So now I'm rushing around trying to find something else for the dates Feb. 20 - March 6 (14 nights). There will be two of us, we are avid snorkelers (not scuba divers), need two beds, and will have a car the whole time. Any ideas or comments?
We stayed here a couple years ago. It's in Lagun.
My Dream Apartments
There's a tall, locked security gate and
fat bars on all the doors/windows. It's relatively inexpensive also. My room had a queen and a single bed iirc. There are also interconnecting doors between each pair of units - for the price you could rent two. Kitchen facilities were a little minimal. I don't think the whole place is 5 years old, everything was new looking and clean in 2007.
It's not so apparent from the photos but it's up on a cliff so about 50-60' to the water. They do have a vertical ladder down to the water but I wouldn't with gear. A friend climbed down and said just offshore looked like great snorkeling. Nice breeze most of the time. In addition to your patio, there's another structure with a deck/bbq. on the roof overlooking the water. Outside shower for cleaning gear also. The five of us had the whole place to ourselves.
The Playa Lagun divesite is 2mins. away. Playa Jeremi is a few minutes the other way and it's probably 10-15 mins. to Westpunt. Lagun is a quiet area so get food at Centrum market in town b4 you drive out - there's only one small local store nearby.
Nice people own it, they met us at the airport and offered to escort us out. We were told by the owner, Sonia, not to leave anything in the cars at any remote divesite.
edit: I just saw that you're snorkelers. We did a dive at Playa Jeremi and coming back in I swam in among the rocks along the north side of the cove - it was almost better than the dive - lots of interesting stuff.
Also take a morning and drive east of Willemsted to the Caracasbai area, the Tugboat is one of the only wrecks I know of shallow enough to snorkel - it's 20' and right off the beach at Baya Bay.
It's probably closer to town than you'd want but we also spent a week at
Piscadera Bay Resort They're 2BR duplexes with full kitchens, dining rooms, and most had an outdoor table. Some of the units have ocean views but it's a couple blocks to the water. We did drive to Habitat from there - it was probably 20 mins+ since PB is west Willemsted. It's convenient as it's about 15mins. from downtown.
