The Club Barbados, St James

At the Almond Beach Club & Spa, the Caribbean Sea washes up to coral-rock formations along the 100-yard water frontage. Each passing wave, a metaphor for your entire stay, erases any thought of the stresses of home and leaves only serenity. A lounge chair, a good book and maybe a drink, this the recipe for a sunny afternoon well spent in Barbados. A welcomed quiet presides over the resort. Everything seems intimate. Among lush gardens bursting with vibrant flowers and shrubs, guests meander along cozy walkways, to and from the two-level pool or the spa. But always back to the ocean. And to the next incoming wave. The Almond Beach Club and Spa Hotel overlooks the Caribbean Sea and a coral rock formation stretching along the resort`s 100-yard water frontage. Sitting above the rocks is a sand terrace furnished with lounge chairs and shaded by trees in mornings, but enjoying sunny afternoons.