Fond Doux Eco Resort

The food was so good, fresh, homemade, amazing bakes, fish, Baron’s hot sauce so which we even brought home, fresh fruit, well done. Best English muffins I’ve ever had-I don’t eat them in the states. Room service was excellent as I wasn’t feeling well enough to go to dinner one night. A big thank you/shout out to Kiera at the front desk for getting us breakfast super early-6:30am, when we planned to go hiking up Gros Piton. She was friendly, helpful, and accommodating. Sugar beach is a 7 min drive.

Better feedback/details about the hiking trails there. Our water stopped working in the middle of the night which was strange. We called and it was addressed but we didn’t know why.

Rooms/ cabins feel very secluded & private, beautifully furnished, surrounded by plants and wildlife. Restaurant is great, breakfast is lovely. Much better & more local style food than we found at any other hotel/resort restaurants we ended up eating at. The pool area is delightful, really well laid out for privacy so different groups can have their own areas. It would be a perfect setting for a pool party! The location is perfect for all the nearby forest/ volcano based activities and for getting to Soufrière and nearby beaches. I would definitely advise hiring a car so you have more freedom to explore independently; things look close together on a map but it’s very hilly and obviously very hot so walking anywhere takes much longer than predicted. This is not really a resort, it doesn’t feel like a resort, the clientele were not “resort types”… which is a big positive in our book! It is eco-luxury accommodation ie. as luxurious as one can reasonably expect whilst staying in the middle of gorgeous rainforest and trying to minimise impact on that environment.

I would advise bringing your own mosquito net and make sure it’s the right size for the bed (we were a bit squeezed in under ours). The nets provided on the four poster look very pretty & romantic but they don’t fully close so they don’t keep mozzies out. Also, not a negative but useful to know: the frogs are LOUD at night and they don’t stop til sunrise so we were very glad of our earplugs (we’ve slept in other jungles before but never experienced a wildlife chorus quite like this one!)

Location in the rainforest is magical but rather remote. The historic cottages provide simple, spacious and clean accommodation with outdoor showers. Staff are friendly and helpful. Meals are adequate but not fancy. Two swimming pools are very pleasant. Interesting paths and trails through the beautiful rainforest.

The old cottages and bungalows set in a humid rainforest require more maintenance than was evident, and the furniture lacked the character and charm of the buildings.

Setting was lovely.

Terrible dinner service. Terrible bar service.