Rosewood Le Guanahani St. Barth
Eighteen acres on a peninsula with a beach on each side, one of them a protected lagoon.
Le Guanahani occupies an eighteen-acre peninsula on the quiet northeast side of Saint Barthélemy, between Marigot Bay and the Grand Cul-de-Sac, far from the bars of Saint-Jean and the harbour at Gustavia. The ground divides the property between two waters. On one side the Grand Cul-de-Sac, a shallow lagoon of turtles and kite-surfers; on the other a sandier bay. At the point where they meet stands Le Morne, a rock the guest can climb in a quarter of an hour, which gives the peninsula something most estates in this register lack: a summit.
The lagoon side lies within Saint-Barthélemy's marine nature reserve, and one account places the whole holding inside it. French littoral law generally keeps the shore in public hands, so the description of a private peninsula should be read as a statement about the land rather than the sand. The house was badly damaged by Hurricane Irma in 2017 and closed for four years, reopening under Rosewood with work by David M. Schwarz and Luis Pons. It is counted at sixty-six cottages, fifty-six rooms and suites with ten larger ones, many with pools.
Two coasts on one small holding. Eighteen acres buy a lagoon and a bay, and the choice between them is a matter of walking over. The same trick Curtain Bluff plays with a bluff and Petit St. Vincent with an island.
A peninsula with a peak. Le Morne gives the ground a vertical dimension and a view back over the whole estate. Very few holdings this size have a high point you can stand on.
Who it is not for
Le Guanahani is wrong for travellers who want the island's scene on the doorstep: the northeast side is quiet by design and Gustavia is a drive. It is wrong for anyone who expects the beaches to be the hotel's, since the lagoon sits in a marine reserve and French law holds the shore. It is wrong for guests who want a large estate, because eighteen acres carrying sixty-six cottages is a compact place. For a Caribbean holding with room to spare, Little Dix Bay keeps five hundred acres.
Sources
- Operator and trade material - peninsula of eighteen acres between Marigot Bay and the Grand Cul-de-Sac on the northeast of Saint-Barthelemy, with Le Morne at the point; sixty-six cottages, given as fifty-six rooms and suites with ten signature suites
- Trade coverage - closed after damage from Hurricane Irma in 2017 and reopened under Rosewood after about four years; design by David M. Schwarz and Luis Pons; one account places the property within a nature reserve
- The operator describes a private peninsula. French littoral law generally keeps the foreshore public, and the status of both beaches should be confirmed with the property before publication.
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Private Resorts arranges each stay on request, quoting the rates available for the resort and dates. No benefit should be assumed unless it is confirmed in writing for the individual reservation.
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