Area : Cruz Bay
Hotel Rating : _{* * * *} 1/2
                    

Family friendly beach resort with a .25-acre pool
	This resort includes a .25-acre pool and a beach fronting a Caribbean bay flanked by green hills on St. John's southwest side.

• Tropical guestrooms feature Westin's signature Heavenly Beds and Heavenly Baths for vacation comfort.
  
• Attractions include water sports, a health spa/fitness center, and hiking and snorkeling trails in Virgin Islands National Park.

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What to expect: The 47-acre campus-style resort encompasses spacious lawns, green hillsides, and tropical gardens, with views of a turquoise-and-blue Caribbean Sea bay sheltered on both sides by more green hills. The Westin attracts active families seeking a casual, relaxing sun, sand, and warm-water vacation beneath blue skies and starlight.

Amenity highlights: A .25-mile beach of light-colored sand borders Great Cruz Bay. Lounge chairs and umbrellas provide sunbathing comfort and shade. Offshore lie reefs for snorkeling and a pyramid-shape "iceberg" slide (climb up one side, slide down the other), a trampoline raft, and a swimming raft. A pool complex adjacent to the beach includes a .25-acre freeform pool with toddlers' section, volleyball net, waterfall, and little garden islands containing palm trees. Two secluded spas each provide soaking space for 16. Cushioned teak lounge chairs and umbrellas surround the pool. A live reggae band performs every afternoon. Poolside hair braiders work feverishly to keep up with demand.

Westin St. John Resort and Villas Property amenities

A spacious, two-room, complimentary-use fitness center contains cardio machines equipped with plasma television screens, weight machines, and free weights. A workout room offers aerobics, Pilates, and yoga classes for fees. The resort's health spa offers body treatments such as sea-mud wrap, aloe wrap, and sunless bronzing; facials such as multivitamin and aromatherapy; and massage options such as LaStone (hot basalt stones, chilled marble stones) and aromatherapy (herb and floral oils).

For fees, The Westin Kids Club offers supervised half- and full-day sessions for children ages 3-12 in a colorful air-conditioned clubhouse. Evening sessions are also available.

Westin St. John Resort and Villas Dining

Chloe & Bernard's - Fine-dining restaurant up marble staircase above lobby. Open-air, linen-service seating with Caribbean Sea view. White-muslin drapes. Rattan armchairs. Global menu featuring local ingredients. Choices include steamed red snapper with ginger and smoked oysters; duck with Roquefort and walnuts; macadamia-crusted chicken.

Beach Café & Bar - Casual, multi-colored, open-air restaurant with sea views serving buffet and à la carte breakfasts and à la carte dinners. Saturday night Caribbean buffet with island entertainment. Dinner menu including pastas, steaks, conch fritter, paprika chicken, grilled lobster. Inside seating on marble floor under high ceiling. Outside seating on wood deck.

Snorkels Bar and Grill - Open-air beachside spot specializing in grilled items, burgers, sandwiches, tropical drinks.

Rooms

One Bedroom Suite - Located in hillside building. Ocean views. Bedroom and separate living room with sofa bed. Air conditioning. Living room features stereo/CD player. Minibar. TV and in-house movies. Marble bath with jetted tub. Safe. AM/FM clock radio, Coffeemaker. Hair dryer. Iron and ironing board.

Two Bedroom Townhouse - Bi-level townhouse located in hillside building. Beautiful ocean views. First floor living room with sofa bed. Second floor bedrooms with separate bathrooms. Master bedroom has a king bed and marble bathroom with jetted tub. Living room features stereo/CD player. Air-conditioning. Minibar. Color TV with in-house movies. Safe. Iron with ironing board. Coffeemaker. AM/FM clock radio. Hair dryer.

Two Bedroom Villa - Two king Heavenly Beds, plus a sofa bed in the living room. Located on hillside overlooking the bay. Patio or balcony. Apartment layout with kitchen, washer and dryer, and living area. Marble bathroom. Direct-dial phone with voice mail. High-speed Internet access. Air conditioning.

Three Bedroom Villa - Three king Heavenly Beds, plus sofa bed in living room. Two-story villa set amid resort's tropical gardens. Private swimming pool. Patio or balcony. Jetted tub in master bathroom. Apartment layout with kitchen, washer and dryer, and living area. Marble bathroom. Direct-dial phone with voice mail. High-speed Internet access. Air conditioning.

Poolview - One two-poster king or two double beds. Located on first and second floors of two-story buildings adjacent to 0.25-acre pool and within 30 yards of beach. All-white Heavenly Bed(s). Blue carpet. Rattan, bamboo, and light-colored wood furniture including desk or table and reading chair. Heavenly Bath with curved rod providing extra room inside tub/shower curtain, oversize bathsheets, bathrobes. Marble vanity.

Garden View - One king or two double Heavenly Beds. Set back from beach among tropical gardens; most have a patio or balcony. Marble bathroom. Cable TV. Minibar. Direct-dial phone with voice mail and data port for modem Internet access. Air conditioning.

Beachfront - One two-poster king or two double beds. Located in two-story buildings within 5 yards of beach. All-white Heavenly Bed(s). Blue carpet. Rattan, bamboo, and light-colored wood furniture including desk or table and reading chair. Heavenly Bath with curved rod providing extra room inside tub/shower curtain, oversize bathsheets, bathrobes. Marble vanity.

Ocean View - One two-poster king or two double beds. Located on second and third floors of three-story hillside buildings within 150 yards of beach. Partial view of Caribbean Sea. All-white Heavenly Bed(s). Blue carpet. Rattan, bamboo, and light-colored wood furniture including desk or table and reading chair. Heavenly Bath with curved rod providing extra room inside tub/shower curtain, oversize bathsheets, bathrobes. Marble vanity.

Amenities

Recreation

The resort rents out windsurfers, kayaks, Sun Fish sailboats, Hobie Cats, Aqua Cycles, Hydro Bikes, peddle boats, inflatable outboard-powered dinghies, and speedboats. For fees, there are scuba-diving lessons; reef, wreck, and ledge scuba-diving excursions; snorkel/sail trips to nearby islands; sunset sails; and yacht trips around the islands. Play on six lighted tennis courts is complimentary. A 2.5-mile jogging course wends through the resort's grounds. Hiking trails as well as Trunk Bay's underwater snorkeling trail are located in the Virgin Islands National Park, which covers two-thirds of St. John. (The park's Visitors Center is 1.5 miles away in the town of Cruz Bay.)

Other recreational activities listed below are available at or near the resort; fees may be charged.

Policies

Frequent flyer miles and Starwood Preferred Guest points are not offered on the room portion of your total charges for these rates.
Children 12 years and younger stay free when sharing room with parents. Transfer fees are applied for each adult and child and added to guests' incidental charges and payable upon departure by guest. Two adults are included in the rate. Each adult thereafter is an extra charge per night.
Rollaway beds and cribs are complimentary. Both are subject to availability and should be requested at the time of booking.
Photo identification and credit card or cash deposit are required upon check-in for incidental charges.
All special requests are subject to availability upon check-in.

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Phone: 1-800-330-8820 or 1-415-446-5252