You get up to a freshly-prepared breakfast of ackee and salftish, fried dumplings and recent papaya juice. Then it’s time for a alternative: a day on the pool, gazing out on the sea; or maybe a wellness journey. Your butler arrives with a smile and suggests an itinerary, pouring you a mug of Blue Mountain espresso and reminding you each alternative is the proper one.
This is likely one of the final trip experiences within the Caribbean, one thing that Jamaica does higher than simply about anybody: a staffed luxurious villa. And on the subject of Jamaican villas, one resort towers above the resort: the Rose Corridor Villas at Half Moon.
A group of 19 iconic, grand villas set on the seashore and amid lush gardens, they’re massive, endlessly comfy and totally serviced, which means every little thing is there for you, from an impromptu jerk barbecue dinner to day by day laundry service. Even higher? You get all the facilities of the legendary 400-acre Half Moon resort, from the spectacular pool at Eclipse to the championship golf course dubbed the “Caribbean Augusta; the postcard-perfect seashore to the magic Sugar Mill restaurant. And did we point out Jamaica’s best rum bar?
The villas are a mixture of give, six and seven-bedroom villas, all with a devoted workers together with a private chef, housekeeper and butler. It’s an expertise that’s unmatched in Montego Bay and past, a approach to expertise the artwork of luxurious residing in Jamaica’s inimitable type.
Now, in time for the seventieth anniversary of the resort, the Rose Corridor Villas are getting a serious makeover.
The plan, led by design agency Atelier-Vidal, is to utterly modernize and rework the villas, with 11 villas reworked between now and November 2024; and one other eight villas seeing comparable adjustments over the identical interval subsequent 12 months.
“For seven many years, Half Moon has concurrently remained true to its roots whereas evolving for the
discerning traveler,” mentioned Shernette Crichton, Half Moon’s Basic Supervisor. “We’re excited to
additional elevate the elegantly relaxed visitor expertise at our standard Rose Corridor Villas, whereas additionally
retaining our Jamaican design inspirations. We look ahead to sharing the gorgeous renovation in
the approaching months.”
Every villa will retain its authentic “architectural footprint,” however will in any other case see a metamorphosis, from recent layouts and expansive glass-pane doorways and home windows to new wooden and stone finishes.
Every villa will even get an “enhanced” pool expertise: cabanas with massive display screen TVs, expanded seating and a few getting infinity-edge swimming pools.
Inside, every villa will get a “full makeover,” together with the addition of a household recreation room, new home equipment and new and upgraded loos.
It’s the most recent in a collection of main enhancements on the resort, together with the 2020 debut of Eclipse at Half Moon, a brand new luxurious resort-within-a-resort.
For extra, go to Half Moon.
