Mr & Mrs Smith

Jade Mountain

St Lucia, Saint Lucia

Architecturally astonishing and blessed with breath-snatching views of the Caribbean Sea, Jade Mountain is a curvy spider web of zigzagging stone walkways, sculpture-topped stone pillars and cascading koi pools. With every one of its vast suites having one wall completely open to the mind-blowing Piton panorama, and most boasting private infinity pools to admire it from, this hilltop hotel is the ultimate honeymooner’s hideaway.

Need to know

• Rooms 29 suites, 24 with infinity pools.
• Rates Double rooms from $950.00, excluding tax at 18 per cent.
  Prices have been converted from the hotel's local currency ($950), via XE.com, using today's exchange rate.
• More details The breakfast, dinner and drinks meal plan costs US$180 a day and is compulsory over Christmas and New Year.
• Facilities Spa, gym, tennis court, garden, limited internet by reception. This is a tech-free zone: no phones, TVs, sound sytems or WiFi. Each room has either an infinity pool or a Jacuzzi.
• Poolside As well as the infinity pools in 24 of the hotel’s suites (which come complete with tweakable fibre optic lighting), there’s a communal infinity pool with coloured glass mosaic tile at the top of Jade Mountain, beside the restaurant.
• Check-out Midday; check-in, 2pm.
• Children Jade Mountain is geared towards romancing couples, and under-15s aren’t allowed. Extra beds are US$150 a night ($225 for Christmas and New Year), excluding 18 per cent tax.
• Eco-friendly The hotel has been constructed entirely from locally sourced materials, and the vast majority of the restaurant’s ingredients come from the island.
• Also Jade Mountain’s guests can take advantage of the indulgent delights at the neighbouring Anse Chastenet resort, including a duo of private beaches, the spa, restaurants, waterskiing, snorkelling, kayaking and scuba facilities, and cycles for hire.

Food and drink at Jade Mountain

• Hotel restaurant High on the hotel’s penultimate tier, at the Jade Mountain Club, Allen Susser (famed for his award-laden Miami eatery Chef Allen’s) has crafted a seafood-leaning menu featuring delicate dishes such as kingfish ceviche and coffee-crusted filet mignon.
• Dress code Swimsuits and sarongs by day; celebrity glitz at night.
• Top table Ask to be seated close to the edge of the Club so you can continue to marvel at the sparkling sea view.
• Room service Your 24-hour ‘major domo’ can arrange for any meal to be brought straight to your room, day or night.
• Hotel bar The terrace bar occupies highest point of the hotel and the most magnificent views. By day, it’s a lofty suntrap, by night it’s jazzed up with a varied programme of live music. The world-ranging wine cellar would take weeks to explore, and the local rum selection could see you through many a languid evening.

Jade Mountain PO Box 4000, Soufriere, St Lucia,, St Lucia, x