Need to know

Rooms

68, including 35 suites (14 with private pools).

Rates

Low season, €360–€2,800; high season, €595–3,900; Christmas, €915–€5,700. Includes transfers and Continental breakfast in your room, or American breakfast in the Indigo restaurant. Excludes five per cent tax.

Check-out

Midday, but flexible, subject to a €300 late check-out fee.

Facilities

Clarins spa, gym, tennis courts, library, DVD/CD selection, boutique shop. In rooms: flatscreen TV, DVD/CD player, iPod dock; Clarins and Fekkai toiletries.

Poolside

Flanking the Indigo restaurant, Guanahani’s infinity pool is surrounded by lounger-laden decking, which overlooks the palm-shaded beach and culminates in a large Jacuzzi.

Children

The hotel is well suited to smaller guests, offering a kindergarten during the day and an activity club for six- to 12-year-olds. Extra beds cost €100; kids under six stay free.

Also

Guests have access to a variety of watersports, including snorkelling, windsurfing and canoeing. Jet-skiing, sailing, fishing and scuba-diving cost extra.

In the know

Our favourite rooms

For all-out pampering pleasure, take the Ocean View Wellness mini-suite. As well as 180-degree ocean views, this butler-serviced, loft-style hideaway above the spa includes a free treatment for each guest every day and private spa access. The two-bedroom Pelican Suite has an outdoor Jacuzzi.

Packing tips

If you’re keen to dive, bring along your PADI certification – or if you’re only a wannabe water baby, become qualified here.

Also

Don’t bother with that pre-holiday haircut – Guanahani has a branch of NYC’s hottest hairdresser and stylist to the stars, Frédéric Fekkai.

Food & drink

Hotel restaurant

Bartolomeo is Guanahani’s gourmet offering, serving fine French food – with worldwide influences – for dinner only. Down by the pool, Indigo presents a more low-key, laid-back gastronomic alternative throughout the day.

Dress code

Crisp and colourful.

Top table

Out on the terrace with a view of the gardens.

Room service

24 hours.

Hotel bar

Seductively lit and terracotta-tiled, Barto Bar is a cosy, clubby and upmarket sanctuary of French boho with Morrocan streaks.

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Hotel Guanahani & Spa

Anse de Grand Cul de Sac, 97133