Everything you could want or expect from a Caribbean all-inclusive family resort can be found here at the Almond Beach Village. The resort set on a 19th-century sugar plantation, is huge, spreading out over 32 acres and has a whole mile of white sandy beach. The resort's 32 acres stretches along a beach lapped by the Caribbean Sea, with coral reef sections for snorkeling. Shaded hammocks, umbrellas, and lounge chairs are arrayed on the sand. Family and couples alike delight in the numerous activities, excursions, dining, nightlife, fun and relaxation available at the Village.
Almond Village offers guests exquisite swimming opportunities with 2 Jacuzzis, 10 freshwater pools, special children's pools, a north pool for guests 16 and older. Five tennis courts, a nine-hole golf course, squash courts, fitness center, and whirlpool are also available. Guest can even try their hand at a variety of water sports, including reef fishing, kayaking, aqua cycling, banana boating, snorkeling, sailing, water skiing, and windsurfing. Six restaurants, four bars (including a cocktail lounge and poolside bar), coffee shop, and nightclub are all on the premises. Additional services include gift shop, laundry, room service, free parking, tour desk, and transportation to nearby shopping areas.
The Village prides itself on attention to kids and families by offering special family rates and fun activities through the Kids' Club to thrill parents and children alike, while couples enjoy the romance and privacy of paradise. Whether weekly picnics and excursions or live nightly entertainment following gourmet dining, Almond is equipped to satisfy any guest with exciting day trips to exotic locales or dancing till dawn in our disco. Almond days and nights are full of tropical entertainment!
Every week, Almond hosts weekly excursions to scenic island destinations for a day of fun, sun, relaxation and unlimited food and drink. In addition, free transportation is provided into Bridgetown, the Barbados capitol, for wonderful local arts and crafts, not to mention duty free shopping.
ALL-INCLUSIVE FEATURES:
- Room accommodations
- All meals (Advance reservations are required at the restaurants and may be made up to 90 days prior to arrival or during stay)
- All beverages including name-brand liqours, beer, tropical coolers, house wines by the glass and soft drinks (excludes Private Reserve wine, Private Reserve liquors, and wine by the bottle)
- Room service for lunch and dinner
- All resort fitness and recreation facilities
- All resort activities and entertainments
- Non-motorized water sports: aqua cycling, kayaks, banana boats, snorkeling, sailing, waterskiing, reef fishing and windsurfing
- Transportation to Bridgetown for shopping
- Transportation to partner resort for meals, activities, pools (age 16 or older)
- Supervised Kid's Club activities for newborns to teenagers (additional charges may apply after 5 pm for children under 5)
- Taxes, service charges and gratuities
Not Included: Lobster at certain meals, wine by the bottle, optional tours, Spa & Beauty treatments and products, airport transfers, Barbados airport departure taxes, golf pull carts or equipment, motorized water sports, scuba diving, telephone calls, faxes, internet access, and business services.
ALL-INCLUSIVE DISCOUNT AMENITIES:
- Golf on 9-hole, par-3 course. $5USD fee, per person, includes green fee, clubs, and pull cart; tee time reservations required; Cayman golf balls will be provided, tees not included.
Almond Village provides guests with the ultimate in amusement.
Your Pleasure. Your Pace. Your Choice.
DINING / BARS:
HORIZONS - Open-air restaurant under peaked bleached-wood ceilings offering breakfast and lunch buffets daily. A la carte dinner menu available on most nights with choices that may include squid-shrimp salad, fried chicken-mushroom wrap, conch chowder, chilled cantaloupe soup with Amaretto and mint, roast lamb, braised duck, seared mahi mahi, and French onion tart. Caribbean buffet and Bajan cultural show on Saturday nights, beach barbecue on Wednesday nights. Afternoon English tea served every afternoon.
THE REEF RESTAURANT & BAR - Open-air seafront restaurant with white linens, bright-blue plastic chairs and bleached-wood ceilings serving breakfast buffet and fast-food lunch buffet daily. A la carte dinner menu featuring seafood, with choices such as smoked flying fish, ceviche, baked snapper, bluefin tuna, and flank steak. Dinner reservations are required. Dinner dress code: long pants and collared shirts for men.
LA SMARRITA - Grand, air-conditioned Northern Italian restaurant with mahogany trim and draped windows serving a la carte dinner nightly. Antipasta, soups, pasta, and main-course choices that may include duck with orange-honey sauce, steak, chicken, and fish. Reservations are required. Dress code: long pants and collared shirts for men. (Patrons must be age 16 or older.)
ENID'S - Colorful Bajan-style, open-air dinner restaurant serving local foods such as pepper-smoked fish, flying fish-and-cou cou. Reservations are required. Dress code: long pants and collared shirts for men.
BOARDWALK BAR & GRILL - Casual, open-air seafront spot open from Noon to 8 PM for tropical drinks. Burgers, hot dogs, chicken, and fish served Noon to 2 PM. (Hours subject to change).
Advance reservations are required at the restaurants and may be made up to 90 days prior to arrival or during stay.
RESTAURANT DRESS CODE: Shoes must be worn, bathing suits must be covered and men cannot wear tank tops or sleeveless shirts. After 6:30 pm, men must wear long slacks and collared shirts and women must wear dresses, slacks or culottes; no shorts nor short outfits are permitted in the evening.
WEDDING AND ANNIVERSARY PACKAGES are available and can be booked by calling the resort directly.
RESORT UPDATE, JANUARY 2011: Almond Beach Village will undergo a multi-million dollar upgrade
The following areas will be upgraded:
- Lobby re-design
- Re-design and upgrade the entertainment area
- New lobby bar will be built
- Upgrade of restaurants
- Upgrade Kids Club to state of the art facility
- Re-design of landscaping around the property
- Building of new buffet area
- Upgrade of all rooms with new tropical motif, flat screen TV's and furnishings.
The above is expected to be completed within the year. All work has been scheduled so as to cause minimal disruption to guests. As Almond Beach Village is a 35-acre property, they expect to be able to isolate areas of construction.
