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Just returned from a 10 night holiday in the beautiful island of Barbados. This was our first time visiting this island but we have holidayed in the Caribbean a fair amount. We stayed at Southern Palm in an ocean facing room on a room only basis. This hotel was simply perfect, very comfortable and spacious room, we stayed on first floor and had amazing view of Dover beach. Large balcony, room cleaned daily. The hotel was very clean throughout and the staff all very helpful and friendly. The bar and restaurant was very good, food and drinks very nice and competitively priced. I normally go all inclusive so had been apprehensive about room only this time, but never regretted it. There were so many lovely restaurants and cafes in St Lawrence Gap and we enjoyed every meal we had. I highly recommend the Happy Days cafe right opposite the hotel for breakfast it was excellent. We also found the Harlequin Restaurant excellent for dinner, although all restaurants we ate at were good. There’s a street food van next to Harlequin restaurant which sells lovely food if you just want a snack. A trip to Oistins fish fry is a must, loud music and very busy but a good experience. The hotel and surrounding establishments all dedicated toTurtle conversation. We witness some turtles hatching and we were able to help save some and the turtle rescue come to collect them to release in a safer environment. Also a load of turtle eggs were washed up after a storm and these were re buried with help of turtle rescue guiding guests how to help - what an experience! You swim in the beautiful waters at Dover beach, sand underfoot and Turtle swimming all around you, popping their little heads up every so often. This whole holiday was simply magical. I don’t often return to places as there is simply too many countries to explore but I think I will certainly be returning to Barbados and Southern Palms will be the perfect place to stay. I’ll be back someday .

We had an amazing holiday here. Perfect location on the best beach on the island. Can’t fault it in any way except Wi-Fi can be dodgy. Who cares about that when you are in paradise though? Close to everything, safe at night and you can swim in the sea with turtles. The best holiday we have ever had.

So....mixed bag.... The beach (which Southern Palms backs directly on to) is beautiful. Picture perfect stunning. The waitresses in the bar/restaurant area are amazing (although the bar staff themselves seem a bit miserable) There's one last (Jeanette I think her name is) on reception who is very friendly and always spoke to us with a smile, unfortunately her colleagues not so much. The rooms are basic with a few minor issues (nowhere to hang a wet towel from in the bathroom and we were given an ice bucket but no freezer area to the fridge - room 216 beware) We had a bit of an issue with our room on the last day (through no fault of Southern Palms - Virgin Holidays done a number on us....) but the faff it caused to move all of our belongings for one night was a nightmare and the receptionist at the time couldn't have been less helpful if she'd tried. It's incredibly overpriced and made worse by everything being put on your room tab and the bill not actually specifying what you're being charged for only "charge to room xxx" So trying to work it out is pointless. Lessons we've learnt are - always go half board in Barbados - the cost of food is insane..... Always stock up on some food staples you can keep in your room/fridge.