Anse Chastanet - St Lucia

Anse Chastanet is a one-of-a-kind resort, nestled within a private tropical estate overlooking St Lucia’s iconic Petit and Gros Pitons. The resort fully embodies its natural surroundings, providing access to two soft sand beaches and protected bays with colourful coral reefs. Appealing to couples and solo travellers, the resort boasts a beach-level spa, a scuba diving centre and an excellent array of dining venues – which include vegan and vegetarian options. During your stay, you can join numerous outdoor staff-led activities, including non-motorised water sports, guided hikes, yoga classes and visits to the hotel’s organic farm in the Soufriere hills.

Set on a 600-acre estate on St Lucia’s southwestern coast, Anse Chastanet stretches across two emerald valleys. The resort cascades down the lush hillside towards Anse Chastanet Beach, while the smaller Anse Mamin Beach can be reached via complimentary boat ride. The estate encompasses a historical 18th-century plantation and the Emerald Estate organic farm, where most of the restaurant ingredients are produced. Since the hotel sits in the heart of St Lucia’s protected marine reserve, you can easily access some of the island’s most impressive diving sites. You’ll also be well-placed to visit Soufriere's walk-in volcano, sulphur springs, botanical gardens and waterfall. Hewanorra International Airport is around 23 miles away, or roughly an hour’s car journey from the resort.

The resort's individually designed rooms are spacious and feature handmade furniture crafted from the island's wood, and soft cotton furnishings made from St Lucia’s national cloth, known as madras. Colourful bathrobes are also crafted locally, making them popular souvenir items to purchase on site. Most rooms are dotted about the lush hillside, offering captivating views of the sea and mountains, while some are nestled within tropical gardens at beach level. Each has a spacious bathroom and a private balcony or patio, so you can admire nature (rather than watching television, which is intentionally absent to enhance your sense of tranquillity). Some Premium Hillside rooms have a missing fourth wall, so you can fully admire breathtaking views across the Pitons and Caribbean Sea through a transparent mosquito net.