BARBADOS, SANDY LANE

Someone asked me in the comment box about where we stayed at in Barbados and I said I would do a hotel review post with some restaurant tips too so here we go. Sorry it took so long, I forgot to do it earlier! We stayed at the most amazing hotel called Sandy Lane. The place is somewhat legendary and people from all over the world holiday there time after time, year after year. I have stayed there a few times now and I must say it is at the very top of the list of the best hotels I've ever stayed at. A holiday doesn't get much better. The service and attention to detail is incredible, rooms are spacious, homely and comfortable not to mention the location right on the white sand beach.

They have a more formal, fine dining restaurant for dinner but I prefer the restaurant down at the beach. The Sunday lunch buffet is second to none and so is the breakfast one.

They have a kids' club that you have to drag your children out of! Oh and their spa is great too and so is their golf course (apparently). None of this comes cheap though but out of the high season you might be able to get yourself some kind of deal (like we did). At Christmas forget about it even if you wanted to stay there you'd be lucky to get a room from all the regulars who go every year!

The best restaurant for me on the island is The Cliff. It has the most beautiful set up and the food is excellent. You can get quite glammed up too if you want. Another good restaurant worth mentioning is a newer one called Cin Cin. And then there is another rather legendary Barbados spot, a hotel / restaurant called The Lone Star. When I had lunch there a couple of years ago it was starting to look a bit run down but it's recently undergone major renovations and knowing the people behind the project I have no doubt it will be absolutely amazing when it re-opens this November. They have a few hotel rooms too so anyone looking for accommodation on their Bajan holiday I recommend checking it out.

Right, here are some pictures of Sandy Lane. They make me wish I could go back... like, right now!

Our next big holiday will take place before Christmas and see us heading the opposite direction to where we normally head to... and to a very different kind of place than we normally go to. So watch this space! :-) Do you have holidays planned for this winter?

Minna x