LindaP
Reged: 03/15/03
Posts: 216
Loc: Albany, NY
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we've been to Anguilla about 5 times, before we discovered ST Barths(although we went there last year on the way to SBs)....I am afraid for the smaller places, like Gwens, Bankies, and the family-owned hotels.....it is a shame that they are allowing big glitzy hotels.
Petri, I agree what you said about Capri, we loved it there, and it is on my favorite list....the food, view, people....we stayed at the Luna Hotel, a smaller place, beautiful!!!!!
Also, Mustique has escaped the radar of the build-it-bigger crowd. I also loved it there, due to the seculsion, people, and beaches.
So, we can only hope SBs will stay in its own little time warp.
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Island Visitor
Reged: 12/19/02
Posts: 10396
Loc: Retraité
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Mustique will always escape The Corporate Imperative because the entire island is owned and has been developed by one corporation who planned it from day one.
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Petri
Reged: 01/19/04
Posts: 1350
Loc: Helsinki, Finland
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Capri is definetly a split personality island for sure..thank goodess it has no beaches..did you do the Blue Grotto??
We didn't. We went for lunch nearby one day, the sea was too rough and it was closed for boats and some serious swimmers didn't get in either.
We rent Giovanni's boat (http://www.aprea.it/, highly recommended over the people standing at the harbour, highlight of our trip, very flexible, good contacts, nice stories how things work) and he didn't recommend the boat trip - too short, just expensive tourist trap. He recommended swimming there when it closes for boats in the evening. We did swimming at the "green" grotto instead.
I think Anema e Core is much more important place to visit than Blue Grotto ;-)
LindaP: We stayed at the Luna as well. Very nice place indeed. Excellent location, on the coast with excellent view, walking distance from the Quisi terrace. From our trip I would put Luna, Quisi and Punta Tragara on the list for best places to stay.
We also considered the Garden Suite at Villa Le Scala for four but afterwards I'm glad we didn't choose it. It's probably a very nice place to stay at but unless you want to stay most of the time at the villa, not very exciting location. The daytime tourists are just blocking the street next to it. I also doubt Anacapri can beat Capri for the evenings.
Aurora was by far the best place we ate at, La Capannina was pretty much a rip-off. Le Grottelle is also worth the walk. Don't look at the menu, ask what's fresh today.
Petri
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