I stayed at the Raffles Tradewinds in June 2005. The hotel is on the water, however despite being quite visually appealing, it is not a swimming beach. The rooms were clean and a decent size, but the whole hotel had an overall feel of being a bit run down. Food wasnt great from their restauarant. Raffles Tradewinds is about 5 -10 minutes drive outside of the Suva city centre. The staff there will hail a taxi for you if you want to go to town, it should cost around $6 FJD.

Personally, I much preferred the Holiday Inn in Suva - its not really appartment style, but its a much nicer hotel and is in a fantastic location with a great restaurant and swimming pool.

Over the last 14 years we stayed a number of times at Capricorn and kept going back because we liked it. Last year when we were there (September) we found that it was looking quite tired & we had a few problems - including light fittings falling off the wall, phone jack same, cleanliness not up to past standards. I wonder if that might have just been the unit we had - we asked specifically for the top floor 2 bedroom unit because we had had it before & enjoyed the view out over the harbour - maybe they hadn't kept up the maintenance on that one.

However it is in a good position, you can easily walk to town, & they have an OK pool (small) & the staff are pleasant.

I've also stayed at Tradewinds - generally pleasant & agree with all the last poster said. I wasn't aware that they had apartment style accommodation (but I have never asked). If they do & you are self catering there is reasonable food shopping at Lami a 10 minute walk or quick taxi ride away.