La Creole Beach Hotel & Spa

Mycket välstädat och ok strand även om den var mycket kort.

Belle chambre petit déjeuner super les repas

Les chambres sont très grandes.
Très belle piscine.
Parking à l'hôtel.
Multiples possibilités de restauration avec un restaurant en self-service, un restaurant un peu plus haut de gamme et un bar de plage avec des paninis et des pizzas et plusieurs restaurants extérieurs accessibles à pieds.
Possibilités de louer des jet-skis et autres équipements nautiques directement sur la plage de l'hôtel.

Presque tout par contre beaucoup trop de gens indisciplinés et étrangers à l’hôtel occupant les plages et les lieux réservés aux clients de l’hôtel

L emplacement
La piscine
La plage
Le buffet

Le petit dej

The staff is very responsive. Even though my problems weren’t resolved, they did their best to help.

Le confort de la chambre et la terrasse vue la mer. Très beau sentier pédestre ceinturant l’hôtel et le stationnement sécurisé. L’offre de restauration variée au buffet.

I stayed here with our son and one of our daughters during their university reading week, and we had a very pleasant time! The hotel is very nicely laid out, with a very nice beach. The food was excellent, and the staff were very friendly.

The grounds are lovely, with beautiful flowers and even wildlife (pelicans diving for fish at the beach, the occasional iguana moseying about). We had adjoining rooms on the third floor of the "Chelonia" building, with windows overlooking the water and manicured grounds (partly incorporating the faint vestiges of a 17th century fortress turret - complete with a couple of old cannons). The windows were sliding glass doors opening onto a narrow, European-style balcony (room enough to stand or hang clothes over the railing, but not sit). We spent a few late afternoons wandering the grounds, taking photos against the mountainous backdrop of Basse-Terre over the water, before heading to dinner.

The breakfast buffet was excellent, and we used the same restaurant "La Route des Épices" for the dinner buffet, a few nights. In between, there were paninis available for lunch at the Yureli Beach Bar (the menu includes club sandwiches and salads, which were sometimes unavailable). There are a few good restaurant options within a short (3-5 min) walking distance from the hotel (we ate at "Le Restaurant le Massai" one night, and "Coconut Coast" another couple of nights). We had planned to eat at "Le Zawag" (a really lovely, fancier, restaurant on the hotel grounds) for our last night, but failed to make a reservation (which I think should be done at least a day in advance) and so ate at "Le Canopy" (the rooftop restaurant at the nearby casino) instead.

The comfy bar "La Rhumerie" is nicely situated, adjacent but above the swimming pool area, and became a focal point for live music, most evenings.

You can rent jet skis on the beach (my son and I took them out for a spin, one afternoon). It's also possible to arrange excursions (the concierge desk was able to schedule a wonderful half-day out on the water with "Cap Lagon", in the Grand Cul-de-Sac Marin, a major marine natural reserve and UNESCO-recognized biosphere reserve to the north, between Basse-Terre and Grande-Terre, which included snorkeling and a tour of the mangrove forest). They even arranged a driver for us, although there's a Hertz rental car agency right across from the hotel parking lot, and we rented a car on a couple of other days, in order to explore more of Guadeloupe (hiking to waterfalls, visiting the fantastic outdoor zoo, and ziplining through the rain forest!)

We found the hotel staff very responsive (at one point, there was a water leak in one of our rooms, and they came to fix it, right away). They also arranged transport back to the airport, on our last day. The one thing I would say is that one should have some fluency in French, since few of the hotel staff spoke English, which represents a great opportunity to brush up on your French!

In summary, we had a wonderful and memorable week at La Creole, and I would definitely recommend it.

Tout vraiment tout

La plage et la piscine
Le buffet

La plage, la mer, la
Piscine , le buffet

Accès

Good mix