| on a Caribbean Island Resort on Canouan in the | | | | there is more breeze, and there is no need to |
| Grenadines to anyone and they automatically think | | | | leave the air-conditioning on when you go out, |
| of Raffles, but the Tamarind Beach Resort and | | | | just leave the shutters open. The screens will |
| Yacht Club is very well worth checking out, and | | | | keep out the bugs, and you will only need air |
| apart from the fact it is a lot less money, it is in | | | | conditioning to sleep at night. There is a king size |
| fact a very good place to spend a Caribbean | | | | bed and a nice bathroom. |
| Island Vacation. | | | | A Caribbean Island Vacation would not be |
| It has just forty rooms, so if you prefer small | | | | complete without a great beach, and the beach at |
| and beautiful to big and glitzy this could be right | | | | the Tamarind Beach Hotel and yacht Club is one |
| for you. Tamarind Beach sits on a long white sand | | | | of the nicest and best swimming beaches in the |
| beach surrounded by tropical gardens, and the | | | | whole of the Caribbean. There are several beach |
| location is absolutely stunning. | | | | loungers for the guests of the Tamarind, and a |
| To get to this Caribbean Island resort is just a | | | | beach area valet to look after you. Non guests, |
| short hop by a small plane from St Lucia, and you | | | | mostly visiting people from the yachts which are |
| will be met by someone from the Tamarind who | | | | moored offshore have to pay for the privilege, so |
| will drive you the ten minutes it takes through the | | | | the lovely white sand beach is hardly ever |
| main village to the resort. You will quickly be | | | | remotely busy, and the water warm and clean |
| aware of the mossies, so you will need your bug | | | | with no dangerous rocks to stub your toes on. |
| spray. Greeted at the Tamarind by a nice cooling | | | | There is comlimentary sunfish sailing, snorkeling, |
| drink, you will realise very quickly how friendly the | | | | and windsurfing. |
| staff are, and this compares very favourably with | | | | Food is another important consideration in any |
| many other Caribbean Island Resorts. | | | | resort never mind a Caribbean Island resort, |
| The regular rooms are completely lined in lovely | | | | where lets face it the food can be quite mundane. |
| polished wood from the floor to the walls, to the | | | | Not so at the Tamarind Beach where the food is |
| decking that leads straight out onto the beach, as | | | | very good, whether you are eating a beach snack |
| all rooms are beachfront. If you can afford it, and | | | | at the Pirates Cove Bar, or a meal at the Palapa |
| if you were even considering Raffles then you will | | | | Restaurant, an open air restaurant right at the |
| be able to afford a Suite at Tamarind Beach | | | | waters edge. |
| Hotel. The suites are lovely, and they include a | | | | Be clear, Canouan as a Caribbean Island vacation |
| microwave and a coffee maker, a living room and | | | | spot is not the kind of place for frenetic partying, |
| a separate bedroom. The living room has a day | | | | and there is very little shopping. The Tamarind |
| bed and a coffee table, and a large balcony with | | | | beach Hotel Resort and Yacht Club is a place for |
| chairs and loungers. Being up on the second floor | | | | peace and quiet, and gentle unwinding. |