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what's your favorite villa?
Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 3:00 pm
by patr
Ok folks - I know you all have a favorite or two.
Please list the villas where you've stayed and desiginate a fave or two.
(I still haven't booked - I'm thinking I may have committment issues)
My short list:
Beyond the Sea
Perelandra
Intama-sea
Miles Away*
South Shore Villa*
Sailview Guest Suite*
Favorite for just the two us - Miles Away
Favorite for a group of couples - South Shore Villa
Favorite cost saving - Sailview Guest Suite
Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 3:24 pm
by DELETED
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Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 3:30 pm
by waterbug
Casa de Sonadores
Amora (3 times)
Palm Terrace Villas
The Westin (twice)
Altagracia
Bougainvillea
My fav is Casa de Sonadores by far. I choose the villas based on who is going.
Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 3:39 pm
by DELETED
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Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 4:19 pm
by larlardb8
Seaview
Vistaero
Cruz Views
Vistaero is great for a big group. Huge pool.
Cruz views is great for the price and good for couples.

Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 10:44 pm
by mathayom
Call me spoiled, but:
Kismet
Le Chateau
Peter Bay Beach House
Hakuna Matata (anything Catherineburg, really)
Gibney Beach Cottage
Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 11:07 pm
by cypressgirl
What a great topic!! I can't believe this has not been asked before. I don't have a favorite. I like to stay someplace different every time we go, but we did stay at a villa in the Maria Bluff area called Bell View, many years ago, and I don't think we have every found a villa with a better view. We actually stayed there 3 times, more than any other place we've ever stayed. Maybe we'll get back there some day.
Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 11:37 pm
by b-as-u-r
Peter Bay Gatehouse upper unit, full moon, hot tub, just me and hubby, and killer views....a year ago December and we'll definitely stay there again. Ali~
Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 6:29 am
by JT
The next one.
Seriously, "In The Stars" on Majestic Mile in Upper Carolina was my favorite. Killer views, hot tub, private, quiet, way the hell up the hill, but all paved and easy. Now it has a pool and a/c, which it didn't have the two times we stayed there.I can't afford it anymore, unless we did it with a group, whitch it can easily handle.
Now, we also have stayed in some places not quite so majestic. I was just as happy.
Villa Callaloo
Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 7:52 am
by tombradybetsy
Villa Callaloo. Styled like a west indian house of years ago. Wooden. Upper carolina. It is one of the true bargains of the island.
http://stjohnvillarental.com/finder/show.php?id=113
Totally open to the tradewinds.
And for a villa with beautiful stonework inside the great room, you have to like Villa Claudia. I have friends staying there right now, and just spoke to them.
http://stjohnvillarental.com/finder/show.php?id=78
But then again, I like all the villas on st john. Except palm terrace. No views and all closed in.
Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 11:05 am
by liamsaunt
We've stayed at:
Odessa
Coqui
Belvedere
Golden Dragon
Argonauta (2 times)
Cinnamon Tarn (2 times)
Caneel Bay (6 times)
Gallows Point (2 times)
For our next trip, (in 6 days!) we are at Orchid Hill, La Mer (Coral Bay), and Caneel Bay.
My favorite house is probably Cinnamon Tarn. But, I have a list of houses I want to stay in someday that is about a mile long...so maybe that will change.
Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 11:20 am
by sherban
liamsaunt wrote:
For our next trip, (in 6 days!) we are at Orchid Hill, La Mer (Coral Bay), and Caneel Bay.
Liamsaunt- I like ya'll's taste in villas....
I really like the look of La Mer too....you mean this one...right?
http://www.destinationstjohn.com/lamer.htm
Please, please, please take some pics to share after the trip. I considered La Mer to be a "Bordeaux Villa" and couldn't find much info on it...or figure out exactly where is it, ...I love the look of the place. Enjoy your visit!
Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 12:06 pm
by Wanda Creech
We have stayed
Caneel Bay -3 times
Belvedere
Coral Rays ( which is right below La Mer )
Bongo Bongo
Casa Del Sol (is our favorite but it is not on the market anymore)
Sago Palms in June
Short List
Argonauta
South Shore Villa
Any place with a great view and a pool
Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 5:16 pm
by SanDiegoMark
I thought I replied but must have hit a wrong button since it never showed up! Our favorite is Monte Bay. Wow - loved everything about it! Our first ever villa was Belle View which we loved, but it hasn't been available on the rental market for a long time.
Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 6:36 pm
by steve
Anole
Casa Luna
Luminaria
La Jolla Caribe x 4
Loved em all, none are perfect but I can't get passed the views, island house feel, proximity to N Shore, and price of La Jolla Caribe
