Our stay in this place was a surprise wedding gift from my groom's sisters – so I was not anticipating this at all. What a wonderful indulgence.
I arrived in St. Croix expecting to spend my honeymoon bunking with family, so I wasn't prepared to be self-sufficient. I was delighted (and relieved) to discover that all I needed to be comfortable and happy in this condo was my own sunscreen! The condo had beach towels, so I didn't even need those.
The condo is just minutes from the airport, so that was easy. And the team that does the Meet & Greet gives a great orientation to the condo complex and the area. During our stay we found that they were able to quickly answer all our questions.
We arrived in the evening, after dark. The next day we discovered that our condo had views of the sunrise AND the sunset. Very beautiful. The gallery (which is like a giant screened-in deck) was a perfect spot for lingering or having a meal, with a mesmerizing view across the Caribbean sea – so vast and blue.
All the expected features of a rental were included – comfy bed, well-appointed kitchen (with even a rice-cooker), very clean, and so on. We had a private laundry room, plenty of parking, and use of the community BBQ and pool.
This is a SMALL complex and we actually encountered very few other guests (or residents for that matter). We usually had the (spotless!) pool to ourselves. The beach was truly just outside the door, clean sand with easy entrance into the ocean for snorkeling. I had heard that we would find lots of sea life as soon as we got into the water, but didn't believe it, not until I saw it for myself – so many kinds of fish plus octopus, squid, lobsters, conch, sea urchins, and farther out there were sponges and corals that were surreal. With a patient eye, turtles and dolphins can be spotted.
In the end, the biggest challenge of our visit was deciding where and how to relax. The beach? The hammock? The pool? A walk to town? Reading? Sunning? Snorkeling? Beachcombing? I'm glad we had two weeks so we could fit in all the options for doing nothing!