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Description: Anse Chastanet offers 49 individually designed rooms, 37 of which are scattered about a lush hillside, and 12 which are nestled within a tropical garden at beach level. Anse Chastanet emphasizes the use of local woods and other local products in the room decor and furnishings. Cushions and bedspreads are made from colorful cotton fabrics called madras, the island's "national cloth." Even the resort bathrobes are locally made and have become a popular souvenir item!
Additional Information: What were Caribbean hotels like before trade winds were replaced by blasts of air conditioning, when mornng exercise was a walk on the beach and not hot water aerobics, and when you sat watching the sunset instead of cable TV? You can still find out at Anse Chastanet Resort on St Lucia’s unspoiled southwestern Caribbean coast.
Ever since architect Nick Troubetzkoy first purchased the first 14 hillside units, and throughout the expansion and renovation that followed, design in harmony with nature, complementing the island’s natural beauty, has remained his focal point. The 6OO-acre site is a lush garden of tropical foliage bordering one of the island’s best beaches, where soft silver sands dip into the clear turquoise waters of the Caribbean. A second beach, Anse Mamin, belonging to the estate is just around the corner and can be reached by the Resort’s water taxi. St Lucia’s trademark green peaks - the Gros and Petit Pitons - make for a dramatic backdrop. No two rooms at Anse Chastanet are exactly alike. Twelve beach level units are tucked away behind the coconut palms, just steps from the water’s edge and the resort’s renowned SSI Platinum Pro/PADI dive facility. Perched on the hill are Anse Chastanet’s original rooms; cheery white-washed cottages with wrap-around wooden balconies. These octagonal-shaped “gazebos” offer splendid views of the Pitons and the sea, framed by an abundance of flourishing blossoms. Chairs and beds are covered in madras prints - a traditional island fabric of bright plaid woven with the same colours as the ginger lilies, anthuriums and bouganvillaea found in every room.
Amenities ANSE CHASTANET emphasizes the use of local woods and other local products in the room decor and furnishings. Cushions and bedspreads are made from colorful cotton fabrics called madras, the island's "national cloth." Even the resort bathrobes are locally made and have become a popular souvenir item!
The furniture has been individually designed and handmade in the region with the exclusive use of the island woods such as teak, mahogany, green heart, red cedar and wild breadfruit.
All rooms have fridges, electric tea/coffee makers and wall mounted hair dryers, and in-room safes. Deluxe and Premium rooms also have irons and ironing boards.
Please note that there are approximately 100 stairs leading from beach level to mid-hillside level, thus making the property unsuitable for those with walking difficulties or cardiac problems. This is never a question of age. A complimentary shuttle service from beachside to hillside level is provided any time it is requested.
Facilities at the resort include 2 restaurants and bars,an excursions and car rental desk, 2 beachside boutiques, the Kai Belte Spa, Scuba St.Lucia, watersports center, art gallery, library, Bike St. Lucia and now also Kayak St. Lucia.
STANDARD & SUPERIOR HILLSIDE
Superior rooms are located on the hillside and are octagonal or rectangular in shape, with 2 twin beds or one king size bed, with ocean and/or Piton view. Standard rooms are slightly smaller than Superior rooms with twin, queen or king size bedding, with garden or partial ocean view.
When booking Standard category, you could be located on either hillside or beachside - the category is based on "run of house" principle which may lead to a complimentary upgrade to Superior or Beachside Deluxe location, at the Resort's discretion. Both Standard and Superior rooms have either clay or tropical hardwood floors, either glass or wooden jalousie louvre windows, ceiling fans and balconies, ensuite bathrooms with shower and toilet.
DELUXE BEACHSIDE
All beachside rooms are Deluxe category rooms. Beachside Deluxe rooms are very spacious rooms with either 2 doubles or 1 king size bed, ensuite bathroom with 2 sinks, shower and toilet. They have clay tiles, wooden jalousie louvre windows, ceiling fans and large balconies or patios. All beachside rooms offer a tropical garden view, just a few steps from the water's edge.
DELUXE HILLSIDE
Hillside Deluxe rooms are extremly spacious and individually designed, some in a very open-air style with the fourth wall missing and some with dramatic open roof dormers. Some rooms have a formal separation between bedroom and living room, others are wide open spaces flowing into each other. Clay floor tiles or tropical hardwood floor, king size bed, wooden jalousie louvres, ceiling fans, balconies, and very large ensuite bathrooms with 2 sinks, shower and WC, Piton and/or ocean view.
PREMIUM HILLSIDE
Premium rooms are ANSE CHASTANET's rooms numbered 7, which offer picture postcard perfect views of the Piton mountains and the surrounding sea by virtue of their very elevated and strategic location. Some Premium rooms have fourth wall missing. All Premium hillside rooms have ceiling fans, clay floor tiles or tropical hardwood floors, wooden jalousie louvres, large ensuite bathrooms.
TWO BEDROOM SUITES ANSE CHASTANET offers a few selected two bedroom 2 bathroom suites which are available on request. Suite/room combinations are available in Standard/Superior, Deluxe Hillside and Premium Categories.
ANSE CHASTANET'S stunning scenic setting and lush tropical surroundings provide much inspiration to visiting artists many of whom come back to the Resort regularly. They have made ANSE CHASTANET an even greater visual feast by dedicating to, and displaying some of their art at the Resort. Public facilities and all guest rooms have been decorated exclusively with original art. Local artists, such as Lawrence Deligny, Peter Charlemagne, and Matthew Paul have created colorful wall murals, painted "sky ceilings" and "flower boards" and impressive carved wall plaques and wooden sculptures.
International artists of acclaim have added amazing acrylic and ceramic tile paintings, all of them designed and completed for a particular setting right at the Resort, and very much inspired by the vibrant colors and scenic beauty of St. Lucia. German artists, Stephan Szczesny, Leif Trenkler and Elvira Bach, Swiss artists Claude Sandoz and Peter Roesch, Dutch-Canadian artist Reina Nieland, Dominican artist Arnold Toulon and Guyanese artist Ron Savory are all part of the ever growing ANSE CHASTANET artist family.
ANSE CHASTANET ART GALLERY
ANSE CHASTANET has recently opened an ART GALLERY on premises. The Art Gallery offers an exiting variety of artworks in different media by both local St.Lucian and international artists. Special art showings are organized every two months.
Activities Watersports
ANSE CHASTANET guests can enjoy the following watersports on complimentary basis: - Snorkeling - Windsurfing - Ocean Kayaking - Sunfish Sailing
THE STAFF Scuba St Lucia has a talented and friendly multinational staff. Scuba St Lucia's local dive leaders are true professionals who have logged thousands of dive hours in the marine reserve and will show you the fantastic sights on the reefs.
SIGHTSEEING ATTRACTIONS
St.Lucia's spectacular scenery offers many sightseeing attractions. The most dramatic ones such as The Sulphur Springs, St.Lucia's famous walk-in volcano, the Louis XVI Mineral Baths, the Tropical Rain Forest and the famous Twin Pitons are within a short distance of ANSE CHASTANET.
ANSE CHASTANET has created a wide selection of personalized excursions with the aim of showing you St.Lucia at its best. The following excursions are organized on a regular basis:
- 1/2 day tour of the Sulphur Springs, Volcano and the Diamond Mineral Baths - Rain Forest Hikes and Nature Tours - Shopping trips by boat to Castries - Full & Half Day and Sunset Sailing Cruises on our 37ft O Day yacht - Sea and Land Island Tour - Southern Delights Tour - Explorer Island Tour - Soufriere Delight Tour - Northern Tour to the northern part of the island - Escorted boat snorkel tour - Complimentary escorted walks and hikes on 600 acre estate - Deep Sea Fishing Trips
For the even more adventurous on request:
- Plantation tours - Climbing the Pitons - Botanical Gros Piton Tour - Whale Watching - Day tour to Martinique by plane or speed boat - Day tours to the Grenadines by plane - Tours to the Maria Island Nature Reserve
Activities above water right at the resort include ocean kayaking, sunfish sailing, windsurfing, tennis, birdwatching, jungle biking, exploring the 600 acre plantation of Anse Chastanet and Anse Mamin, sunbathing and shopping in the two hotel boutiques, featuring handicrafts and batik wear, and in our art gallery.
WALKS ON THE WILD SIDE Due to the increased interest in nature tourism, ANSE CHASTANET has developed a special tour program which includes birdwatching tours, botanical tours alongside the famous Piton mountains as well as visits to the island's nature reserves. At ANSE CHASTANET, our estate guides offer complimentary guided walks on the 600 acre estate. Their knowledge of history and local herbs and plants and their beneficial uses has been passed on from generation to generation.
ANSE CHASTANET is proud to present Jungle Biking. Whether or not you are an absolute novice or experienced rider, Bike St.Lucia's exclusive 12 miles of private trails through the tropical jungle located on the grounds of one of St.Lucia's first colonial plantations, Anse Mamin, are "unique in the world of mountain biking" according to Tom Bierl, editor of Bike magazine.
Bike St.Lucia's custom trails were designed to accommodate both the first time rider and the experienced rider on Cannondale suspension bikes. Bike St.Lucia also offers a skills area where you have the option to learn the secrets of successful techniques used by experts under the watchful eye of an instructor before exploring the trails.
For the experienced rider, single track loops were built to challenge their skills. The test editor of Rodale's mountain biking magazine, Matt Phillips, who tested the trails a few months ago, considered the entire setting to be simply "incredible".
In addition, each rider is issued a bell helmet meeting all industry safety standards, and a complimentary souvenier Cannondale/Jungle Bike water bottle. There is a 4,000 square foot covered bike facility and retail center on site for guest convenience and safety, and there also are trail patrol staff. Everyone receives a trail map and signs mark the trail areas according to experience levels recommended.
Guests will have the opportunity to see the 18th century French colonial ruins of a sugar mill, and old church, a 3 million gallon fresh water reservoir among others. There is an abundance of vegetation, including wild orchids and there is also a good variety of birds to be observed. For cooling off, there is even an old fashioned river swimming hole.
2 hour biking rental is available at US39, 1/2 day biking at US49 and full day biking at US69 . Keen mountain bikers can pre-book special "Jungle Biking" packages: a 3 full day jungle bike rental pass is available at US 159 per person, and a 3 half day bike rental pass at US119.
Anse Chastanet Resort in St. Lucia has expanded its spa facilities. The original mini-spa is now a full service spa with 7 treatment rooms and hair salon. Located at beach level, the Kai Belté Spa was designed by architect owner Nick Troubetzkoy in the same airy and "in harmony with nature" style his resort guest rooms are renowned for, yet affording complete privacy.
Professionally trained therapists offer a wide range of treatments, including Swedish massage, aromatherapy, and reflexology. Newly added services include shiatsu and ANSE CHASTANET'S own version of La Stone therapy, called Wosh Cho, patois for hot stone. Hair treatments include a tantalizing scalp and neck massage, based on Indian massage principles and reflexology. Also available are Ayurvedic treatments.
Considering ANSE CHASTANET'S popularity among honeymooners and romantics at large, some treatments were specifically developed for them. There is, for example, the simultaneous in-room massage, designed to provide a massage for him and her simultaneously, so they can stay in each others' company. The Couples' Massage Course teaches husband and wife the basic principles of Swedish massage, a popular course actually not only taken by honeymooners but also by anniversary guests wishing to add a new dimension to their relationship!
And there also is ANSE CHASTANET's "ULTIMATE FORGET THE OUTSIDE WORLD TREATMENT" just in case the absence of telephones, radios, and televisions in the guest rooms haven't already done the trick!
Kai Belté beauty products are created especially for the spa. All products are made with the highest quality, cold-processed French herbal extracts with essential oils, Swiss bio-extracts and naturally derived water-based emulsions.
Spa Packages consisting of four and six treatments can be pre-booked and added to any reservation type. Choose any treatment which is between 35 - 60 minutes in length (most are...) from our classic spa menu (not including the ayurvedic treatments which are available a la carte only) The SUBLIME SIX packages consists of 6 spa treatments, at US330 per person. The FABULOUS FOUR package consists of 4 spa treatments at US230 per person.
Alternatively, you can book spa treatments a la carte once you have arrived, or you can pre-book individual spa treatments. Please consult our Spa Menu.
Property Amenties & Services: Services & amenities not necessarily included in rate.
Bathroom in Every Room City Center / Off Beach Location All Inclusive Kitchenette Air Conditioning Ceiling Fans Dive Shop / Onsite Dive Friendly Rooms
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