Luxury hotel holiday The Sandpiper Barbados

The Sandpiper, Barbados, is a luxury boutique hotel with 52 rooms and suites on the west coast, standing alongside a lovely, sandy beach. It is renowned for its charm and sophistication. The Sandpiper is a great favourite with our clients. Families enjoy the close proximity of the rooms to the beach and there are two-bedroomed suites. There are plenty of shops and restaurants nearby, and the hire of a car or a jeep for at least part of your holiday is recommended.
Included in your Expressions holiday
  • Accommodation in a double or twin room on bed and breakfast
  • Scheduled flights with British Airways or Virgin Atlantic London to Barbados
  • Private car transfer airport to hotel and back
  • Concierge service and Expressions Holidays regional helpful hints
  • Optional room, board and flight upgrades. Details on request

Luxury bepoke holidays to The Sandpiper, Barbados

The Sandpiper in Barbados is a 5-star boutique hotel with Bajan charm. The white sandy beach merges seamlessly with the hotel's lush gardens, creating a private and peaceful hideaway.

Facts in brief

Official star rating 5

Location On the West Coast, in St James's parish

Annual opening All year except from 20 August to 1 October usually.

Closest airport Bridgetown Barbados

Distance from airport About 45 minutes by car

Hotel facilities and services

Open-air fresh­water swimming pool, Water sports including Waterskiing, Cruises and trips by glass-bottom boat and fishing can be arranged, Tennis, Fitness centre, Room service, Weddings. 

Complimentary

The hotel organises activities for children aged 2 to 12 years from 1 July to 8 August and provides, free of charge, three half hour sailing trips with the watersports team and three half hour swimming lessons.

Complimentary watersports

Snorkelling, Paddle boarding, Sunfish sailing, Hobie cat sailing, Kayaking, Sailing.

Chargeable watersports

Waterskiing, scuba diving and catamarans at a charge. All motorised water sports are chargeable.

Land sports

Complimentary tennis coaching with resident pro (4pm to 6pm daily excluding Sundays).

Out and about nearby

Numerous shops and restaurants within walking distance. 

Sports nearby

Golf.

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Lovely holiday and an excellent hotel. We were particularly impressed by the food.
Mrs C, April 2019

Holiday price guide Sample prices are per person based on two people sharing a Garden room for 7 nights

From about

£2,920 low season

£4,720 high season

Holiday Code CE09

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.

Luxury bepoke holidays to The Sandpiper, Barbados

Room descriptions

The Sandpiper has 52 rooms and suites.

Garden Room
One-bedroom Suite
Beach House Suite
Two-bedroom Suite
Three-bedroomed Beach House ideal for families
Tree Top Suites premier accommodation, featuring private pools and breathtaking views

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Lovely holiday and an excellent hotel. We were particularly impressed by the food.
Mrs C, April 2019

Holiday price guide Sample prices are per person based on two people sharing a Garden room for 7 nights

From about

£2,920 low season

£4,720 high season

Holiday Code CE09

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.

Luxury bepoke holidays to The Sandpiper, Barbados

The journey and how you get there

For a holiday to The Sandpiper in Barbados, Expressions Holidays includes flights from London to Barbados with British Airways or Virgin Atlantic. The flying time is about 8 hours and 30 minutes. The Sandpiper is a 45-minute drive from the airport and Expressions Holidays will organise return private car transfers.

Additional information

Minimum stays: A minimum stay of 7 nights applies in February and between 22 and 29 November. A minimum stay of 10 nights is applicable to stays between 20 December and 6 January, unless guests are departing before 27 December.

Children: Children of all ages are accepted all year round. Children under 5 are not allowed in the restaurant or lounge after 7pm. Children under 16 cannot occupy a room alone unless it is an interconnecting room.

Other information: Exchange dining for guests on half board between Sandpiper and Coral Reef. The dress code is elegantly casual, At breakfast the hotel asks that ladies wear cover-ups in the Restaurant and gentlemen wear short sleeves and no hats. After 7pm gentlemen are required to wear long trousers in the Restaurant and Cocktail lounge. On New Year's Eve the dress code is smart.

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.

7 nights for the price of 6 Stay 7 nights from the price of 6 for stays from 1 July to 1 November 2024.

Lovely holiday and an excellent hotel. We were particularly impressed by the food.
Mrs C, April 2019

Holiday price guide Sample prices are per person based on two people sharing a Garden room for 7 nights

From about

£2,920 low season

£4,720 high season

Holiday Code CE09

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.

Luxury bepoke holidays to The Sandpiper, Barbados

Highlights of Barbados

Local cuisine including Fish dishes such as flying fish, dolphin fish and kingfish. Banks beer and Mountgay rum. Barbados has numerous restaurants of a very high quality, many of them along the west coast, including the Cliff and Carambola. Mullins beach bar south of Speightstown. Bathsheba and the east coast with its miles of sandy beaches and ocean surf. Barclays Park beach and beach bar on the east coast north of Bathsheba. The brilliance of the orange-red flamboyant trees in summer and the dark red of the poinsettias in winter. Fruit stalls for pineapples, coconuts and bananas by the road side. Local cricket matches on pitches surrounded by palm tree-clad hills. Deep sided lanes between the sugar cane fields with glimpses of gracious plantation houses here and there. Wooden houses of shocking pinks, mauves, blues and yellows. ‘British’ post boxes, road signs and bus stops. Plenty of sports available to play and watch; golf, horseracing, cricket, riding, polo, walking, tennis. Early in the morning it`s as if the whole nation is out jogging. Cropover festival in August.

Cultural highlights of Barbados

For short distances or dining out, use a taxi. It’s well worth hiring a car for most or at least part of your stay to have flexibility and independence. The quality of the roads is fine, bar a few potholes in the country and confusing road signs (be prepared to get lost, keep your petrol tank topped up and just keep asking the way). Barbados is very well developed for places of interest and well-preserved houses, plantations, mills, gardens and parks. For architectural interest visit St Nicholas Abbey, Drax Hall and Francia. For exotic gardens visit Andromeda and the Flower Forest. If you want to get away slightly from the main tourist areas travel into Scotland north of Speightstown. A drive across the interior provides beautiful scenery, with valleys and gullies and ridges, acres of sugar cane fields and the grey-green leaves of palm trees rustling in the breeze.

Facts in brief

Capital Bridgetown
Airport Grantley Adams International Airport
Size 166 sq. miles
Population 285,000

Luxury bepoke holidays to The Sandpiper, Barbados

Expressions Holidays recommends the Sandpiper in Barbados for a family holiday for its relaxed ambience in tropical surroundings and beautiful beach. The one-bedroom (sleeping up to four) and two-bedroom suites (sleeping up to six) are especially suitable

Children's clubs

The hotel organises activities for children aged 2 to 12 years from 1 July to 8 August and provides, free of charge, three half hour sailing trips with the watersports team and three half hour swimming lessons.

Babysitting

The hotel is able to provide reliable babysitters, during daytime and evening, at a charge.

Children's entertainment

Children's books are available on request. The Sandpiper's sister hotel, Coral Reef Club is a two minute drive away and has an unsupervised playground open to children up to 10 years. Older children may enjoy complimentary non-motorised sports. Children aged 13 and above may have spa treatments and must be accompanied by an adult when using the Thermal Spa Garden

Medical services

There is a doctor next door to the hotel and the nearest hospital is 8 miles away. There is a 24-hour emergency medical centre situated 5 minutes from the hotel.

Family dining

The hotel requests that children under five are not brought into the restaurant during dinner service. From 5.30pm to 7pm a children's room service dinner is available and meals are chosen from the children's menu and must be arranged with the Maitre D' by midday. The chef is able to provide blended fresh food for younger babies. The cuisine has international influences and an emphasis on Caribbean ingredients.

Family rooms

Children under 16 years cannot occupy a room alone (not applicable to connecting rooms). Maximum occupancy is 2 adults in the Garden rooms, 2 adults and 2 children in the one-bedroom suites, 2 adults and 2 children in the Beach House Suite and 5 people in the Two-bedroom suites. Extra beds and cots are available on request.

Children's amenities

The hotel is able to provide high-chairs, playpens, pushchairs, hot plates, bottle sterilisers and kettles on request, at no additional charge. Please ask for details.

Lovely holiday and an excellent hotel. We were particularly impressed by the food.
Mrs C, April 2019

Holiday price guide Sample prices are per person based on two people sharing a Garden room for 7 nights

From about

£2,920 low season

£4,720 high season

Holiday Code CE09

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.

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