Bougainvillea is the one that offers it all. Edged by two beautiful beaches, the resort, well known for its personal-touch and service, has 100 spacious suites which are just footsteps from the sand. Renowned for excellent service from friendly and attentive staff and a Travelife GOLD Award winner, we are positive you will enjoy a high standard of accommodation. Bougainvillea's well-appointed studios and suites are all spacious, conveniently equipped with kitchens and offer breathtaking ocean, pool or garden views from the balconies. A wide range of facilities, superior rooms and a fantastic location make it the perfect choice for couples and families.
Amenities
Golf
Hobie Cats
Kayaking
Snorkelling
Tennis
Water Skiing
Windsurfing
Kids Club
Families
Honeymoon
Wedding
Bar
Where is it
On Maxwell Beach, Bridgetown is 20-minutes away and St Lawrence Gap is just 5-minutes away. Transfer time from Barbados airport: 15 minutes.
Hotel information
100 newly-refurbished suites in 2 buildings, each with up to 4 floors and no lifts. All studios and suites have ocean, pool or garden views, balcony/terrace, air-conditioning, complimentary WiFi, flat-screen TV with cable, kitchen with fridge, microwave and stove top, safe, iron and board and hairdryer. Deluxe Studios have views of the ocean, gardens or pool and are located on the west side of the resort, 1 king-size bed, sleeping maximum 2 adults.
Breakfast/Half Board/Full Board option: available at a supplement.
Junior Suites are located on the west side of the resort, are beautifully appointed and have a mini-kitchen and 1 king-size bed or twin beds, rollaway bed available on request, sleeping maximum 2 adults and 1 child.
1-Bedroom Deluxe Suites are located on the west side of the resort, and are larger with separate bedroom with 1 king-size bed or twin beds, lounge area with pull-out sleeper sofa, sleeping maximum 4 adults or 2 adults and 2 children.
1-Bedroom Penthouse Suites are located on the west side of the resort, and have balcony or terrace with pool, garden and ocean views, with 1 king-size bed and sleeper sofa, sleeping maximum 4 adults or 2 adults and 2 children.
2-Bedroom Deluxe Suites are located on the west side of the resort, and are larger with separate bedrooms and lounge area, and either 1 king-size bed or 2 queen-size beds and pull-out sleeper sofa, sleeping maximum 6 adults or 4 adults and 2 children.
2-Bedroom Beach Front Luxury Suites are located on the west side of the resort, and have ocean views from the multiple balconies or terraces, 2 bathrooms, master bedroom with 1 king-size bed, second bedroom with 1 king-size bed or 2 double beds, and a queen-size sleeper sofa in the living room, sleeping maximum 6 adults or 2 adults and 4 children.
Honeymoon Suites are located on the west side of the resort on top floors, with ocean, pool and garden views from the private deck, and 4-poster king-size bed, sleeping maximum 2 adults.
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Calabash Beach Bistro (casual beachside dining, open for breakfast, lunch and dinner). Choose from an array of truly unique cocktails on the boardwalk while enjoying the delectable cuisine in a serene beachfront setting. There are 2 bars including a swim-up pool bar.
Daily entertainment per week including Caribbean floor show and live bands, steel pan and Manager's cocktail party. Movie night under the stars.
2 free-form pools, one with waterfalls, the other with adult only swim-up bar. Karma Spa* and fitness centre. Complimentary snorkelling equipment, paddle boards, boogie boards and kayaks. Kids' club* (operation dependent on number of children staying in-resort at the time). Beach volleyball. Kids' outdoor playground and indoor playroom. Games room with air hockey, pool table, table tennis, table football and basketball. Video games and DVDs available. Giant chess, shuffleboard. Discounted green fees and preferential tee times at 18-hole Barbados Golf Club nearby*.
Complimentary WiFi throughout the resort. Babysitting service*. Room service*. In-house grocery delivery service*. Hospitality lounge. Gift shop*. Laundry facilities*. Library.
A Tourism Fee will be charged per bedroom, per night and will be collected at check out. The rate is subject to change by the Government, and varies by hotel room. Fees currently range from 8.75 Barbadian dollar (approximately £3.90) to 35 Barbadian dollar (approximately £16.00) per bedroom, per night.
Good general access for guests who are able to walk short distances and can manage up to six steps. For more information and contact details please check out our Special Assistance page
3 nights between 1 Mar-20 Dec, 3 Jan-31 Jan and 1 Mar-Dec '24.
Please note: child ages are up to and including 11 years. Teen ages are from 12 years up to 15 years.
Based on 2696 reviews
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Perfect place to chill.
May 19, 2025Chris O
We loved our time at the Bougainvillea.
The staff were excellent. From reception (Zawadi was fantastic) and the water sports lads, to the restaurant team. Some of the best interactions were with the gardener, the pride he had in looking after the grounds was great to see. Nothing was too much for anyone. One day when I came home from a fishing…
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We loved our time at the Bougainvillea.
The staff were excellent. From reception (Zawadi was fantastic) and the water sports lads, to the restaurant team. Some of the best interactions were with the gardener, the pride he had in looking after the grounds was great to see. Nothing was too much for anyone. One day when I came home from a fishing trip the chef kindly prepared and cooked the tuna & mahi mahi for us, best fish dish we had on the island.
The room was a good size and comfortable. The kitchen and bathroom though could do with updating. Around the pool area were plenty of sun beds and it was never too busy. A sandy beach was well maintained with beds and umbrellas set up at your request. There was an issue with sea weed that washed up daily (nature at work) but this was cleared daily.
If you are looking for somewhere to chill and relax this place is perfect.
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Excellent stay. Staff very accommodating and helpful with local information
May 14, 2025Escape448781
The service was efficient and super friendly. Lisbeth our breakfast waitress was a delight and made every day start with a simile.
Vivian on the bar was a wiz with the cocktails.
Housekeeper was friendly and thoroughly cleaned the room
What an enjoyable stay 😎
Beautiful Hotel.
May 11, 2025eadiealanEdinburgh, United Kingdom
We stayed for a forthright at this hotel. I had read one or two criticisms previously, however I have to presume that these people may have stayed at an entirely different place from me. It was fantastic.
I found all staff to be helpful, cheerful and very professional. There is a strong ethos for great customer service.
The on-site restaurant…
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We stayed for a forthright at this hotel. I had read one or two criticisms previously, however I have to presume that these people may have stayed at an entirely different place from me. It was fantastic.
I found all staff to be helpful, cheerful and very professional. There is a strong ethos for great customer service.
The on-site restaurant serves food which is of a very high standard, whether it be breakfast, lunch or dinner. The breakfast french toast with maple syrup was so so good. Food no drink prices onsite are very fair, in my opinion. Cocktails are well made and strong.
We loved our junior suite room. It was very spacious with a superb view of the picturesque pool area and beach. The room had a kitchenette area with literally everything to hand, including a decent sized fridge and freezer too. Oh, and extra bonus, you can drink the tap water. It really good.
The hotel isn’t party central at night, which was fine by me, however there is regular laid-back entertainment if you wish to stay there for the evening.
Transport into nearby Lawrence Gap, with all its’ bars and restaurants, is no problem, either by bus or by taxi. We used the local “Pick Up” App, which is similar to Uber and taxied into town at night. Easy peasy.
We ate out a lot and the area is well served by high level restaurants. We ate at Harlequin (one of my favourites) twice, the Cafe Sol Mexican, Champers (beautiful food - lovely location), QP Bistro (further up the coast and expensive - but food, service and Entertainment were first class) , to name but a few. The restaurants were all great.
We hired a car for 3 days and found the country both beautiful, colourful and safe to go about in.
To summarise - a wonderful holiday in a fantastic hotel.
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Beautiful bougainvillea
Apr 15, 2025Richard sLetchworth Garden City, United Kingdom
Bougainvillea has retained a sense of boutique charm visit after visit, with a picturesque meandering path from reception straight to Maxwell Beach.
Every room I’ve stayed in over the last 4 visits has had a beautiful sea view and nothing can beat the ambience offered from the 2 bed deluxe beach front apartments.
The swim up bar offers a…
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Bougainvillea has retained a sense of boutique charm visit after visit, with a picturesque meandering path from reception straight to Maxwell Beach.
Every room I’ve stayed in over the last 4 visits has had a beautiful sea view and nothing can beat the ambience offered from the 2 bed deluxe beach front apartments.
The swim up bar offers a relaxed charm, with happy hour between 3:30 - 4:30. However, there is only one operating bar during this time and often only one bar tender - ordering a drink can become a timely affair.
Rooms offer reasonable kitchen amenities but don’t come with oven gloves, scissors or a colander. We found the oven to be slow to heat up and the kettle even slower.
The hotel gym was a disappointment for me, with very old equipment which is in need of an upgrade; the dumbbells and pull up bar are rusty in places and ultimately do not make for a motivating exercising experience.
Live music is on offer each evening, including guitar and saxophone, singing and steel pan. Mondays evenings offer a free drink during the manager’s welcome - although the manager was nowhere to be seen when I visited.
Overall, I’d highly recommend this hotel.
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Nice, Friendly, Small Hotel but not a True 4 star
Apr 7, 2025Vivid47AngleseyUKBeaumaris, United Kingdom
This hotel is good in parts.
Great position on the beautiful Maxwell beach . Nice rooms, well maintained by the friendly staff unfortunately very few rooms have a true sea view and there are no complimentary beverages in the rooms. There are no lifts, so if you can't deal with stairs, ask for a ground floor room.
Nice small pools that seem child…
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This hotel is good in parts.
Great position on the beautiful Maxwell beach . Nice rooms, well maintained by the friendly staff unfortunately very few rooms have a true sea view and there are no complimentary beverages in the rooms. There are no lifts, so if you can't deal with stairs, ask for a ground floor room.
Nice small pools that seem child friendly and plenty of beach sunbeds and umbrellas serviced by a friendly water sports group.
Food is a high standard in the only restaurant, but the menu is fixed, which can be a bit monotonous if, like us, you are there for 14 nights. The restaurant staff are very friendly and helpful but be aware, there is loud music next to the restaurant in the evening which makes it hard to have a conversation over dinner.
There is a pool bar with great staff.
We did find a problem getting room faults corrected during the stay. TV in the bedroom didn't work for the first week. Turns out, it needed a Google TV box. The phone was faulty, and it took them 12 days to fix it, in spite of repeatedly reporting it. Checkout is 11.00, so if you have a later flight, you will be hanging around the lobby for hours. One major fault is that there is only a single public toilet in the lobby and only one to cover the beach and restaurant.
Overall, it is a nicely positioned hotel, but the single, noisey dining option means it's not a true four star facility, and we would not choose it in future. That may be something to do with us being in our late seventies.
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Perfect place to chill.
