My husband and I were blown away by the view, the fabulous accessibility to all things important( capucchini, groceries, gas, rental cars, good restaurants and especially Nelson's Dockyard.) We stayed a month at Choy's place, the beds were very comfortable and the essential mosquito netting was so appreciated! Having traveled to all parts of Antigua, you may rest assured, English Harbour is where you want to be! The roads are bumpy, the area hilly, the daily parking erratic...wherever you can find it. The locals are wonderful people and never once in 30 days did anyone warn us of security issues! And there were none!
Choy couldn't have been more helpful with information and solutions, restaurant and local info of every kind. Her lovely shop is a few steps from the cottage and so she makes herself available most mornings! Thank you Choy!
If she could have held the local clubs at bay for noise levels three or four nights a week, or sorted out the mosquitos, then she would have!
On the minus side, the cottage is 30+ years old and in real need of upgrading: old Formica, dirty cabinets, louvered Windows that don't all function and screens that fit badly. I realize this keeps the price down but was not prepared for this, nor the 25 US dollar fee for laundering the linens, each week.
The rental car we were able to secure for a three week period for 44 US dollars a day! (We nogtiated on island instead of the "deals" on the net.) Awesome deal. Gas is six dollars per gallon, in each of the 22 gas stations. Our favorite, drop dead ambiance rest.was Cambusa at night...try the Amitriciana pasta. We loved Choppy's and the little guy who sells street food across from Our Lady of Perpetual Help, maybe 10 miles toward the airport. He's there on Friday and Saturdays only and is right on the corner of Fig Tree Drive. Five US$ for a very generous to-go, whelk-conch shrimp stew. OMG!