St. Kitts-Nevis - Angelus Resort

$189 - St. Kitts is generally known as an island of small-scale B&B;'s, but it got a taste of a major hotel with the opening of the Angelus Resort last summer. Angelus echoes with French glass doors that open to panoramic views of majestic Half Moon Bay, or the Royal St. Kitts Golf Course. A total of 90 rooms, soon to be 144, are scattered among 15 truly Caribbean acres. Breakfast is included.

Angelus has a full spa and an all-organic Caribe restaurant. Peak your interest? And at Angelus, the fun never stops!

On Monday night there is a bonfire after sunset (still done here). On Thursday, it's all Latin with live salsa, meringue and mambo music.

And if you never want to leave, well, the resort's new luxury one and two bedroom apartments, with balcony and full kitchen, are now on the market - starting at $200,000.

These two islands - St. Kitts and Nevis (Nee-vis) belong to the British until just recently - 1983 - when they became a small, independent two-island nation with UN membership. British traditions remain: cricket is the main sport and you drive on the left.

Hurricane Hugo in 1990 almost finished the sugar crop and business and it was soon afterward that the islands started in earnest procuring tourism. But this doesn't mean that tourist have stayed away. Spotted in the past few years - Britney Spears, Oprah Winfrey, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michael Douglas, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sylvester Stallone, Danny Glover, Michael J. Fox, and Gerald and Betty Ford... to name a few.

Frigate Bay - 869.466.6224
www.angelusstkitts.com

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