All of the fantastic comments are true. The views are amazing, the cottages are romantic, the food is excellent, and the staff is very attentive. There's little I can add to the superlatives. Therefore, I'd like to concentrate on a couple of fine points.
First, I had planned to rent a vehicle at the hotel for a few days but changed my mind once I saw the conditions of the roads. I had read the reviews and pictured some windy mountain roads like I had driven in the North Carolina mountains. Boy, did I not get the message. The two-mile road coming into the village from the main road reminded me of the one Robin Williams encountered in the movie "R.V.". The van from the airport ended with a body slamming, 10 mile per hour, van scrapping experience for about 10 minutes.
Furthermore, the main roads have some serious problems. They sometimes don't have middle lines, the curves aren't always marked, and the tour bus operators come within a few feet of rental car bumpers. I have rented a car in third-world countries and have taken them out on side roads, such as in Costa Rica. However, what I saw in St. Lucia was too much for me. I took the tours, and paid more than I would have if I had rented a car. This country badly needs to hire a retired civil engineer and improve the roads. On the flip side of this argument, everyone leading the tours did an exceptional job and the Soufriere Land/Sea tour was beautiful.
Second, despite all of the boats coming into Anse Cochon, I found the snorkeling at the beach to be better than average, but not exceptional. Perhaps I didn't venture far enough out to the point, which was about 300 yards from the beach. I found the snorkeling at Anse Chastenet to be better, which we discovered when we went out on the dive boat. I would recommend this for snorkelers. All the scuba divers we befriended raved about their experience.






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