5-7 and 8-12 years), teen centre (13 years and over) and lots of activities
•   Live nightly entertainment

Other details

Minimum stay: 5 nights 21 Dec-05 Jan; 3 nights all other dates. Children 16 years and above are welcome at the Adults Only restaurant and bar. The Racquet Club food and drinks are not included in the all inclusive prices.

Key information

Rooms
  • 357
Airport transfer time
  • 1½ hours
Recommended for
  • All Inclusive, Family, Honeymoon, Weddings

Kuoni Plus

Earlybird Saver offer available.

Fantastic all inclusive family resort

Facilities

•   Four restaurants
•   Five bars including a karaoke sports bar
•   Live music and shows
•   Seven swimming pools (a waterslide and two adults only pools)
•   Tennis academy
•   Squash
•   Golf
•   Archery
•   Walking and hiking trails
•   Fitness centre
•   Spa and beauty area
•   Snorkelling
•   Waterskiing
•   Windsurfing
•   Hobie cat sailing
•   Pedalos
•   Aqua cycling
•   Kayaking
•   Banana boat rides
•   Volleyball
•   Yoga
•   Tai Chi
•   Pilates
•   Kids clubs for ages 2-4, 5-7 and 8-12
•   Teen centre for ages 13 and over

Children & Families

Kids’ Club:

As part of the all-inclusive package, the children’s programme at Smugglers Cove has been designed to provide educational fun for children from newborn babies to teens, keeping them happily entertained with playgrounds, kiddie pools and fully equipped activity centres. Fully qualified staff allow parents to relax and enjoy themselves in the knowledge their little ones are supervised and well looked after. Children’s programmes include a nursery for infants 0–23 months, a mini-club for children 2-4 years, kids' clubs for children 4-12 years and a teen centre for teens 13 years and over. Babysitting is also available (additional charge locally).

Children's club

Extensive children’s facilities from 9am-10pm. There is a crèche for babies and toddlers, a miniclub for under fives, and for children 5-12 there is a fully supervised daily activities programme, two playgrounds and a fun children’s buffet restaurant.

Swimming Pools

• Seven swimming pools (two of which are adults only with a swim-up bar and one is the children's pool with 100 foot waterslide).

Spa and beauty

Therapies at the spa
•   Massages
•   Body wraps
•   Body scrubs
•   Facials
•   Manicures
•   Pedicures

Location

In 60-acre tropical gardens on Cap Estate, on the northwest coast. Approx. one and a half hours from the airport.

Beach description

• Within walking distance to the beach. Watersports are subject to weather conditions.

Climate data for this region

Best time to visit

St Lucia has a balmy, sub-tropical climate. Dry season is from December to June and wet season from July to November when showers are likely - although no rain lasts long here. Hurricane season is from June to October.

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Explore the surroundings

Destination introduction

Relax on the beach during your St Lucia holiday, absorbing the magnificent scenery of lush green mountains, tropical forests and the dramatic twin Pitons.

A photographer's dream, St Lucia has an unspoilt beauty, plenty of activities and a bursting calendar of cultural events.

See our latest
St Lucia offers.

St Lucia holiday highlights
•   Try a plethora of exciting activities on your St Lucia holiday, from diving and snorkelling to hiking, turtle-watching and fishing.
•   Join in the fun at one of the island's vibrant festivals, including the annual Jazz Festival in May and St Lucia Carnival in June and July.
•   Explore this lush island's incredible natural beauty - dive in coral-rich Caribbean waters, explore tropical forests and visit the world's only drive-in volcano.

St Lucia All Inclusive Holidays
An island paradise with numerous unspoilt natural wonders fringed with white-sand beaches and surrounded by azure blue seas St Lucia is a nature lover's dream. Dotted around the island are beautiful resorts, many of which offer Kuoni guests all inclusive packages. Relax and become one with nature on one of our
St Lucia all inclusive holidays.

St Lucia Honeymoons
All of our St Lucia hotels make for fabulous honeymoon settings, but we've specially labelled a few of our favourite, most romantic retreats that we think make the most perfect settings for your dream honeymoon in St Lucia.

St Lucia Weddings
Getting married in St Lucia is a magical way to tie the knot. Look out for our ‘Wedding’-labelled St Lucia hotels for our specially negotiated St Lucia wedding packages. All of our St Lucia wedding hotels also offer renewal of vows ceremonies and many also offer special offers and discounts. Please see individual hotel pages for details.

St Lucia multicentre
Why stop at just one destination on your Caribbean holiday? With Kuoni, you can get the most out of your trip and combine your stay in St Lucia with other stunning locations, such as
Antigua and Barbados. See our dedicated Caribbean multicentre page for further information on island-hopping around the Caribbean.

Find out more
•   Call our team of Personal Travel Experts on 01306 747002 to plan your perfect holiday
•   Request a bespoke quotation using our online
quote request form.
•   Order your personal copy of our
Caribbean & Mexico 2011 brochure.

Other Similar Destinations
Within the Caribbean, you might also consider a
holiday in Barbados, Antigua, Cuba, Grenada or further afield in the Maldives or Mauritius.

Shopping

•   A couple of shops in Castries and at the Pointe Seraphine duty-free shopping complex sell colourful print and batik sportswear for women.
•   The better hotels boast boutiques selling clothes and souvenirs.
•   Take home the heady scent of tropical flowers with locally blended perfume.
•   Dolls, stamps and shell necklaces are sold everywhere, as well as beaded jewellery, carved wooden objects and straw and sisal articles.

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