About this hotel
General information
Cobblers Cove stands on the calm west coast of Barbados, facing the Caribbean Sea. Its centrepiece is the pink-and-white Great House, which dates from the 1940s and occupies the site of a former Quaker battery; its structure is made from steel taken from the island’s old railway, and its walls are faced in coral stone. Originally a seaside home called Camelot, it was later renamed after the frigate birds seen in the bay.
Today the hotel is independent and family-run, with 40 suites, each with a private veranda, grouped around the Great House and spread through the grounds. The gardens are a defining feature: densely planted, rich in rare species and tended by the hotel’s own gardeners. Service is personal, and returning guests are greeted by name, with their coffee, favourite suite and favourite table remembered.
Location
Cobblers Cove stands at Road View in the parish of St Peter, just south of Speightstown on the island’s west coast. Grantley Adams International Airport is about a 45-minute drive away, and the hotel can arrange transfers.
Spa
The Sea Moon Salon is the hotel’s place for massages and other treatments, which use products from Ila Wellness, a brand built on raw, ethically sourced natural ingredients. The pace is deliberately unhurried. Toiletries in the suites are made from island botanicals less than five miles (about 8 km) from the hotel, and the juice, smoothie and shot menu features matcha, aloe, ginger, sea moss and coconut water.
Sports & leisure
- a floodlit tennis court, with coaching available
- a gym, with yoga, Pilates, Latin dance classes and personal training arranged on request
- complimentary water sports: water-skiing, speed-boat rides, paddle boards, kayaks, snorkelling gear and small sailing boats including Hobie Cats, with equipment lent from the Water Sports Hut
- a daily boat trip along the coast and swimming with hawksbill turtles, both complimentary
- fishing, banana-boat and tube rides and other motorised water sports, arranged on request
- a guided walk through the gardens with the hotel’s gardeners
- island excursions arranged through the hotel, among them catamaran cruises, diving, horse riding, garden and heritage tours and cricket coaching, with three golf courses within easy reach
For children
Children under 12 are not accepted, subject to management discretion, except over the Christmas holiday period, when families with children of all ages are welcome. The Two Bedroom Suites suit families, and interconnecting Upper Circle Suites are available for families and groups.
Restaurants & bars
Dining centres on a seafront restaurant open daily from breakfast to dinner, and about 70 per cent of the food served is grown on the island.
- Seafront restaurant — cooking inspired by the island and based on local produce, at breakfast, lunch and dinner; evenings are elegant, with long trousers for men
- Outside terrace — a more informal setting for evening meals, where shorts are welcome
- Afternoon tea — served every day at 4 pm
- The Bar — the Cobblers Cooler cocktail, aged Caribbean rums, organic smoothies, milkshakes, ice cream and bar food, with live entertainment most nights in season
- Poolside — casual dishes and drinks from a separate pool menu
- Private dining — the Lazy Bones Gazebo, the North Patio, barbecues or candlelit dinners on the beach, or a table in the gardens
Swimming
The hotel has a blue-green tiled pool, and the Ocean Front Suites are only a few steps from the beach. Soft sand slopes into warm, clear water that is good for wading and snorkelling, and loungers stand under pink-and-white striped umbrellas. When waves and tides allow, a sunbathing pontoon is anchored at an easy swimming distance from the shore; hawksbill turtles hatch on both of the hotel’s beaches, and adults swim in the bay.
Rooms
There are 40 suites: two honeymoon suites in the Great House, a secluded suite overlooking the bay, and ground- and first-floor suites facing the sea or the gardens. Two day rooms, The Whim and The Welchman, are set aside for guests arriving early or leaving late.
Every suite has a private veranda with rattan chaises, a drawing room with a minibar area restocked daily with tea, coffee, fresh milk and ice, a separate air-conditioned bedroom, a dressing area, a safe, and a bathroom with a walk-in shower, seersucker bathrobes and island-made toiletries; Wi-Fi is complimentary.
Colleton at the Great House
A first-floor honeymoon suite in the Great House, with a four-poster bed, a his-and-hers dressing room and a bathroom with a double shower and a bath. It has its own plunge pool, a covered terrace with rattan chaises and an open terrace with sun loungers.
Camelot at the Great House
A honeymoon suite over two levels of the original Great House, with a four-poster bed and views from it straight out to sea. It has a shaded veranda, a large private roof terrace with loungers and a bathroom with both a bath and a shower.
Mile & A Quarter Suite
A first-floor suite set apart from the others, reached by its own staircase and overlooking the bay. The vaulted bedroom has a four-poster king bed that cannot be split into twins, and a dressing room leads to a bathroom with his-and-hers basins, a bath and a shower; the west-facing veranda has a dining area and a minibar with a Nespresso machine. Not suitable for children or babies.
Ocean Front Suites
Ground- and first-floor suites a few steps from the beach, looking directly over the sea. The sitting room has coral-stone floors, rattan furniture and hand-printed linens and opens onto a shaded veranda; beds are king-size or twin, and the bathroom has a shower.
Two Bedroom Suites
Two air-conditioned bedrooms with king-size or twin beds, each with its own bathroom with a bath and a shower, on the ground or first floor close to the beach, pool and bar. The larger bedroom has a separate living room with a sofa, and the smaller opens onto a veranda sitting area with a minibar; suited to families or friends.
Royal Circle Suites
Ground- and first-floor suites clustered around the Great House, with views through the gardens towards the sea. Each has a bedroom with king-size or twin beds, a sitting room with a sofa and desk and a private veranda; six of them (Quintyne, Plumtree, Marley, Oistins, Kingsland and Kirktons) also have a bath.
Upper Circle Suites
Ground- and first-floor suites overlooking the gardens, with an air-conditioned bedroom (king-size or twin beds, Egyptian cotton linen, goose-down pillows) and a rattan-furnished sitting room opening onto a private veranda. Interconnecting suites are available for families and groups travelling together.
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