For our first Caribbean holiday, we wanted to chill out, swim, snorkel and explore the island. We chanced on the Auberge Seraphine on the internet and liked what we saw -- particularly when we compared prices. So we booked and headed there straight from the airplane to give us time to look around. We stayed for our full 2 weeks holiday. There didn't seem much point in moving!The hotel is small (28 large rooms) and located 10 minutes walk outside Castries overlooking the harbour, where the cruise liners glide in and out daily. There is a swimming pool on a broad terrace with service from the bar and restaurant beneath -- we were so often the only users of the pool that we began to think of it as our pool! The hotel is spotless and the stuff very obliging. There are 2 first-class restaurants within 500 yards. Taxis are easily available to go anywhere and in particular to the beaches. Boat trips go from the jetty, a short walk from the hotel. Auberge Seraphine had everything we wanted and was lively with it; we could pick where we wanted to go each day.... and there were no mosquitoes or ants in the air-conditioned room and only 2 in 2 weeks on our balcony! An added bonus.. the hotel is 5 minutes drive from Castries Airport but there is a hill in between.

Stayed here on both ends of a recent trip to St. Lucia (most of the time we stayed in Soufriere, but wanted to avoid the long drive to the SLU airport late at night and early in the morning and also wanted a little time to explore Castries and points north). Auberge Seraphine is a most pleasant property - spacious rooms, nice pool, quiet location, friendly staff, and easy walking distance to Castries, Pointe Seraphine shopping and (besides the hotel restaurant) 2 fine dining places -- Froggie Jack's and The Coal Pot. More business people and flight crew (5 minutes from airport) stay here than tourists, which only adds to the good atmosphere. You can also hop aboard a whale-watching boat with Chris Hackshaw from here or other sea-going excursions, as you are staying right on Vigie Cove. Watch the huge cruise ships head up the harbor from the deck of you room and enjoy the resident rookery of cattle egrets in front of the hotel.