Arrival:
We visited The Verandah 10 years ago and thought it was time to return. We booked our 2 week holiday with Virgin Holidays.
The minibus took us and another couple to The Verandah, which took about 30 minutes. On arrival be booked in and receive a cold drink, before being taken through the resort, to our room.
Room:
Our room was the Waterfront Suite King Waterfront View All inclusive (room No 144). The bed and pillows were very comfortable. Aircon worked perfectly. The room furnishings are a bit dated. The bathroom had a toilet, 2 sinks and a shower, with complementary toiletries, a hairdryer and clean towels/facecloth, although the facecloth was sometimes removed and not replaced.
There is a fridge in the room which contained, 2 bottles of water.
The safe in the room uses a key, which if lost costs $70USD.
The sliding door to the balcony has a sliding mosquito net, this was difficult to slide open and the lock on the net door was broken, although the sliding window did lock.
Food:
There are a few places to eat at the resort, which are open on different days and times, so you need to keep an eye on Weekly Dinning Schedule (photo). We only ate at the Pizza place once, as we didn't like the Pizza served. The other places to eat provided a selection of tasty foods.
There are several bars now. including a bar on Lovers Beach, and they had everything we wanted.
Beach/Pool:
We spend almost all our time on Lovers Beach and a couple of times at the main pool.
The Beach was wonderful, with plenty of shaded areas, sun loungers and towels.
The beach is very safe with a dedicated Water-sports team (Jensen & Aquéz), during the day. I took advantage of all the Water-sports, Kayaking, Paddle boarding, Snorkelling, Hobie Cat Sailboat, Windsurf and laying in the Water Hammocks.
A big thank you to Jensen & Aquéz, for looking after us and giving us many enjoyable day, in and on the sea.
We saw Turtle's, Sting Rays, many fish of different sizes, Pelicans diving for food and more.
Also thank you to Carrie-Anne, at the Beach bar, and kept us refreshed and hydrated.
There was only 1 Beach vendor, selling trips, and he was very curious and none pushy.
Overall:
We had a wonderful 2 week stay at The Verandah, spending most of our time on the beach, and enjoying the water sports. Would we go again, Absolutely.
Thanks to:
One of the best things about staying at the Verandah, is the friendly people who work there and their happy and positive personalities.
Three people who I would like to thank in particular, for making our stay at the Varandah a pleasure was, Lucy from Portofino, Andrey from the Main bar and Theodore from the Breakfast / Lunch restaurants.
