Interior
Ground floor:
Bedroom 1: Master bedroom, king four poster with large en suite bathroom.
Bedroom 2: Queen four poster with shared bathroom
Bedroom 3: Twin beds, shared bathroom.
Very Large Living room opening to north side garden vernada, Kitchen opens to dining room and south side ocean/garden
TV room: Small room with TV, desk and sofa bed.
Bathroom 3 is a shower room between the kitchen and small office/TV room. vernada: Ground Floor:
Living room, large covered vernada, large uncovered patio, kitchen.
Beach & Garden
Friendship Beach House is located 150 yards from the waters' edge just above the sheltered Friendship Bay, on the South Eastern coast of Bequia.. Friendship bay is a quiet, reef protected and ideal for swimming. Idyllic ocean-island views across to Mustique and the smaller Grenadine islands. At the end of the beach there is a laid back beach bar with swinging bar chairs and a great restaurant..
In front of the living room before the beach there is a large stone built barbecue and patio area.
Friendship Beach faces Mustique and small off shore islands. Moon Hole, another sparkeling white beach great for snorkeling and shell collecting is close by. Lower Bay and Princess Margaret are 10 minutes by car. Moon hole Beach is a 3 min drive. Lower Bay and Princess Margaret Beach are 10 min drive. 5 minute drive to Scrimshaw Gallery. 10 minute drive/ 5 minute walk to Paradise SCUBA school, Port Elizabeth Harbour (shops and markets) is a 7 min drive.
Restaurants
There is one fantastic restaurant and beach bar with in within easy walking distance along the beach. Over 25 more restaurants are within 10 minutes drive away.
Arrival and Stay details
An open style taxi meets you at Bequia airport and it is a ten-minute coastal drive to Friendship Beach House. Transfers are payable locally.
Donovon and Iola Ollivierre are your gracious hosts who will be available to help you at any time. They live close by and will do everything to make your stay relaxing and fun
A meal is prepared for your arrival and groceries ordered will have been packed away. You can plan menu with Iola if you would like her to cook for you. This service should be paid for locally. She can her to prepare delicious meals from her own menu; local food, excellent pastas, barbecues etc. The best local foods are Creole fish, jerk chicken, lobster, red snapper black eye peas and rice, plantain, breadfruit and salt fish, spiced pumpkin and fruits are abundant. The neighbouring island St. Vincent has very rich and fertile soil. A ferryboat brings fresh produce each day.
At the house Iola is the housekeeper 6 days per week. Grocery shopping and baby sitting services are also available. Donovon runs a taxi service and takes care of the gardens brings fresh coconut, limes etc to the house daily.
Laundry here is done once a week by hand. If you need more than this just mention to the housekeeper who will be able to do personal laundry in house or at a laundry in the haroubr. I suggest you tip US$ 5 per load for laundry in house.
Within 10 minutes drive from the house are 5 more swimming beaches, tennis courts, scuba shops, a hobie cat sailing
school, windsurfing school, deep sea fishing charters, the Bequia turtle sanctuary, colonial relics of forts and guns, batik boutiques, museums, art galleries, book shops, reggae rum shops, and over 25 restaurants and cafes.
Take eco tours to St. Vincent for spectacular waterfalls, rainforest hikes and the oldest botanical gardens on the western
hemisphere. Boat tours or sport fishing to other islands, Disney film locations, 32 islands and cays of the Grenadines to explore, including Mustique, Canouan, Union, Petit St. Vincent, Tobago Cays for excellent reef snorkelling, exotic aquatic and bird species and beautiful yachts plying the ocean
Staff
Your housekeeper visits 6 days per week, 9 am until 2 pm. |
