Mandarin Oriental, Canouan

An absolutely incredible experience; start to finish! Pre-departure, the hotel staff ensure smooth airport transfers as well as a full menu of daily activities to consider. Upon arrival and throughout our stay, Mandarin's hotel staff exceeded our expectations. There is plenty to do on the premises and the food was excellent. The surrounding restaurants are also terrific and everything is a short drive from the hotel. Highly recommended.

Our trip to Pink Sands was beyond expectation. If you are looking to get away from it all, this is the place to be! We strategically choose shoulder to low season to avoid the crowds and we ended up with a private resort to ourselves (about 30% occupancy). The Pink Sands is in transition to be under Mandarin Oriental operations but even pre-transition the service was impeccable and all the staff always had a smile on their face and would say Hello! The resort is on the windward side of a windward island so there is always a 15+ mph wind blowing from the east. The waves will be stronger as a result which make it great for sailing but not everyone may appreciate the wind and you may find warmer clothing to be necessary at night. The protected reef in front of the hotel is beautiful and amazing. We took the Hobbie Cat sailing through the reef and Shell Beach and we both learned how to harness the power of the wind. I now understand why sailing is so addictive. We also rented the Splendid Adventure catamaran for a day and went to Tabago Cays to snorkel with turtles, see iguanas on one of the small cays and then had lunch on Union Island at Sparrows and also took a quick stop at Mayreau to complete the day. Beachfront suite room is a dream. Loved the pink color spread throughout. The TV hidden in the sliding door mirror is something I want in my master BR. The Barbadian chocolate that is stocked in the food pantry is some of the best chocolate I have ever tried.