Looking for a Carrabean Island to holiday in

Mr Parsons

2007-02-12 09:54:36

Hello Folks...

I am looking for a holiday destination for May/June time in the carrabean. Easy you say?! Well heres a few more specifics

I originally set my sights on Cuba and the Playa Pesquero which looks fantastic but then read about the food and the options for tourists and now I'm thinking this might not be for me.

So, where to go? Dominican Republic is out as the missus went there last year and we agreed to go somewhere new. We have a budget of £2000 for the holiday (give or take a few quid) which should get us All inclusive at a minimum of 4* hotel. Good snorkeling would be great and great food is a must. The good lady is a Vegiterian so this would need to be easily catered for. We want a place which has a lot to do, day and night so a few bars and A La Carte restaurents on top of the standard buffet would be brill.

Ideally I want to book with Thomson, First Choice or Hayes and Jarvis,

So... should I have stuck with Cuba or is there another place which will fit my needs more?

All your help apreciated as usual

Northants Nick

2007-02-12 17:56:38

Hi

Why not try Jamaica? Girlfriend and I stayed at the RIU OCHO RIOS in October last year for 14 days and had a fantastic time. This is a 5* hotel with 7 restaurants of which 3 are classed as a la carte, these being the Sir Gordon Richards, Japenese and Mandalay restaurants. All of the restaurants were A1 but these stood out!! Have a look at the RIU website for yourself. This hotel is also part of the TUI chain of which Thomsons is also. If you want to know anything else just ask on here or PM and I will do my best to assist.

Regards

Nick

stevebell001

2007-02-12 21:25:39

We stayed at the Playa Pesquero last june. My daughter is a vegetarian and found stuff to eat all the time. There is an a la carte Vegetarian Restaurant in the shopping precinct, but whenever we booked the other restaurants she just made a selection from the veggie menu at the time of booking and they provided it wherever.
At the PP for better snorkelling you will have to walk to the far end of the beach and swim out around the corner past the blau costa verde dive hut.

What has raised a problem with the food and tourist options?
I think it all depends on what you actually want to do, but we were lucky as the world cup was on while we were there and it gave you something to occupy the time between swims, eating and and excursions.
unfortunately, or luckily, I have snorkelled off the Conrad in Sharm, which means that snorkelling elsewhere is always a bit of a let down.

Mr Parsons

2007-02-13 10:40:32

Well, its lack of things to do and have also read that Cuba is lacking in the food department compared to other Carabean islands.

My main point of posting was really to see what other options are open that are realistic. Antigua for example is way out of my price range get people say theres loads of places in the Carabean which are goof for the price of £2k.

Mr Parsons

2007-02-13 14:43:06

Aaahhh bugger it... got an offer from First Choice that was too good to refuse and ended up booking Cuba.

Free upgrade to a Suite after a bit of a blagging session

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