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uninterrupted coastline are often exaggerated in length; it’s joined by Leeward Beach and Bight Beach on both sides, and the line of division is nonexistent as they spread out around the island, increasing the impression of a magnificent, sprawling shorefront.
However, the best spot to post up is undoubtedly on Grace Bay Beach itself, where upscale, luxurious hotels offer manmade delights designed to complement the natural views. The bar is set high with those watercolor vistas, but many of the elegant properties built here provide stiff competition as to whether it’s life alfresco or indoors that give the greater draw.
The all-inclusive Blue Haven Resort, for instance, wows with a sense of home within its sherbet-hued stucco walls. One of the newer builds in this destination, the interiors here are contemporary, clean and simple, available in configurations that range from studios to two-bedroom penthouses and one- to three-bedroom suites — all of which are oceanfront. Within them all are luxury linens, marble bathrooms and conveniences like a stocked mini-fridge, microwaves and flat-screen TVs with United States and international channels.
Included with stays of four or more nights also are meals at any of the resort’s four restaurants, unlimited domestic and premium beverages at dining venues and three bars, a 24-hour snack station, bicycles to borrow and Wi-Fi — the same freedoms and conveniences you’ll find in your own house, but better. However, what you won’t find at home is what really impresses. Not only is there a 24-hour fitness room just steps away,
Blue Haven Resort
Blue Haven Resort
but there’s also a water trampoline to crown the list of complimentary water activities, such as snorkeling, kayaking and stand-up paddleboarding.
More value is added with all-inclusive access – including dinner – to two other sister resorts: Alexandra Resort and the adults-only Beach House Resort.
Family-friendly Alexandra Resort was actually the predecessor for Blue Haven and boasts the centrality of locale of having been developed sooner. Its accommodations surround a lagoon-style pool, with interiors that echo the colors of the sea beyond its balconies in the studios. On the other hand, for the one- and two-bedroom suites, as well as the four-bedroom Oceanfront Penthouse, coral pops on neutral palettes for added warmth.
Like Blue Haven, a fire lounge is featured by the beach, not far from free access to kayaks, paddleboards and its own water trampoline. Floating daybeds and an on-site spa and fitness room are other amenities offered at this property, along with five restaurants that make
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