Luxury bepoke holidays to Blue Waters, Antigua
Facts in brief
Official star rating 5
Location The south side of the island.
Annual opening All year
Closest airport Antigua
Distance from airport The hotel is 15-minutes' drive from the airport
Hotel facilities and services
3 Swimming Pools (one with a jacuzzi), 4 Additional Swimming Pools for Cove Suites guests only. Private Bay with two secluded beaches. Spa, Water Sports, Fitness Centre, Tennis, Beauty Salon, Spa, Gift Shop, 4 Restaurants, 4 Bars, Internet Access, Laundry Service, Room Service at US$15 charge, Riding, Fishing and Boat trips on request, Live Music and Entertainment nightly. Kids club for ages 4-12 years and a creche for 14 months to 3 years (available at a supplement charge).
Complimentary
Jacuzzi, Tennis Courts, Fitness Centre, Morning Power Walks, Yoga, Exercise Classes, WiFi throughout the resort.
Complimentary watersports
Windsurfing, Hobie cats, Kayaks, Sailing, Snorkelling. Fishing and Boat trips on request.
Chargeable watersports
Tuition for water sports is charged at $35.00 per person, per hour.
Land sports
Fitness Centre, Tennis, Cycles.
Out and about nearby
The hotel is in a secluded bay surrounded bya rural semi-residential area. The nearest shops, restaurants and bars are a 10 minute drive away.
Sports nearby
Golf courses are located nearby.
It was an excellent holiday - due to excellent planning on your side. Super efficient, very professional.Mrs F, Holiday to Norway, Oct 2023
Holiday price guide Sample prices are per person based on two people sharing a Deluxe beachfront double or twin room for 7 nights on bed and breakfast
From about
£2,390 low season
£3,130 high season
Holiday Code CE129
The prices displayed here are a guide only. Each holiday price will be tailor-made at the time of booking to reflect all actual costs including up-to-date special offers.
Call us on 01392 441245
Luxury bepoke holidays to Blue Waters, Antigua
Only about four miles north of St John's, Blue Waters enjoys a favoured location on a slight hill which descends to two curved white sand beaches nestling between two small headlands. In fourteen acres of luxuriant tropical gardens bursting with hibiscus, flamboyant and bougainvillaea, Blue Waters offers a wide range of accommodation and holiday facilities, priding itself on a style that is both elegant and casual. The scene is set as you enter through the gardens and approach the magnificent reception and lounge area, through which you can see to the green and leafy terraces beyond. There are 114 spacious rooms, suites, villas and penthouses. All rooms at the hotel have been simply but elegantly furnished with dark wood furniture and fabrics that reflect the tropical hues of sea and sand. The newly upgraded Cove Suites and Beachfront Rooms, along with the numerous other types of room, give spacious accommodation for couples or can comfortably take two adults and two children. There is also the magnificent Rock Cottage, a luxury five-bedroom villa with a fully-equipped kitchen, a jacuzzi and plunge pool. The lush grounds on the hillside sloping towards the Caribbean Sea create a feeling of spaciousness and wellbeing and there is an excellent range of facilities and activities both on the premises and nearby. There are three swimming pools and the hotel offers excellent free water sports for the daytime. A further four pools are available for the exclusive use of Cove Suites guests only. A dedicated spa uses ila Spa products and has indoor and outdoor treatment rooms with an outdoor relaxation pool. Blue Waters offers a range of holistic wellbeing programmes, which encompass fitness regimes, use of the fitness centre, yoga and Pilates classes, stress and sleep management, healthy eating, and presentations on different aspects of their ethos and methods to achieve balance and to recuperate. Complimentary afternoon tea is included daily on the verdant terrace, with views of the sea below and in the distance. In the evening, there are three restaurants to choose from, including the adults-only Bartleys as well as The Palm Restaurant and The Cove. It is possible to book Blue Waters on an all inclusive basis. Blue Waters offers a high-quality hotel environment, friendly and attentive service and is very good value.
Room descriptions
Blue Waters has 114 rooms, suites, villas and penthouses with private patio or balcony,cable TV, wall safe, air conditioning, ceiling fan, hairdryer, telephone, fridge, bathrobes, tea/coffee making facilities. Superior Hillside and Deluxe Beachfront rooms have been newly renovated.
It was an excellent holiday - due to excellent planning on your side. Super efficient, very professional.Mrs F, Holiday to Norway, Oct 2023
Holiday price guide Sample prices are per person based on two people sharing a Deluxe beachfront double or twin room for 7 nights on bed and breakfast
From about
£2,390 low season
£3,130 high season
Holiday Code CE129
The prices displayed here are a guide only. Each holiday price will be tailor-made at the time of booking to reflect all actual costs including up-to-date special offers.
Call us on 01392 441245
Luxury bepoke holidays to Blue Waters, Antigua
The journey and how you get there
For a holiday to Blue Waters in Antigua, Expressions Holidays includes flights from London to Antigua with British Airways or Virgin Atlantic. The flying time is about 8 hours and 30 minutes. Blue Waters is a 20-minute drive from the airport and Expressions Holidays will organise return private car transfers.
Additional information
Minimum stays: Minimum stay of 3 nights applies year round in all categories. Minimum stay of 7 nights for arrivals from 27 December to 1 January. Minimum stay of 10 nights for arrivals from 22 to 26 December.
Children: The hotel is very child-friendly with a wide range of accommodation suitable for families. Babysitting is available at a supplement. Please note that Superior Hillside Rooms, Hillside Junior Suites and 1 to 3 bedroom Hillside Villas only accommodate children over 2 years of age. There is a kids club for ages 4-12 and a creche for ages 14 months to 3 years (subject to a supplement charge).
Special offers
Call to make your booking and save an extra £50 per adult Call us instead of emailing us when you are thinking of booking a holiday and save an extra £50 per adult (in addition to any special offers that might be available). We want to talk to you to discuss your requirements and a phone call is usually the best way for you to define what you want enabling us to respond more accurately. We want to talk to you and you save an extra £50 per adult.
Caribbean special offers update All current special offers for Caribbean hotels will be built into the price at the point of enquiry. That way the most up-to-date offers will be applied to your holiday price.
It was an excellent holiday - due to excellent planning on your side. Super efficient, very professional.Mrs F, Holiday to Norway, Oct 2023
Holiday price guide Sample prices are per person based on two people sharing a Deluxe beachfront double or twin room for 7 nights on bed and breakfast
From about
£2,390 low season
£3,130 high season
Holiday Code CE129
The prices displayed here are a guide only. Each holiday price will be tailor-made at the time of booking to reflect all actual costs including up-to-date special offers.
Call us on 01392 441245
Luxury bepoke holidays to Blue Waters, Antigua
About Antigua
An Expressions tailor-made holiday to Antigua is an indulgent getaway in a paradise setting. Antigua, the largest of the Leeward islands, has a cosiness and charm that welcomes the first-time visitor to the Caribbean and yet has an ease and sophistication that makes it attractive for those returning for rest and relaxation. The island is home to a great range of luxury hotels and resorts including Carlisle Bay, a boutique hotel located on a beautiful sandy beach which offers a great range of activities; and Hermitage Bay, an intimate and charming hideaway which is ideal for relaxation. Antigua is a low-lying island of yellowish green rolling hills that are gentle on the eye, but it is the spectacular coastline of long sweeping white sand beaches, inlets, bays and coves that is undeniably glorious. The island is surrounded by a sea of turquoise green and deep dark blue protected by coral reefs and on the eastern Atlantic edge cliffs and boulders form excellent perches for pelicans. The cosiness of Antigua is enhanced by the cheerful villages with names such as Liberta, Tyrells and All Saints with their numerous churches and colourful gardens surrounding the gaily-coloured houses, many painted vibrant greens, blues, yellows and pinks.
Highlights of Antigua
Cricket is the national sport of Antigua. Wadadli is the local beer. There are an exceptional number of places of interest to visit including museums, quaysides, old plantations. Some examples are Parham Harbour and St Peter’s Church, Betty’s Hope old sugar plantation and Harmony Hall, restored Great House with a craft centre. Falmouth, English Harbour and Nelson’s Dockyard is one of the most picturesque and beautiful harbour areas in the Caribbean. A few of the outstanding beaches on the island include Dickenson Bay, Soldiers Bay, Hawksbill Beach, Galleon Beach and Darkwood Beach. Carnival is at the end of July. Fig Tree drive between Old Road and Liberta is through the rainforest.
Travel around Antigua
The roads are fine except for a few potholes. Car hire is easily arranged and highly recommended. Traffic on a Saturday can be quite heavy in St John’s but you can find parking places. Distances are not too great so it really is easy to get around. Signposting is lacking, and an ordnance survey map is more accurate than tourist maps provided locally.
Facts in brief
Capital St. John'sAirport VC Bird International Airport
Size 108 sq. miles
Population 80,000