In this article, we will cover everything you need to know about planning a romantic trip to Sandals Royal Barbados. A Sandals honeymoon is an incredible experience and the Royal Barbados facility is simply incredible.
About Sandals Royal Barbados
The all-inclusive, all-suites Sandals Royal Barbados is your luxury honeymoon destination in the St. Lawrence Gap area of the island of Barbados. Although Sandals Royals Barbados is a member of the Sandals resort group, you will find a number of unique firsts here.
It is the first Sandals resort with a rooftop infinity pool and bar, and the first with a 4-lane bowling alley called, appropriately enough, Lover’s Lane. As a guest at Sandals Royal Barbados, you can visit and appreciate all of the facilities of the nearby Sandals Barbados free of charge, thus providing you with two honeymoons for the price of one. Transportation between the two resorts is, of course, free, but they are right next to each other. You are paying for the amenities of one resort while reveling in the amenities of two resorts. You can wander between the two resorts at will and enjoy the restaurants, bar, pools, and beaches at either resort.
Sandals Royal Barbados is not only ideal for your honeymoon, it is also a perfect wedding venue, along with a wedding planner. Your wedding, surrounded by the breathtaking vista of the Caribbean, is free if you stay at the Sandals Royal Barbados resort for a minimum of three days. It doesn’t get any more splendid or romantic.
With all the available Sandals Royal Barbados gourmet dining (detailed below), you can also enjoy the first Sandals gourmet donut shop. You will have your choice of several luxury accommodations – the Skypool Suites, Swim-up Suites, and Millionaire Suites.
These luxury suites come complete with Butler Service and ocean views. The white-gloved butler service will upgrade your stay from fantastic to absolute luxury. You will be given a private phone to summon your butler at any time of the day and night. He can arrange for your pool cabanas and serve you drinks and food on the beach. He will also arrange for your own Rolls Royce to pick you up and deliver you to the airport. He may also surprise you with a special treat when you least expect it. Having your own butler definitely has its perks.
When you’ve had enough activities and food, continue getting pampered at the Red Lane Spa. Soothing treatments can be for individuals or for couples. You’ll find a sauna and a steam room. Massages are available in the spa or at the beach.
At Sandals Royal Barbados, you are treated and entertained like royalty. You do nothing but enjoy the scenery, activity, food, and drinks. The beat of the Caribbean continues for 24 hours a day with continuous parties, performances, and special events.
What’s Included at Sandals
The Rooftop pool offers not only food and drinks, but an incomparable vista of the resort and its beach. Sip a drink by the infinity pool and soak up the sun.
Lover’s Lane, the bowling alley, has a lounge and cocktail bar with ten different types of craft beer. It’s the place to indulge in some couples’ bowling.
There are unlimited water sports on Sandals Royal Barbados. The Caribbean offers some of the best diving in the world. Learn all about the art of diving from certified experts in the resort’s three-hour program. The waters, reefs, and caves surrounding Sandals Royal Barbados are extraordinary. Go out explore old shipwrecks together. Who knows what you will find. Also, take advantage of the unlimited free tubing, bodyboarding, snorkeling, and windsurfing in the clear, turquoise waters.
Take the opportunity to experience life in the ocean up-close in one of the resort’s glass-bottom boats. Get within kissing distance of the ocean’s colorful tropical fish and other creatures of the deep.
At Sandals Royal Barbados, it’s 24-hour party time. If you’re in the mood for a bar, you will find pool bars, pubs, speakeasies, and piano bars. Unlimited premium liquor awaits you at any one of them. Themed beach parties include fire eaters and limbo dancers. It all happens beneath the Caribbean stars.
There are six first-class restaurants at Sandals Royal Barbados, each run by a top-rated chef. Enjoy unlimited food (vacation calories don’t count) and drinks, then stroll to the Sandals Barbados and investigate the 11 restaurants at that resort. You could eat your way through a worldly cuisine without ever leaving the beach.
Dining Options at Sandals Royal Barbados
Sandals Royal Barbados has some wonderful dining options, and that is not counting the 11 restaurants on Sandals Barbados. It’s all part of the package. You can spend the day and evening simply sampling different types of cuisines.
Butch’s Steak & Seafood
This steakhouse requires proper evening attire (Just wear a nice pair of slacks). Discover steaks from grain-fed beef with cognac sauce and fresh seafood. Unparalleled luxurious dining.
Chi Asian Fusion
Chi is the Chinese concept of life energy. It refers to good health, and that is what this oriental fusion restaurant is all about. Be sure and sample their tuna sushi terrine.
American Tavern
This is the place to go should you miss some old-fashioned home-style cooking. Fill up on American comfort food – Maryland crab cakes, pork ribs, and cioppino San Francisco-style. Dress is casual.
Neptune’s
As the name suggests, there wonderful fresh seafood to be had here, along with other Mediterranean specialties. Dine right on the beach. In the evening, dine beneath the stars.
Jerk Shack
Jerk-style cooking refers to traditional Caribbean cooking. You’ll be dining in the open air, which is filled with the incredible aroma of genuine Caribbean cooking. Pick from the jerk pork, jerk chicken, or jerk sausage. Or enjoy them all.
Sweet n’ Salty’s Gourmet Donuts & Coffee
Nothing fancy here. Just great coffee and freshly made gourmet donuts. The donuts come in a variety of flavors and are kicked up a notch with a pinch of salt. Some of the donuts are unique, such as the cake donuts with bacon and syrup. Then there are the S’mores donuts. How could you possibly refuse? Donuts and coffee could very well become a tradition in your new marriage.
Activities at Sandals Royal Barbados
Add a bit of a safari to your Sandal Royal Barbados honeymoon. The Safari Tour is one of the island’s favorite tours. Join a jeep caravan with tour guides and explore some of the most fun and hidden parts of Barbados. Some of the local spots to discover are Edge Cliff, Little Bay, and Joe’s River Forest, Barbados’ hidden jungle forest with exotic plant life, and monkeys. End your safari in the secluded and breathtaking Little Bay and enjoy a Bajan-style buffet. This safari is arranged by Island Tours at 1-877-549-4821.
Saint Lawrence Gap has its own exciting nightlife. There is dancing at the clubs that last all night as you mingle with the locals.
Learn to surf at Barry’s Surf Barbados Surf School. Lessons are for beginners and those who want to improve their already admirable surfing skills.
Visit Bridgetown, the capital of Barbados, a mere 15 minutes from Sandal Royal Barbados. Stroll Broad Street for its chic boutiques. You’ll find some duty-free shopping, as well. Enjoy some history and visit the Barbados Museum, the house where George Washington stayed (Yes, our first president couldn’t resist Barbados, either!), and the oldest Jewish synagogue in the West.
Take part in the three-hour Hike & Bike The Atlantic Coast Train Line adventure. You’ll ride on the old train line that was built in the late 1800s. Then, take a 6-kilometer hike along Barbados’ eastern coast, which is far more rugged than the coast of Sandals Royal Barbados and which has some of the most stunning vistas on the island. Move on to Bath Beach, where you will take a bike excursion by the coastal cliffs. End the tour with some delicious rum punch. This is indeed a physically challenging outing but consider all the unlimited food you’ve been eating ….
FAQ
Sandals Royal Barbados is located in St. Lawrence Gap, Barbados
The least expensive suite is the South Seas Club Level Junior Palm Suite at $324 a night with a view of the pool. The most expensive suite is the Beachfront One Bedroom Skypool Butler Suite with an ocean view and butler service at $ $974 per night. There are, of course, several categories of rooms that fall within a median price range. All prices listed are subject to change, depending on the date and availability.
The closest airport to Sandals Royal Barbados is Grantley Adams International Airport.
The resort is approximately 6.5 miles from the airport, and the ride takes a mere 15 minutes.
There are 222 suites.
Sandals Royal Barbados Since opened in 1981 as a very exclusive all-suites resort.
Sandals Royal Barbados is beach-casual during the day. A few of the restaurants require dressing up in the evening.
Sandals Royal Barbados is exclusively for couples. However, the couple does not have to be married.
Your dream honeymoon awaits at Sandals Royal Barbados.
