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Frommer's Highly Recommended

Blending traditional with the contemporary, this hotel, whose accommodations rise on land that seems to ripple uphill from its beachfront, is a 10-minute drive from Bridgetown. Sections of this complex, like the much-rebuilt plantation house (location of nine of the accommodations) that functions as its core, for example, have been standing here for 2 centuries. Today, two modern extensions reach toward the sea on the well-landscaped grounds of tropical foliage. The waterfalls cascading into the lagoon-style pool are particularly lovely. Some historians cite this as the most historic hotel in Barbados, with roots extending back to the days when it functioned as a barracks for the 18th-century military garrison next door. Opening onto views of the pool, garden, or ocean, bedrooms are elegantly furnished with mahogany four-poster beds and modern amenities. Rooms also have spacious patios or balconies.

Copyright: Excerpted from Frommer's Caribbean 2009, (c) 2008, Wiley Publishing, Inc.

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