Need to know

Rooms

29 suites, 24 with infinity pools.

Rates

Low season, US$850–US$1,350; high season, US$1,100–US$1,650, excluding 18 per cent tax and service. The breakfast, dinner and drinks meal plan costs US$180 a day and is compulsory over Christmas and New Year.

Check-out

Midday; check-in, 2pm.

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.

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.

In the know

Our favourite rooms

Any suite in this hotel is enough to bowl you over – every one of its colossal rooms is reached by a private stone walkway and has its fourth wall missing, so you can’t escape that flabbergasting view of the bay and St Lucia’s landmark Piton Mountains. Although the five Jacuzzi suites (the Sky Suites) would be the height of luxury anywhere else in the world, we’d splash out on a Sun (the largest), Star or Moon Sanctuary to make the most of the private infinity pools that jut out over the bay.

Packing tips

You’re open to the sounds of nature, so bring some earplugs if you want to blot out the background. Rooms are tech-free, so pack an iPod and mini-speakers if you need a soundtrack to your stay.

Also

Jade Mountain’s resident chef operates regular culinary events, including foraging expeditions around the island, cookery classes, fishing trips, spice tours and chocolate-making sessions.

Food & drink

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.

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Jade Mountain

PO Box 4000, Soufriere, St Lucia, West Indies