About this holiday

Expressions Holidays highly recommends the Colony Club on Barbados' Platinum coast to families for its elegant, yet informal style and myriad activities. The hotel has an excellent selection of rooms that are suitable for families and the main restaurant, Laguna, is ideal for families, with an individual children’s menu. Children and teenagers have activities specifically tailored to their age group in the summer and easter holidays. Four lagoon pools, dinghy sailing, boogie boarding and banana boat rides will keep everyone entertained. Outside of the hotel, shops, restaurants, handicrafts and arts are located just 10 minutes away. Throughout the island, families can enjoy such activities as play parks, golf, watersports and horse riding.

The journey and how you get there

Expressions Holidays includes scheduled flights that are direct with British Airways or Virgin Atlantic from London to Barbados. Once in Barbados, you are transferred from the airport to the hotel by private transfer (taking about 45 minutes).

Complimentary

Welcome cocktail, Non-motorised water sports, Tennis, Water taxi between certain west coast hotels, Fitness Centre

Included in your holiday

Expressions Holidays includes scheduled flights with British Airways or Virgin Atlantic London to Barbados, private car transfers and bed and breakfast.

Holiday prices

Sample prices here are for a family of 2 adults and 2 children under twelve for seven nights in the lowest priced room type for families.
Low Season £5780
High Season £8690
Based on sharing a junior suite garden pool view
Many other room types are available on request from us
The prices displayed here are a guide only for this hotel and each holiday price will be tailor-made at the time of booking to reflect the actual flight costs and all up-to-date special offers.

Special Offers

Free wedding package(3)

Receive a free standard wedding package when you book an Ocean View Room or higher for 10 nights or more, or when you book a Luxury Poolside Room or higher for 8 nights or more. Valid for travel until 18 December 2012, when booked before 1 December 2012.
Early booking reduction(15)

Receive a reduction on all stays between 1 May 2012 to 6 January 2013. Only valid for stays of at least 4 nights between 1 May to 18 December 2012 and 7 nights between 19 December 2012 to 6 January 2013. Cannot be combined with any other offer.

Hotel code

CE04

Our opinion

The Colony Club is an elegant yet informal hotel that offers charming surroundings for an active family beach holiday.

Hotel description

Standing amidst spacious tropical gardens of lawns and coconut palms, the Colony Club leads down to a marvellous beachfront of soft golden-white sand lapped by the azure waters of the Caribbean Sea. The ambience of the Colony Club is elegant yet informal, its architectural style matching its name. Traditional touches such as rattan chairs combine with graceful neutral colours to create interiors that are welcoming and bright.
The bedrooms of the Colony Club vary in size and location but are all spacious and well furnished. Balconies and patios attached to each room allow you to enjoy views over the pools, the gardens or the ocean. The hotel has an excellent selection of rooms that are suitable for families, including the junior and one-bedroom suites that sleep up to 2 adults and 3 children.Extensive swimming lagoons and streams meander through the property’s seven acres of gardens towards the palm-fringed beach, providing ample space for relaxing and enjoying the sun. The Colony Club has excellent facilities, including two tennis courts and a wide array of complimentary water sports, such as snorkelling, kayaking and dinghy sailing. The Colony Club’s main restaurant, Laguna, enjoys a beautiful situation looking out over the gardens with the ocean in the distance. This restaurant is ideal for families, complementing the contemporary international dishes on the main menu with an individual children’s menu. For a more refined environment, guests aged over 12 years can dine in the ornate colonial setting of The Orchid, which has an exquisite à la carte menu that is accompanied by an extensive wine list. The Colony Club is an elegant yet informal hotel that offers charming surroundings for an active beach holiday. (Please note that children under 12 are not permitted in the hotel in February.)

Location

Barbados

Official star rating

Annual opening

All year

Distance from airport

About 45 minutes by car

Closest airport

Bridgetown Barbados

Room types

Number of rooms 96

Hotel facilities and services

Four freeform freshwater swimming pools and jacuzzi, Two restaurants (no children under 12 are permitted in the Orchid Room), Beach ambassadors provide complimentary towels and fresh fruit, Water sports, Scuba diving instruction in pool, Diving, riding, fishing and golf can be arranged, Two floodlit tennis courts, Laundry, Beauty salon, Gift shop, Fitness centre, Spa treatments, Room service. The hotel is located on a sandy beach.

Water sports

Complimentary sports: Waterskiing, Windsurfing, Sunfish sailing, Hobie cats, Dinghy sailing, Kayaks, Boogie boards, Snorkelling. Scuba diving cn be arranged. Children's life jackets are provided for water-based sports including boat trips.

Land sports

Complimentary: Tennis, Fitness centre, Volleyball, Basketball

Out and aboutnearby/local interest

On the west coast of Barbados, 20 minutes drive from Bridgetown. Shops, restaurants, handicrafts and arts are located just 10 minutes away from the hotel. Bars and restaurants can be reached on foot and by car. Golf is available at nearby Royal Westmoreland and Sandy Lane.

Sports nearby

Golf, Diving, Horse riding.

Children

Children under 12 are not admitted at Colony Club between 1 and 28 February. The first child aged up to 12 is free of charge during the rest of the year when sharing with two adults. Children must be over 16 years old to access the spa. Children must be over 12 years old to dine in The Orchid restaurant

Minimum stays

Other information

Closed for renovation 1 September - 1 October 2012.

Children's and Teenager's Clubs

The hotel’s kids’ club operates during the Christmas and Easter holidays, from 10am to 6pm daily. A range of on-site activities are offered, such as table tennis and arts and crafts, specifically tailored towards the age range of the children. Meals are not included. Teenagers’ club The hotel organises a range of activities for teenagers during Christmas and Easter, such as computer games and table tennis.

Family rooms: All of the hotel’s rooms are suitable for families and interconnecting rooms are available. Extra beds and cots can be provided on request. The junior and one-bedroom suites are particularly recommended for families, sleeping up to 2 adults and 3 children.

Children’s amenities: Electric sockets can be covered for child safety.

Babysitting: Can be arranged on request.

Baby listening: Is not available at the hotel.

Pre-ordering service: It is possible to order provisions for infants and toddlers which you will receive in your room on arrival. Please ask us for details.

Children’s entertainment: Board games are available.

Medical services: There is 24-hour first aid cover at the hotel.

Family dining: Children may dine in Laguna, which offers a contemporary international menu and an individual children’s menu. Highchairs and non-smoking areas are available. Children over 12 may also dine in the hotel’s fine dining restaurant, The Orchid, which blends French and Bajan cuisine. There are no specified children’s dining times.