The Inn on the Bay has only five spacious rooms, but this romantic bed and breakfast inn is really hiding its light under a bushel because it is one of the best, most popular romantic, intimate, and exclusive hotels in St Lucia, if not the entire Caribbean The Inn on the Bay has been described as the perfect hideaway for lovers and honeymooners, overlooking Marigot Bay the most beautiful bay in the Caribbean.

The biggest problem about writing about such a hidden gem as the Inn on the Bay is that you open it up to many other people to make reservations that the Inn on the Bay will be a secret hideaway no longer. Guests frequently comment that they never feel like paying guests, but much more like friends who had been asked to stay, and that is a great compliment to the owners Normand and Louise whose personal touch and personality make this such a delightful place. They cannot do enough for their guests including Normand happily dropping guests down at Marigot Bay, and then picking them up again at a moments notice, saving a gruelling fifteen minute uphill climb. The best thing of all is how personalised all of the service is.

Inn on the Bay is described as the number one bed and breakfast hotel in St Lucia, but it is so much more than that. The words bed and breakfast conjures up Blackpool in England landladies who turf you out after breakfast telling you not to return until bedtime. Nothing in the world could be further from that image. This isn’t a bed and breakfast in the sense of the word, much more a romantic small hotel, both intimate, and exclusive at the same time.

When describing the Inn on the Bay as having five rooms, this omits to mention that the Inn is actually perched, and that is not an overstatement, 300 feet high on the south cliff above Marigot Bay, and this of course means stunning views from nearly everywhere and especially the swimming pool. The whole position is remarkable, being one property from the edge of the point.

The rooms at the Inn on the Bay overlook the pool, are large, with high ceilings, and enormous bathroom, and cooled by the breezes, bearing in mind how high up you are. The full continental breakfast certainly sets you up for the day and the fresh fruit and croissants will remain a happy memory long after you leave.

Of course with breakfast being the meal served at Inn on the Bay, and whilst you can relax all day by the pool sipping rum punches at this romantic hotel, just watching the plethora of yachts in the bay, it is good to see a little of marigot Bay if not the rest of St Lucia. By the way the breakfast room stays open all day and you can help yourself to tea, coffee, hot chocolate, which is a nice homely touch

The beach at the bay is relaxing, just about big enough but go to the rocky end to swim, and be prepared for the music blaring out from the restaurants.

The location and the owners are the real key to the success of Inn on the Bay. Normand will make the suggestions for your daytime activity, get you there, or at the very least organise it, and then make sure you book the right restaurant  at night, and drop you off, and pick you up.

You won’t find a better location on St Lucia, and very probably nothing as romantic, homely, and relaxing as the Inn on the Bay