Location

On a secluded hillside/beachside position sloping gently down to a soft sandy beach on St Lucia's southwest coast. Transfer time from airport: 1 hour.

Anse Chastanet is set within a 600 acre private plantation on St. Lucia's southwest coast.

Accommodation

Anse Chastanet offers 49 individually designed rooms, 37 of which are scattered about a verdant hillside, and 12 which are nestled within a tropical garden at beach level. The use of local woods and other local products is emphasised in the room decor and furnishings. Cushions and bedspreads are made from colourful cotton fabrics called madras, the island's "national cloth." Even the resort bathrobes are locally made and have become a popular souvenir item!  The furniture has been individually designed and handmade in the region with the exclusive use of the island woods such as teak, mahogany, green heart, red cedar and wild breadfruit. All rooms have fridges, electric tea/coffee makers and wall mounted hair dryers, and in-room safes. Deluxe and Premium rooms also have irons and ironing boards.

Standard and Superior Hillside

Superior rooms are located on the hillside and are octagonal or rectangular in shape, with 2 twin beds or one king size bed, with ocean and/or Piton view. Standard rooms are slightly smaller than Superior rooms with twin, queen or king size bedding, with garden or partial ocean view.

When booking Standard category, you could be located on either hillside or beachside - the category is based on "run of house" principle which may lead to a complimentary upgrade to Superior or Beachside Deluxe location, at the Resort's discretion. Both Standard and Superior rooms have clay or tropical hardwood floors with either glass or wooden jalousie louvre windows, ceiling fans and balconies, ensuite bathrooms with shower and toilet.

Deluxe Beachside

All beachside rooms are Deluxe category rooms. Beachside Deluxe rooms are very spacious rooms with either 2 doubles or 1 king size bed, en suite bathroom with 2 sinks, shower and toilet. They have clay tiles, wooden jalousie louvre windows, ceiling fans and large balconies or patios. All beachside rooms offer a tropical garden view, just a few steps from the water's edge.

Deluxe Hillside

Hillside Deluxe rooms are extremely spacious and individually designed, some in a very open-air style with the fourth wall missing and some with dramatic open roof dormers. Some rooms have a formal separation between bedroom and living room, others are wide open spaces flowing into each other. Clay floor tiles or tropical hardwood floor, king size bed, wooden jalousie louvres, ceiling fans, balconies, and very large en suite bathrooms with 2 sinks, shower and WC, Piton and/or ocean view.

Premium Hillside

Premium rooms are Anse Chastanets rooms numbered 7, offering picture postcard perfect views of the Piton mountains and the surrounding sea by virtue of their very elevated and strategic location. Some Premium rooms have fourth wall missing. All Premium hillside rooms have ceiling fans, clay floor tiles or tropical hardwood floors, wooden jalousie louvres, large en suite bathrooms.

Two Bedroom Suites

Anse Chastenets offers a few selected two bedroom 2 bathroom suites which are available on request. Suite/room combinations are available in Standard/Superior, Deluxe Hillside and Premium Categories.

Infinity Pool Sanctuaries at Jade Mountain

Located high on Morne Chastanet, overlooking the Pitons and Caribbean Sea, JADE MOUNTAIN is a resort within a resort at ANSE CHASTANET. Expect grand sweeping spaces, with your sleeping and living areas and an extravagantly sized infinity edge pool - one in each sanctuary - flowing into one another to form an amazing floating platform with the 4th wall missing entirely - the result being a stage-like setting from which to embrace the full glory of St. Lucia's twin Pitons and the shimmering Caribbean Sea - a view you are not likely to ever forget.

Restaurants and Bars

Anse Chastanet is very actively involved with the island's local farmers to assist them in understanding which produce is essential to our culinary style. Together with our horticultural team, we have recently been further expanding our own gardens, cultivating fresh herbs and fresh fruits which are grown amidst the historical ruins of the Anse Mamin plantation, part of Anse Chastanets

600 acre estate. The dinner menu changes daily and consists of a 4 course meal served in a romantic candlelit atmosphere surrounded by beautiful original artwork.

Treehouse

Part of the Piton Restaurant is the Treehouse, where diners are seated in an open-air area amidst treetops as the name suggests. Dinner is served daily with the exception of Tuesdays.  At Anse Chastanets Treehouse Restaurant, we have created a celebrated award winning Tropical World Cuisine, blending Caribbean cuisine with other world cuisine experiences, from French to Mediterranean and from Fusion to world cuisine.  Our menus always include vegetarian options and our.

Trou au Diable Restaurant

Serves lunch and dinner daily. The lunch menu offers a wide and varied choice of appetizers, salads, sandwiches, burgers and creole specialities from an à la carte menu, in addition to a large buffet spread with hot and cold dishes.  On Tuesday evenings, all guests enjoy our special Caribbean Buffet which commences with a cocktail reception followed by dinner in the Trou au Diable beach restaurant. The atmosphere is festive with the entire stretch of beach in front of the restaurant lit up by flambeau candles.  The Trou au Diable restaurant offers a special Indian theme menu titled Apsara on all evenings except Tuesday. Psara is an innovative fusion of modern East Indian and Caribbean cooking, a celebration of St.Lucia’s historical and cultural ties with East India.

Beach Grill

On all evenings except Tuesdays, we serve a beach grill menu in the beach bar giving our guests the option to enjoy light grilled fare near the water's edge in a casual setting.

Afternoon Tea

Afternoon tea is served from 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. daily in both the Piton Bar and Beach Bar, and an afternoon snack menu is also available at that time.

Dress Code

Our dress code in the evenings is smart casual. Gentlemen usually wear collared shirts and Bermuda shorts or trousers. Light cotton or linen clothing is the most comfortable. At lunch, we request dry clothing in the beach restaurant and a light cover up.

The two bars - Piti Piton Bar at the Treehouse Restaurant and the Trou au Diable beach restaurant are open daily and offer a wide selection of tropical cocktails, beers, liquor including also fine malt whiskeys, eau-de-vies and after dinner drinks. Why not start your holiday with a STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN or how about a CARIBBEAN KISS!

All Inclusive

Optional All Inclusive available.

Meals/drinks 2008: All meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner. House wine by the glass, soft drinks, beers, spirits (excludes champagne and bottled wines).

2009: All meals and selected drinks.

Other All taxes and service charges (excludes overseas airport departure tax).

Activities and Amenities

WATERSPORTS

Anse Chastanet guests can enjoy the following water sports daily and on complimentary basis:

- Snorkelling

- Windsurfing

- Ocean Kayaking

- Sunfish Sailing

Snorkellers will take delight in the shallow coral reefs which start right offshore and which are easily accessible. At a charge, escorted boat snorkel trips are arranged to other nearby snorkel sites.

The Anse Chastanet beach attendants will be pleased to provide sunfish sailing and windsurfing instruction when required.

Kayak St. Lucia

Speciality kayaks are available at a charge for coastal "Kool Kayaking" adventures: " Kool Kayaking" is St. Lucia's first professional kayaking adventure featuring Prijon sea-kayaks and trained guides. Experience the natural beauty of St. Lucia from a unique perspective. Conducted by American Canoe Association certified guides, you'll learn proper paddle techniques, wet exits and entries, rescues. Beginners can sign up for one hour training and join escorted coastal kayaking adventures in these sleek fast- moving kayaks.

Scuba St. Lucia

This is the primary attraction Anse Chastanet resort has for travelling divers. It is in the heart of St.Lucia's very best diving: the entire region surrounding the resort is vested into an award winning marine reserve (SMMA) which has been established since 1995 to protect the pristine beauty of St.Lucia's coral reefs.

This is an SSI Platinum Pro/ PADI Gold Palm Dive Centre and DAN (Divers Alert Network) Partners in Dive Safety facility, located at the south end of Anse Chastanet beach. Founded in 1981, Scuba St.Lucia has established itself as one of the world's top diving destinations. Scuba St.Lucia offers great diving and comprehensive facilities for divers of all levels.  Perfectly set up for both beach and boat dives, Scuba St. Lucia offers guests gear storage; a well equipped scuba store; three compressors; rental dive gear and an underwater Photo and Video centre. All dives offered by Scuba St Lucia are guided by an instructor or dive master to maximize diver safety and enjoyment. The marine reserve policy is to "look but don't touch". Even empty shells should be left on the sea bed, and great care taken not to touch or kick the corals so hopefully the reef can be preserved for future generations of divers to enjoy.

Scuba St Lucia is an ideal place to learn to dive, with warm clear waters and a shallow, protected reef so close to the Dive Centre. The introductory Scuba course is offered most days a week and Open Water Certification courses start every week. A full range of courses; Advanced Open Water, Rescue diver, Dive master, Assistant Instructor, Specialties, are available by arrangement. The pace in St Lucia is always slow and relaxed, but the diving, activities are efficiently organised with the minimum of fuss - the staff are very accommodating and will do their best to help out with "special requests".

Scuba St Lucia has a talented and friendly multinational staff. Scuba St Lucia's local dive leaders are true professionals who have logged thousands of dive hours in the marine reserve and will show you the fantastic sights on the reefs.

Scuba St.Lucia operates with three dive boats: Miss Ina, Miss Bertha and Jenny-Marie. The dive boats are all equipped with fresh drinking water, full safety equipment, first aid kits and a DAN Oxygen unit.

Scuba St.Lucia recently upgraded their filling station by adding a BAUER SECURUS AIR SYSTEM. This is the first and only filtration system of its kind in St. Lucia providing the purest air quality available in the industry. There are two BAUER K14 and a BAUER K15 compressor supplying close to 40 cfpm.

Scuba St. Lucia has over 200 Aluminium scuba tanks in both 63 cu.ft. and 80 cu.ft. All rental gear is serviced on a regular basis to ensure top quality and safety. The facility is equipped with four large fresh water rinse tanks with disinfectant inside and all gear is washed after each use. The rental facility is fully equipped with the latest scuba gear: Scuba Pro regulators with Octopus, low pressure Inflator, depth and pressure gauge and our BCD's are from Seaquest/Aqualung and 3mm shorty wetsuits. Also available for rental to certified divers are masks, fins, snorkels and wetsuits

Diving

The Anse Chastanet reef starts just 10 yards beyond the water's edge. The reef's exceptional ecosystem offers an amazing profusion of unusual tropical marine life, in 20 to 140 feet of calm, clear water. The Reef which is home to more than 150 different species of fish makes for an incredible dive day or night. In the shallow areas be sure to keep your eyes open for peacock flounders, octopus, needle fish and turtles. Or drop down a little deeper over dense coral growth to see puffers, moray eels, parrot fish, lobsters and even sea horses. A unique dive site for all abilities and especially good for macro photography

The shore dive is a required "first" dive for dive guests. It allows divers to feel reassured that all equipment is functioning properly, that their buoyancy skills are adequate for entering the marine reserve and to provide an orientation to the type of diving for which St Lucia is renowned. This reef is a favourite of most professional underwater photographers and videographers who visit Anse Chastanet.

The boat dives should also not be missed - dramatic walls beneath the majestic Piton Mountains, Superman's flight, a drift dive in the shadow of the Petit Piton, Coral Gardens and Jalousie under the Gros Piton, Piton Wall, the wreck of the "Lesleen M", Anse La Raye and Anse Cochon. Closer to home for the afternoon boat trips but no less spectacular sites, the diver can explore Fairyland, Turtle Reef, Grand Caille, Trou Diable, the Pinnacles and much more.

Night dives are offered at least twice weekly on Anse Chastanet's Reef, which really "wakes up" at night, with many interesting crustaceans on the move, large basket stars, sleeping parrot fish, octopus and squid, bioluminescence and the "THING".

Sightseeing

St. Lucia's stunning scenery offers many sightseeing attractions. The most dramatic ones such as The Sulphur Springs, St.Lucia's famous walk-in volcano, the Louis XVI Mineral Baths, the Tropical Rain Forest and the famous Twin Pitons are within a short distance of ANSE CHASTANET.

Anse Chastenet has created a wide selection of customised excursions with the aim of showing you St.Lucia at its best. The following excursions are organized on a regular basis:

1/2 day tour of the Sulphur Springs, Volcano and the Diamond Mineral Baths

Rain Forest Hikes and Nature Tours

Shopping trips by boat to Castries

Full & Half Day and Sunset Sailing Cruises on our 42ft yacht, Serenity

Sea and Land Island Tour

Southern Delights Tour

Explorer Island Tour

Soufriere Delight Tour

Northern Tour to the northern part of the island

Escorted boat snorkel tour

Complimentary escorted walks and hikes o 600 acre estate

Deep Sea Fishing Trips

For the even more adventurous on request:

Plantation tours

Climbing the Pitons

Botanical Gros Piton Tour

Whale Watching

Day tour to Martinique by plane or speed boat

Day tours to the Grenadines by plane

Tours to the Maria Island Nature Reserve

Activities above water right at the resort include ocean kayaking, sunfish sailing, windsurfing, tennis, birdwatching, jungle biking, exploring the 600 acre plantation of Anse Chastanet and Anse Mamin, sunbathing and shopping in the two hotel boutiques, featuring handicrafts and batik wear, and in our art gallery.

Anse Chastenet has developed a special walking tour programme which includes bird watching tours, botanical tours alongside the famous Piton mountains as well as visits to the island's nature reserves.  Our estate guides offer complimentary guided walks on the 600 acre estate. Their knowledge of history and local herbs and plants and their beneficial uses has been passed on from generation to generation.

Spa

Located at beach level, the Kai Belté Spa’s professionally trained therapists offer a wide range of treatments, including Swedish massage, aromatherapy, and reflexology. Newly added services include shiatsu and our own version of La Stone therapy, called Wosh Cho, patois for hot stone. Hair treatments include a tantalizing scalp and neck massage, based on Indian massage principles and reflexology. Also available are Ayurvedic treatments.

Some spa treatments have been specifically developed for honeymooners and romantics. There is, for example, the simultaneous in-room massage, designed to provide a massage for him and her simultaneously. The Couples' Massage Course teaches couples the basic principles of Swedish massage.

Kai Belté beauty products are created especially for the spa. All products are made with the highest quality, cold-processed French herbal extracts with essential oils, Swiss bio-extracts and naturally derived water-based emulsions.

Spa Packages consisting of four and six treatments can be pre-booked and added to any reservation type. Choose any treatment which is between 35 - 60 minutes in length (most are...) from our classic spa menu (not including the ayurvedic treatments which are available a la carte only) The Sublime Six packages consist of 6 spa treatments, at US450 per person (+10% service charge).

Honeymoons and Anniversaries

Anse Chastenets spectacular scenic location, its unique setting and special ambiance, has firmly established the Resort as one of St. Lucia's leading honeymoon spots. The resort's intimate size ensures that management and staff will ensure that your honeymoon will be the holiday of a lifetime.

This position has been further cemented by the many romance awards the resort has been proud to receive. Readers of Caribbean Travel and Life magazine have repeatedly voted Anse Chastenet to be one of the Caribbean's Most Romantic Resorts and A&E television voted us to be ONE OF THE WORLD'S TOP TEN MOST ROMANTIC RESORTS based on a vote by travel industry leaders and journalists.

Elope to Paradise Weddings

Tropical island weddings are getting more and more popular, whether or not you plan to travel to paradise exclusively with your loved one or accompanied by your relatives and friends.

Only one to two days of residency in St. Lucia is required for visitors in order for them to be married in a civil ceremony performed right at the resort. Catholic Church weddings can be arranged but take at least 3 months of planning, involving the bride and groom's parish priest at home.

At Anse Chastanet, weddings are the unique and individual affair they should be and every ceremony is organised in personal consultation with the bride and groom who can also add their own vows to the civil ceremony. The bride and groom can choose their own very special location, be it the Treehouse, the beach, the "Miss Ina," the old colonial plantation, a nearby waterfall, the coral reef or the privacy of their room. Wedding ceremonies are limited to one a day.  

This wedding package includes all legal processing, lawyer and registrar fees, all messenger and transportation services, wedding bouquet, buttonhole, wedding cake, and bottle of champagne. Optional services such as photography, video, pre-wedding spa package, national wedding dress, private sunset post wedding sailing trip, live entertainment are all available. Two witnesses are required and can be arranged at the Resort.

Wedding Couples can add the wedding package to any reservation type. Wedding couples particularly like our all-inclusive TOTAL ROMANCE package.  If you plan to get married with your friends and family present please contact us for further details on special group rates and additional information on planning larger weddings.