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Barbados (Winter/Spring 2006) – At Almond Resorts every day is an adventure in the making with dozens of exciting activities to choose from. With a full range of land and water sports, recreational activities, health and fitness gyms, evening entertainment, excursions and more, there is never a dull moment. Whether guests choose to do a little or a lot, at Almond Resorts the choice is always theirs.
Staying at Almond Resorts is twice as nice. Guests staying at either of Almond Resorts’ two sister properties in Barbados, Almond Beach Club & Spa and Almond Beach Village, are welcome to use all of the facilities and restaurants as well as share in all of the activities at both properties. It’s like getting two vacations in one. Each resort offers convenient round-trip shuttle service (the resorts are only 15 minutes apart) and since both properties are all-inclusive, everything is always included. And with the addition of Almond Morgan Bay in St. Lucia, guests have the option of making it a two-island holiday.
At Almond Resorts, the spectacular turquoise Caribbean takes center stage and steals the show every time with exciting and incredible water sports. Water sports are available all day and include Hobie Cat sailing, snorkeling, water-skiing, windsurfing, reef fishing, aqua cycles, kayaks and banana boats. Guests can explore the flora and fauna and undiscovered beauty of the ocean floor and coral reefs or set sail on their own Catamaran. Whatever they choose, water sports at Almond Resorts are an invigorating experience every time.
For those who prefer to stay on dry ground, Almond Resorts offers lots of terra firma type activities like board games, warri-warri, darts, billiards, volleyball, ping pong, beach games, limbo lessons and more. Guests can enjoy a barbecue picnic with local specialties or enjoy an historic and healthy nature walk. A daily schedule of activities is placed in each guest room and includes fun events like island crafts, Calypso dance lessons, and shopping tours of the resorts’ gift shops, boutiques and sundries shops. Off property excursions are offered daily to exciting and exotic locations on-island, and the concierge desk can arrange special island tours, cruises, horse back riding, scuba diving, and car rentals.
All Almond Resorts offer state of the art fitness and athletic centers for guests who want to stay in shape while vacationing. The centers are open everyday and offer guests a full array of the latest in exercise equipment such as life cycles, treadmills, stair masters, free weights and Nautilus weight systems. The centers even offer STAR TRAC equipment within an audio/visual Cardio Theater. Classes are available daily in aerobics, step aerobics, aquacise and Caribbean dance.
Almond Resorts have complete outdoor tennis facilities on well-lit Astroturf tennis courts for day and night matches. With professional instruction, rackets and tennis balls included in the all-inclusive price, guests can participate in beginner, intermediate or advanced tennis clinics. And the in-house tennis pros are always available for tips, pointers and lessons.
With seventeen stunning freshwater swimming pools, several scintillating Jacuzzis and miles of picture perfect beachfront bordering pristine waters, Almond Resorts properties are a swimmer's paradise. Guests can choose from intimate pool settings surrounded by lush gardens to the spacious and grand main pool at each hotel, to swimming in the crystal clear waters of the Caribbean Sea. Almond Beach Village, Barbados, and Almond Morgan Bay, St. Lucia, are the resort chain’s family friendly properties and offer two dedicated kids-only swimming pools at each resort, as well as adults- only pools so that guests of all ages can enjoy themselves.
Almond Beach Village, Barbados, is home to a spectacular par 3, nine-hole executive golf course. Green fees are included in the all-inclusive price, and there is a small fee for club rentals and balls. Open from 7am until dusk, no starting times are needed – guests are welcome to drop by anytime. Free golf clinics are held Monday through Friday by the in-house golf pro. The Promenade Golf Pro Shop is open daily for equipment rentals, balls and tees. Guests at the Almond Beach Club & Spa are welcome.
At Almond Morgan Bay, St. Lucia, guests of the hotel are invited to use the facilities of the St. Lucia Golf and Country Club. Greens fees are free for 3 rounds per person within a seven day period as is the golf course shuttle service. Golf carts are mandatory and are available at a nominal $25 US per person, per round, payable at the Pro-Shop of the club. Additional rounds are available at $65 US each, with greens fees, transfers and a shared cart included. Reservations for tee times are required 24 hours in advance.
Almond Resorts come alive at night with a variety of exciting entertainment options. Guests can dance the night away to live music, learn the local dances or sit back and enjoy stellar performances by talented artists. From limbo dancers and fire-eaters to fashion shows and special programs, nightly entertainment at Almond Resorts is always exciting. For after-hours entertainment, Rachel’s Nightclub opens at 11pm at Almond Beach Village and features a hip DJ for a night of dancing. At Almond Beach Club & Spa, the piano bar is open late for those who want to relax, have a drink, join in a song or just sit back and enjoy the music. Almond Morgan Bay in St. Lucia welcomes the velvety late-evening when the French Creole restaurant, Le Jardin, seductively morphs into a piano bar and watering hole.
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