Styled like a small Caribbean village, the resort offers spacious, tropical-garden grounds, and attracts couples and families seeking relaxing, tranquil holidays with ready access to Orient Beach.

Popular with couples, the resort combines Gallic charm and relaxed Caribbean hospitality. The resort's 55 acres fall gently from a 30.5-m (100-ft) limestone cliff to sea level, with a paved path winding through tropical gardens. (Complimentary shuttle service is available throughout.) The resort's staff speaks English, and U.S. currency is accepted.

• Set amid two marinas, this hotel is a 10-minute drive from the nearest beach, and a 20 minute drive from Mullet Bay golf course.
• Caribbean-style guestrooms are equipped with central air conditioning, full kitchens, cable TV, and in-room safes.
• Amenities include a 70-slip yacht club, casino, cyber caf with high-speed Internet access, fitness center, and pool.

Situated between a steep green hill and the northwest coast's Grand Case Bay, the bougainvillea-draped condo resort, which rents vacation units in owners' absences, appeals to adults seeking walking-distance access to Grand Case's many restaurants and art shops, approximately 300m (328 yds) from the resort.

Popular with couples and small families, the resort draws guests who wish to join the sunbathers, strollers, and watersports enthusiasts on Orient Beach, which, with its beachfront restaurants and geometric patterns of lounge chairs and colored umbrellas, offers a European-beach ambience.

Families and couples choose this south-coast resort for its proximity to Philipsburg's duty-free shopping, its casual ambience (exemplified by an open-air reception counter), and to enjoy the sun and sea.

A four-story, open-air atrium lobby with water features, tropical greenery, rattan chairs, and banquettes of blue tile exemplifies the hotel's casual and breezy French West Indian style. Like the entire seafront side of the hotel, the lobby provides views of the Caribbean Sea and the neighboring island of Anguilla.

• This resorts open-air main building and 17 villas are set on 7 1/2 acres, a 5-minute walk from Orient Bay Beach.
• Colonial-style villas with cooking facilities, air conditioning, and terraces offer privacy and views of the garden or ocean.
• Guests receive complimentary breakfast at a poolside caf and charging privileges at several restaurants around Orient Bay.