A self catering holiday in St Lucia, staying at Villa Beach Cottages could turn out to be one of the best decisions you will make this year. Villa Beach Cottages is rated the number one hotel in Castries by a number of well informed writers, and when you spend time there you will see why, and a plus factor is it isn’t expensive, so you could actually have a cheap holiday in St Lucia!!

Firstly in descriptive terms Villa Beach Cottages has fourteen rooms, and is the ultimate unique and intimate resort which is a mixture of villa suites and gingerbread cottages nestling amongst coconut trees and right on the Choc Bay beach at Castries.

Not for the first time you need to put whatever image you have of a self catering holiday out of your mind. Villa Beach Cottages has been described as being like heaven, the kind of place you want to return to again and again. For your St Lucia vacation to be successful one necessary feature is way you are looked after at whatever style of accommodation you choose. Here the staff go well above and beyond their call of duty. They are not only friendly, without being familiar, and that can be a thin line. They are very obliging, very helpful, and above all very professional.

You will find the quality of your accommodation far higher than you might have expected for self catering accommodation in St Lucia. You could find yourself in a first floor room with a huge bed, from which you could easily look out onto the sea, with a bathroom, a kitchen, a dining area, and a sitting room area. The kitchen is beautifully equipped with everything you would have at home, and more besides.

The highlight is really the view from the balcony over the beach, which although not private is hardly ever used by anyone else except Villa Beach Cottages guests. When you want to sunbathe, there is a lovely private sundeck, complete with waterfall and pool,  just above the beach with sun loungers and hammocks, or if you prefer just to walk down six or seven steps, then you are on the beach. What is really good is being able to retreat to the private deck anytime if there are outsiders on the beach.

Local restaurants are another key to a successful self catering holiday in St Lucia or anywhere else for that matter. In this respect Villa Beach Cottages and Castries doesn’t disappoint either. Not to be missed is the Coal Pot near Castries, and Edge near Rodney Bay, where you will eat very well.

To get around then you really must use the local bus, which arrives about every two or three minutes, and one of the delights about this very cheap way of getting about is being able to interact with the very friendly locals living their everyday lives. There would be sense in hiring a car.

Villa Beach Cottages is the ideal place to have a self catering holiday in St Lucia. You will get privacy, peace and quiet, friendliness, and great comfort, plus an excellent kitchen. If you want action, being waited on hand and foot, and evening entertainment then Villa Beach Cottages is definitely not for you.