Except for 2021 and 2022, we have been visiting Grenada since 1985. We started next to Mount Cinnamon (then Cinnamon Hill) at The Flamboyant, where we loved the view over Grand Anse bay to St. Georges and the mountains above. After Hurricane Ivan in 2004, The Flamboyant quickly rebuilt but they could not afford to replicate the quality of the old buildings. We moved on to two different properties which were pleasant but lacked the same great view. This year we were delighted to return in grand style to the view we love. The reliable breeze and orientation to the north made sitting outside consistently pleasant.
The villa has an inviting infinity pool just off the lower level and overlooking Grand Anse. The pool is built for swimming laps, something my wife enjoyed nearly every day. The water is on the chilly side, as it doesn’t get much sun.
The house is huge with separate large communal spaces inside and out on each of the two levels. There are 7 separate A/C systems, so each large space has precise temperature control. Unlike our previous house in Grenada, the water pressure was generous and warm water flowed as quickly as in most modern homes. On one occasion one of us encountered insufficient hot water for an afternoon shower. This was resolved when we adjusted our wasteful use of the warm taps for all those quick situations where we were done using the water before the solar-heated water arrived.
We encountered an issue with cloudy and unhealthy water when the house tanks got too low. As with other more minor issues, the hotel staff responded very promptly and resolved the issue.
Although a robust commercial washing machine is included, there is no clothes dryer. Because we are spoiled by American climate-unfriendly dryers, this was disappointing. Our laundry dried overnight on clothes drying racks and we got accustomed to the crunchy texture of our cleaned clothes. With all the extra space in smaller rooms, we never felt like we were living among our drying laundry, as with rentals in Norway.
A daily annoyance was maintaining the never-ending demand for ice by our group of four adult Americans. We finally appreciated the lack of an automatic ice maker when we had to switch to using bottled water for ice due to the water problem.