Beachfront Penthouse truly beautiful sea views 2 beds 3 baths + free Rum Punch🌴

Our second stay at Coco de Mer and it was as lovely as ever.

The location is perfect for the beach, supermarket, restaurants and buses.

We spent many happy hours just relaxing and enjoying the fabulous views both from inside the apartment, but especially from the large balcony lounging area.

Sara kindly made sure we were straight into the apartment on arrival. Jude, the owner, replied promptly to any questions we had. All in all a perfect place to stay.

We 4 booked Coco de Mer back in August for a Christmas holiday with an instant confirmation that our dates were available. We had also accepted the per night rate, service fee, extra person fee, and refundable damage deposit on VRBO’s site, and paid the requested deposit, when the balance was due prior to arrival paid that in full. En route I checked my e-mails to find we were being asked for another third of the total price above our contract pricing for a “forgotten” extra person fee. I waited to discuss with the owner in person.

The owner showed us the unit’s amenities and usage instructions, and when she handed us the keys we brought up the added fees. She claimed we were getting a deal because it was Christmas and the rates were much higher than we were paying, but the rates she quoted WERE exactly what we paid. We held firm that we had a contract, and we didn’t owe her anything additional. The next day she contacted us and asked if we’d pay a third of what she’d requested the day before as we HADN’T paid the “holiday rates” she’d quoted the night before. I said no, sending a breakdown of exactly what we’d paid. She claimed she couldn’t see what we paid, had received no money from VRBO yet, that there was a new system in place, etc. So we ended up paying exactly what our contract stipulated, but this was a very stressful and angering beginning to our Christmas holiday.

That being said, Coco de Mer is lovely, across the street from the beach. There are windows side/front for cross breeze. It listed 4 bathrooms, but there were only 3. There is a washer but no dryer, but plenty of hanging racks. The patio is great in the morning and for sunset, but hot mid afternoon.

The kitchen has a full sized refrigerator, dishwasher, oven and stovetop. There is no barbeque grill, the “grill” is basically the broiler unit of the oven. It’s well appointed with dishes and glassware. There are cooking pots, pans and utensils.

Plenty of beach/bath towels were on hand, grocery bags and a cooler bag. Speightstown is active, the property is 5 mins. walk north of the center and mostly quiet, but in a neighborhood with a kennel of dogs behind. We heard them during the night and early in the morning. Use earplugs and A/C at night in the bedrooms. No shoes are allowed upstairs on the main floor.

We had an enjoyable time in beautiful Barbados, but I suggest you confirm rates with this owner prior to booking to make sure there are no surprises.

We enjoyed our stay at this condo. The location was good and we were within walking distance to many restaurants and shops. There is a small beach right across the road from the condo but just a short walk north and you are graced with the beautiful Heywoods Beach. We also spent time at Mullins Beach because there are lounge chairs to rent. The only thing that I would suggest for this condo would be to invest in some better beach chairs and maybe stock the kitchen with some essentials (pepper, saran wrap, etc.) Some other condos that we have been to also will leave some non perishable things from previous users that didn't get used.

Using this service was easy, the property was very nice, the veiw was stunning, sunsets beautiful!

Local food easily accessible!

We loved it!