We decided to take a friend up on the use of their suite at the discovery for our honeymoon. Needless to say we were not dissapointed. the hotel is superb and the service is second to none. The only negatives were the lack of decent beach which I am told by the manager that they are going to remedy by next season. and the only other thing is that if you go out of season a few places are closed for refurbishment. We had an amazing stay and I would recoment the dolphin spotting and also the zip line through the rainforest which is amazing. things can get very expensive in the hotel so try and get out to the other parts f the island. However Chatau Maygo is my favourite place to go, check out the sushi made by Michael he is a master the best I have ever had.

Our stay in the Discovery had been by far the best hotel experience during a 2 weeks trip to the WestIndies where we stayed in 4 different 5-star hotels.

We arrived and got a wonderful room, on the very top floor of one of the beautiful wooden buildings, with a splendid view over Marigot Bay. The rooms are designed very tastefully with tropical wood, art and in the center a huge four poster bed.

The bathroom has been very spacious, modern, simply a place to enjoy your time in.

We were overwhelmed by the restaurant. Even so we have been trying many gourment restaurants in our lives, this was exceeding our expectations. Fresh startes, amazing fish maincourses (tuna and MahiMahi) as well as deserts that are a pleasure to look at and an even bigger pleasure to eat.

The staff has been friendly and helpful at all times. We had to check out very early and still we got a wonderful breakfast brought to our room at 4 a.m. in the morning.

The marina close to the hotel gives strong sailor feelings, and as my husband and myslef both love sailing, we enjoyed a stroll along the jetty very much.

The only minor disadvantage is that the hotel does not have direct access to a beach. However, they organize complimantary trips to good snorkling places and a ferry to a beach nearby.

We can really recommend this hotel.

We went to Discovery as part of our honeymoon earlier this month and would definitely recommend it.

Plus points
- The accomodation. The suite we had was stunning and very spacious (the air-conditioned bedroom was a bonus too). The private jacuzzi was great too! It tends to be the lower suites that have these though so you have to trade off having a great view against having a jacuzzi.

- Staff. They were all very friendly and definitely enhanced our stay.

- Jalousie Beach. Would definitely recommend going there - its beautiful and Discovery's boat can take you there and pick you up.

- The surrounding restaurants were great (Rainforest Hideaway especially) but would have to say that after more than a week there you start to get a bit bored with the menus...

Negatives
- Mosquitoes and sandflies. My wife and I were both bothered with mosquito bites and a number of the other guests were too. To be fair to Discovery though, they seem to be carrying out weekly "foggings" to try and get rid of the problem.

- Poor lighting. The resort is very dark at night, particularly on the steps on the way back to the hotel rooms.

- This is perhaps not a negative but it is a VERY quiet resort and it is expensive to get water (or land) taxis to more lively places.

All in all we would definitely recommend Discovery and we had a great time there

We spent a week at Discovery for our Honeymoon in June, 2008. We enjoyed every minute of our time there.

We were greeted at the airport by an expedia representative. She had contact inofrmation for our representative on the island and a car waiting for us. We flew into the small Castries airport, which is a much shorter drive.

We arrived at Discovery around 1:00 am, but the reception desk was expecting us. They drove us on a golf cart to our room, and brought our bags later. Our room was beautiful, clean and cool. We had a private plunge pool out front. Waiting in our room was complimentary champagne and fruit. About 15 minutes after we arrived, complimentary sandwiches were delivered. All very welcome after 14 hours of travel!

The first morning we met with our travel rep from barefoot vacations, assigned by expedia, and booked our week of activities including golf, a catamaran cruise, sunset cruise, shopping trip and fish fry. It was very simple. She gave us her cell phone number, which we used several times to contact her. I highly recommend having an agent on the island to book things through. You can use the concierge at the resort as well, which would probably be just as good.

The activities:
The catamaran cruise was great. A full day of cruising down the island, all you can drink, a tour of the biotanical gardens, drive in volcano, lunch, and snorkeling. They dropped us off right at Discovery, so no taxi ride back!
Golf was amazing, hardly any golfers there. The taxi ride took FOREVER to get there from Discovery. We had to stop at several other resorts to pick up other guests. Lunch was good at the country club. Very laid back.
The sunset cruise was cancelled, as there weren't enough people signed up. Our rep on the island let us know right away, and offered to book something else. We were a little disappointed, but went to eat at Rainforest instead. We like the simple sandwiches at Hurricane Hole better, but it was good.
Shopping in Castries is a must.
The fish fry on friday nights is a must as well. We took a water taxi, which I recommend.

Every taxi to and from Discovery is $30.00. So every activity will cost you $60.00 more than the actual activity cost. The catamaran leaves from Castries, shopping in Castries, golf, etc. The taxi drivers are great and safe. They will schedule a time to pick you back up, so you do not have to look for another one to go back to the hotel. Thank you Andrew!

Discovery itself was amazing. We felt very safe the entire time. There was a digital safe in our room, which we used. Housekeeping mistakenly took my husband's swim shorts with the towels. I contacted the front desk, and they were back in our room cleaned and pressed. The pool and swim up bar was one of our favorite places to be. Daily breakfast (included in rate) filled us for the entire day until dinner. Lots of variety, fresh, and delicious. The staff greeted you by name, and seemed genuinely interested in you having a good time. Hurricane Hole was good for sandwiches and a drink. The BBQ on Thursday(?) was delicious. We also went to the managers cocktail party at the Pink Snail. Complimentary wine and passed appetizers. Delicious! The resort never felt crowded. We always felt very relaxed.

The resort restaurant was very good. I had a delicous steak one night. JJ's was our least favorite. The pizza place was also fun with live music and dancing. Two for one drinks!

We hired a professional photographer to take photos of us at the resort. I highly recommend! We got some great pictures, and we didn't come back with a bunch of pictures that we tried to take of ourselves! We used Ray with Karay Media. He was great!

The only downfall was getting to other places on the island, because the roads are very winding, and the cost. After seeing other resorts in Castries, we were very glad we chose Discovery, though. We will go back, and never leave the resort!

Thank you, Discovery for a perfect honeymoon!