FISH BAY area ?

[beachplums]

Has anyone stayed in a villa on Fish Bay? I am totally unfamiliar with this area. I suppose a down side would be that it is a longer drive to the north shore beaches. How are the beaches on this side of the islands? I've located a few new and very reasonably priced villas. Hope to hear from the regulars...
Many thanks,
beachplums

[Chet]

For folks that love the North Share beaches, Fish Bay is the other end of the world. So just count on some extra driving. The beaches are a bit more rocky and some harder to get to. Klein has a small parking area for 2-3 cars, and the beach is rocky. From a parking spot on the road there's a short and steep trail to Fish Bay - it's wide open with an off-the-grid feeling. Dittlif has a beautiful sandy beach with trees for shade, but you'll have to park on the road by the entrance and walk a couple hundred yards to the beach on the right. Hart Bay has a couple of trails, but you have to know where to look. You need to be REALLY committed to drive to Little Lameshur...

We stayed at Sol Inclination and have looked into Daffodil Villa.

[Sea Turtle]

Fish Bay villas are about 10 minutes from Cruz Bay and 20 minutes from the first of the north shore beaches. It offers scenic views and peace and quiet. There are beaches (Ditleff Point, Kline Bay, etc.) but there are not alot of sand areas and they require access via park/walk. They are good snorkeling locations. If you like hiking, there are several excellent trails accessible.

[carron]

We stayed at Waterfall Villa on Fish Bay a few years ago. Beautiful villa but we had to call the rental company twice because of mice in the house. Never had this problem anywhere else. Would we stay in the Fish Bay area again - probably not. Seemed a bit too far to travel to our favorite beaches.

[lazylane]

We stayed in the Fish Bay area twice at Sea Blossom and really liked the villa, except we had issues with bugs and noseeums, especially at night so we switched to Coral Bay side of the island where the breezes are more prevalent. It's not much of a drive to any of the beaches anywhere on the island - come on it's only 9 miles or so from one end to the other!!!

[phyl]

We'll be staying on fish bay this week when we head down. I will let you know how we like it. We're kinda looking forward to staying in a different location other than Cruz Bay. I want to check out some of those out of the way south shore beaches. I was a bit concerned about the drive too but hey, its vacation....no problem.

[beachplums]

Thank you, Chet, Sea Turtle, carron, and lazylane for your imput. I thought it might be fun to stay in an unexplored area. Phyl, I look forward to your impressions of Fish Bay and the south shore beaches in your report. Here's hoping you have a fantastic week.

[Xislandgirl]

We are North Shore beach people and have stayed in Fish Bay, Rendezvous, and Reef and no one complained at all about the distance or time it took to get there.
I love that side of the island.

[cool breeze]

We stayed at Waterfall back in the fall of 2007, the only challenge of the fish bay area was the cell service was sporatic at best. Other than that the privacy was nice and the area in itself was beautiful. The drive to Cruz is not bad at all.

Enjoy your trip

CB

[augie]

We'll be staying in Fish Bay for the first time in the fall.

I'm excited to be staying in what will be, for us, a new part of the island!

[Itsstraightparadise]

We have stayed in Fish. We liked it. True you have to drive a little futher to the beach but it is super nice and quiet. We will be there in the fall! Can't wait!