The meals is contemporary from native farmers. While you arrive, you’re given a selection of native spices, which then discover their method into tea luggage — used to arrange your night tea every night time earlier than mattress. There’s even an “earth lab,” the place you’ll be able to immerse your self within the sustainability motion on this island.
The primary-ever Six Senses resort within the Caribbean formally opened its doorways on Wednesday, providing up a definite model of luxurious on an island the place sustainability isn’t just a buzz phrase; it’s a lifestyle.
“They’re the quintessence of sustainability practices,” Petra Roach, CEO of the Grenada Tourism Authority, tells Caribbean Journal in regards to the model. “What I like is that they’ve checked out what the strengths of Grenada as a vacation spot are.”
The sustainability-focused, wellness-centered Six Senses La Sagesse Grenada is the most recent mission in an more and more spectacular portfolio by Vary Developments, the corporate that can be behind the celebrated Park Hyatt St Kitts and the InterContinental in Dominica.
Set on beautiful La Sagesse Seaside (considered one of our favorites on the island), the brand new Six Senses is decidedly boutique: there are simply 56 suites (all with personal plunge swimming pools), and one other standalone 15 villas.
As with each Six Senses, there’s a signature spa, only the start of a listing of facilities that embody a trio of eateries, an ice cream and occasional bar; a big out of doors pool; a library, a youngsters membership and a teenagers’ lounge; and even distinctive touches like an natural backyard and an “alchemy bar,” which helps you to make your personal scrubs, cures and candles and a “biohack restoration lounge.”
The lodge additionally has Six Senses’ well-known GEMs, or “visitor expertise makers,” who assist facilitate each want and cater to each whim, together with serving to put together these aforementioned spice teas.
It’s immediately essentially the most thrilling new luxurious resort within the Caribbean. Nevertheless it’s greater than that; it’s additionally an injection of sustainability know-how and a brand new instance for the remainder of Grenada and the area, Roach says.
“I feel it’s essential for individuals who have adopted these practices that they arrive and share that and set an instance throughout the business,” Roach says. “I feel that the administration right here has been very open to collaborations with different organizations in addition to different inns.”
Past sustainability, it’s an thrilling new lodge for Grenada’s numerous, layered lodge product, one which appears to concentrate on character-filled locations to remain.
“Now we have a really distinctive product when it comes to lodging in Grenada,” she stated. “Each lodge is completely different and has its personal persona. And Six Senses is bringing a completely completely different look.”
