Our opinion
Calabash is an outstanding hotel in all respects. It enjoys a beautiful location, charming service, excellent cusine and extremely comfortable rooms.
Hotel description
From the moment you arrive, Grenada’s Calabash strikes you as a very special place. An extremely well-run hotel, Calabash offers a wide range of facilities, an exceptional kitchen and friendly service, all in a beautiful beachside location on L’Anse aux Épines (Prickly Bay) in about eight acres of gardens. Calabash’s accommodation consists of 30 suites in mainly two-storey houses, forming a semicircle facing the beach across a lawn dotted with palm trees and shrubs. The sandy beach at the Calabash resort is set in a natural bay which offers good bathing and water sports. On the beach, trees provide natural shade and The Beach Bar is close at hand with a range of cooling drinks and very tempting light lunches. (The Calabash club sandwich with chicken, pineapple and nutmeg is highly recommended!) The swimming pool, a short distance from the beach, is a good size and surrounded by Mediterranean-style coloured ceramic tiles. Bougainvillaea provides dramatic bursts of colour. Dinner is served under trailing Thunbergia vine in Calabash’s hotel restaurant, which is under the full direction of Gary Rhodes. Local ingredients such as barracuda, dorado, kingfish, guava, nutmeg and dasheen are combined to provide dishes of the highest quality and imagination. The Heaven and Earth Spa is built on a ledge right beside the beach with three treatment rooms and a yoga pavilion. Natural products from Grenada are used in the treatments and a range of massage therapies, aromatherapy, reflexology and beauty treatments are offered. Your hotel suite at Calabash is spacious and very comfortable, having been thoughtfully redesigned and decorated with new furnishings and fabrics last year. We find the superior whirlpool suites very attractive. On either the first or ground floors, all have balcony or patio where your maid serves your à la carte breakfast every morning at Calabash. The hotel’s leisure features include aromatherapy, reflexology and a PADI dive centre. Grenada’s Calabash hotel is one of our favourite Caribbean hotels.
Annual opening
All year except from 12 August to 4 October 2011 and 10 August to 3 October 2012.
Distance from airport
About 10 minutes by car.
Room types
30 suites
All rooms have air conditioning, ceiling fan, shower, whirlpool bath, hairdryer, lounge area, patio or balcony, minibar, wall safe, tea-/coffee-making facilities, telephone, iron and ironing board, bathrobes, radio.
Type A West Side Suite.
Type B Whirlpool Suite.
Type C Superior Suite.
Type D Pool Suite on ground floor level.
Type E Thorneycroft One-Bedroom Suite with private pool.
Hotel facilities and services
Restaurant, Bar, Open-air swimming pool, Heaven & Earth spa, Water sports, Floodlit tennis court, Snooker room, Boutique, Fitness room, Car hire, Cycle hire, Fishing trips, Island excursions, Hairdresser service available on request, Laundry, Room service, Babysitting, Weddings, Aromatherapy and reflexology in suite, Heaven and Earth spa, Live entertainment on most nights with a steel band weekly, Scuba diving (PADI) centre at the hotel offering courses and dives for qualified divers.
Water sports
Range of water sports, Scuba diving centre offers courses and dives for qualified divers.
Land sports
Tennis, Cycle hire.
Out and aboutnearby/local interest
The hotel is in an attractive area with fields and private houses nearby and there are a range of restaurants and bars within walking distance. The capital, St George's, is about 10 minutes' drive from the hotel.
Children
Children over 12 are welcome from 15 January to 15 March. All children are welcome for the rest of the year. Children under 12 are free of charge on room only when sharing with parents. Children under the age of 6 are not allowed in the bar or restaurant after 7pm.
Other information
Half board and all-inclusive can be booked at a supplement.