Jumby Bay | T+L 500 2008 | Travel + Leisure

Jumby Bay

No. 1 in Caribbean, Bermuda, and the Bahamas

Colonial-and-Mediterranean style hideaway on a 300-acre private island.

Score 92.24
Stats 40 rooms; 11 villas; 2 restaurants; 3 bars.
Competitive Edge Reachable only by boat, it's so intimate that rooms don't have keys.
Rooms to Book Rondavels with wraparound terraces and outdoor showers.
Don't Miss A visit to Pasture Bay Beach, a nesting site for endangered turtles — and a sunbather's paradise.
Cost Doubles from $1,050, including meals.
Contact Jumby Bay Island
888/767-3966 or 268/462-6000

www.rosewoodhotels.com

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Water Activities Fishing Kids' Program    

“And on Antigua, Jumby Bay is hosting weekly tournaments on—surprise!—an AstroTurf lawn....” MORE»

—Alysha Brown
“T+L Reports: A Whole New Ball game” in Travel + Leisure, Aug 2006

“'Since 2002, we've had a fifty percent increase in people paying more than a thousand dollars a night,' says Bob Boulogne, a vice president of Rosewood Hotels & Resorts, which charges that amount for top rooms at many of its properties, such as Jumby Bay on Antigua....” MORE»

—Michael Gross
“The New Luxury” in Travel + Leisure, Jun 2005

“'We were looking to just go somewhere really secluded—sit in the sun, read a good book, get taken care of, and be truly alone,' Swank says. 'That's how we ended up at Jumby Bay,' a private-island resort off Antigua. 'Hilary surprised me with dinner on the beach,' says Lowe. 'At sunset there was a table in the sand, with torches everywhere. It was impossibly romantic.'...” MORE»


“Just Back from Antigua: Hilary Swank and Chad Lowe” in Travel + Leisure, Oct 2003

“Rosewood has just spent $6 million on a tropical-hued face-lift here, and it shows. The 50 villas at this 80-acre private-island resort off Antigua now showcase British colonial furnishings done up in powdery-pastel fabric, and garden baths with outdoor rain showers and pedestal tubs. There's rarely a reason to rush back from the island's three virgin beaches, but should you need a ride to the golf course or scuba center, bicycles are the only wheels you'll find....” MORE»


“50 Caribbean Beaches” in Travel + Leisure, Dec 2002