Description
This new, five star, world class resort is for the discriminating few who demand the best life has to offer. Spend enchanting evenings and unforgettable days overlooking the Caribbean while their staff overlooks nothing. Located three miles from San Pedro in the calm waters of the Western Caribbean, off the coast of Belize, Cayo Espanto is truly a spectacular and private retreat. Although Belize is less than two hours from Miami and Houston, it remains virtually undiscovered.
Accommodations
Casa Ventanas, the first of two planned additions to the five existing luxury villas on the island, is scheduled to debut in August of 2007. The one bedroom over-the-water bungalows will be designed in the same style as the other villas. Casa Ventanas will be situated on the island's main dock, which stretches over 150 feet off the island.
Casa Olita will charm you with its sophistication and seclusion. After you gaze at exquisite Caribbean vistas at your private dock, take a dip in your personal splash pool or cool off in the alfresco showers. It's your choice. Toast to your honeymoon or simply embrace your loved one in the enchanting walled garden. Other luxurious touches include, a king size bed dressed in Yves De Lormes sheets, Zirocotte and Jobillo wood paneling, and mosquito netting.
Seize the day in this majestic ocean front villa, complete with private dock, personal plunge pool. Bask in the royal treatment you deserve. Casa Manana's king size bed and lavish Egyptian cotton sheets, positioned in the center of the villa, is surrounded by romantic mosquito netting and a 180 degree wrap-around view of the Caribbean. Other indulgent features include granite counter tops and exotic hardwood cabinets.
Relax without boundaries in this spacious, comfortable villa perfect for your entire family. Choose between a family trip to your personal pool, the largest on the island, or serene moments on a hammock. Bundle up in Aurora's king beds or four twin beds covered in Yves De Lormes sheets. Choose between two Caribbean ocean front bedrooms, each with sleek baths and personal deck. Casa Aurora is also adorned with exotic hardwood furniture.
Treat yourself like a star in our exquisite two-story, two-bedroom villa. Gaze at the sparkling Caribbean from your spectacular second story view. Your upstairs bedroom has an open-air design and hardwood floors. Devote some time to yourself. Downstairs guests will be busy appreciating a 180 degree view of the Caribbean, with doors on three sides opening directly to the sea. Clearly distinguishable by its grand size, Casa Estrella also features a personal plunge pool, an alfresco shower, and a choice of twin or king sized beds dressed in Yves De Lorme sheets.
Enjoy the best natural breeze on the island in Casa Brisa. Relax your mind and your body in your private plunge pool positioned on your private verandah, for beautiful views of our turquoise lagoon. Spend your days soaking up the spectacular Caribbean vista from your own private dock. Choose between a pair of twin beds or one king bed in your secluded hideaway, which also features exquisite Yves De Lormes sheets, cabbage bark ceilings, mosquito netting, large Santa Rosa verandahs and private dock.
Dining
Once you arrive at Cayo Espanto, the award winning chefs leave no decisions for you to make. A new menu is created daily to perfectly suit your tastes, based on a survey you are asked to fill out before you even arrive on the island. Winners of awards from all over the globe, Cayo Espanto's master culinary artists prepare the most succulent dishes with the freshest tropical ingredients in the world. Whether it is breakfast in bed or a candle lit dinner on your personal veranda, the epicurean cuisine at Cayo Espanto is nothing short of tantalizing. The personalized creations are an awakening to the palate. See sample menus:
Spa
The resort has full services with an on-site massage therapist. The Spa offers manicures, pedicures, facials, Aromatherapy and more.
Spa Menu
Reflexology Massage - This session starts off with a relaxing scalp and hand massage, leading up to techniques that manipulate points on the feet that correspond to specific regions of the body, in order to relieve stress and bring balance and harmony to the entire body.
Partial Body Massage - Focusing on the key stress areas, this Back, Shoulder, Head, and Foot massage is a great way to take the edge off.
Full-Body Massage - A blending of Swedish and Esalen style bodywork along with Energy Balancing techniques bringing health benefits, tension
relief and relaxation to the entire body.
Deep Tissue Massage - This massage is for those who like extra firm pressure for deeper tension relief, great for those with soreness or specific health needs.
Activities
Fly fishing is always a favorite activity for guests of Cayo Espanto who have their own equipment. Because hundreds of bonefish have made their home around Cayo Espanto, the angler will usually find great success all around the island. The hard sea-bottom immediately around the island provides for unusually easy wading. In addition to wading around the island, guests may hire a guide and boat for some wonderful flats fishing for bonefish, tarpon and permit. Snorkeling in Hol Chan, Belize's National Marine Park, has been named by USA Today one of the world's top ten snorkeling sites. Private charters to Hol Chan are available or guests may choose to join a boat from San Pedro. Prices run about $45.00 per person for a boat and rentals are available. Glass bottom boats also provide another window to the underwater life below. Another favorite trip is a day with boat and guide for some fishing, snorkeling and conching (in season). After a morning of fishing and conching, your guide will grill your catch for you on a beach. After lunch, it's back to the water for some great snorkeling, all out fun and relaxing. You can also choose to visit other islands (some deserted and some with villages). Return just in time to watch the sunset and have cocktails before dinner. For landlubbers, daily excursions to the mainland of Belize offer fantastic adventure opportunities. The Mayan ruins of Lamanai are a must. River trips and visits to inland spas are included along the way. Once again, private charters are also available. On nearby Cayo Rosario and Bird Caye is an experience for all. These islands are very close to Cayo Espanto and are home to many types of birds. (spoonbill, pelican, frigates just to name a few). The adventure allows guests to walk around and through mangrove. This tour is highlighted by the Belize Audubon Society. How about a gourmet picnic lunch on a deserted beach for just the two of you? We will send an advance team to prepare the perfect romantic lunch site. Afterwards, we will deliver you to your paradise. Stay as long as you like and we will pick you up at a pre-determined time. Or, if you prefer, take our cellular phone and give us a call (we are only 10 minutes away).
Scuba
Scuba Diving the second largest barrier reef in the world is not to be missed. Cayo Espanto is within 15-20 minutes of some of the world's best and most famous dive sites. Private trips are easily arranged.
Guests who wish to dive the Blue Hole should be aware that it is an all-day trip usually leaving about 8:00 in the morning and returning at 6:00 in the evening. A private charter is available or guests may choose to go with a group from San Pedro.
German Alamilla or Anastacio Badillo, our Dive Masters, are available for private charter trips. When they are not on a private charter with our guests they lead our regular open diving and snorkeling trips. To guarantee diving with German or Tasio, advance arrangements are requested, otherwise, we can not guarantee their availability.
Awards
Featured on the covers of Travel+Leisure magazine, Conde Nast Traveler magazine, and Caribbean Travel and Life magazine.
Local Area
Ever swam through one of the world’s most natural wonders? Adventure is moments away at Cayo Espanto when you don your scuba or snorkel gear to explore the world's second-largest barrier-reef system. Three miles from San Pedro, off the coast of Belize, Cayo Espanto is truly a spectacular and private retreat.
World class snorkeling, Scuba diving, catered meals, attentive staff, and massages are all a little piece of wonderful which awaits you at Cayo Espanto. Anglers come from all over the globe for the unbelievable fly fishing and climate. Whether it is bonefish, tarpon, barracuda, parrot fish or snappers, the chase is all around.
Graced with an average annual temperatures ranging from 23C (73F) in the winter to 29C (84F) in the summer, Cayo Espanto has the perfect weather for a dream vacation.
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