Where is Grand Beach?

[luv2travel]

Is this beach part of a resort? Which one?

TIA
Lydia

[Pia]

It does not ring a bell - what island is it on ?

Pia

[liamsaunt]

Are you thinking of the Grand Beach Resort on St. Thomas? I am pretty sure that has been closed for a long time.

[luv2travel]

Sorry - St. Thomas

From I think Frommers site:

Also on the north side of the island is luscious Grand Beach, one of St. Thomas's most beautiful, attracting families and couples. It opens onto Smith Bay and is near Coral World. Many watersports are available here. The beach is right off Route 38.

[captainjay]

You have an old Frommer's That place is shut down. It is currently called Pineapple Village. The Wyndham bought it after several other investors swapped it around. They had plans of converting it to time shares but the economy took a dump. Oh yeah and people are starting to figure out that time shares are a scam. So it sits dormant waiting on money to flow again.
Jay

[Exit Zero]

Yes that was the original Pineapple Beach Resort of the Pepperdine Family, razed and rebuilt by the Allen - Wiiliams Group in the late 80's as the Virgin Grande St Thomas -
{ the same group built the Virgin Grand St John a few years later [currently a Westin] }--
it was sold to Allen Trammel Crowe , became a Doubletree, then the Renaissance, then a Mexican group bought and named it Grande Bay but closed it after a few months of labor problems -- the Wyndham group has reportedly picked up the mortgage and hopes to develop it as timeshare,interval ownership, fractional resort property, or along some creative financing path like that -- it is now a closed and shuttered property ---
Frommers lead time on many things seems to lag a few years behind.-
Pineapple Village is a totally separate development of privately held condos apart from the hotel complex and is functioning as a residential and rental property, short and long term.

[luv2travel]

Thanks to all for the information!

Hate to be a complete idiot about this, but is the beach open to the public and is it a good beach?

Thanks again,
Lydia

[Exit Zero]

Beach is open to public - no facilities - you can walk to a restaurant 'Fungis' on the right side or over to Coki to the left[longer walk]
Last time I was there the beach was somewhat cleaner than previously - it is a nice beach overall.

[luv2travel]

Thanks ExitZero!