Horizon - Sea Ranch and Rasta Ranch

Apr 13, 2009 Vacation Rentals

Location : Bluefields Bay / Westmoreland / Jamaica
This private seaside compound in a untouristed fishing village is a favorite of artists, writers, honeymooners and adventuresome first-time visitors who come back again and again. Sea Ranch Cottage (cottage closest to the ocean) and Rasta Ranch Cottage sit directly on the water, with a small sandy beach just steps from your door. Each furnished cottage features a large living/dining porch with privacy shades, a ceiling and table fanned bedroom with queen size bed, fully-equipped kitchen, private bathroom -- and unique open-air showers with reliable electric hot water, outside in a walled garden of flowering vines. Jamaican paintings, carvings and books abound. CD/radio players. Sea kayaks and seabed/floats. Outside grille, separate cookhouse with freezer-fridge and oven, should you wish to hire a local cook for marketing and dinner service. Or dine out at a handful of good little restaurants. One hour from MoBay and Negril, yet off the beaten track in a traditional fishing village, Sea Ranch and Rasta Ranch at Horizon have been featured in Caribbean Travel & Life: Jamaica's Hidden Coast. Each self-catering cottage sleeps 1-2. Children under 15 not appropriate. Housekeeper, boatmen, guides, night watchman. Dinner cook, boatmen and guides available for wherever you want to explore: YS Falls, the Blue Hole Gardens, Black River. New seaside pavilion and jetty. Sea kayaking, snorkeling. Horseback riding nearby. "Utterly charming" says the Lonely Planet Guide to Jamaica of Sea Ranch and Rasta Ranch, two sweet cottages in a private ocean front setting. SUMMER/WINTER RATES Each cottage: One week/7 nights 1-2 guests...............US$770 Minimum reservation: Winter: 7 nights • Summer: 3 nights Gratuity to housekeeper.
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Tags: Black River, Bluefields Bay, Hidden Coast, housekeeper, Jamaica, queen, Ranch Cottage, Rasta Ranch, Rasta Ranch Cottage, Sea Ranch, SUMMER/WINTER RATES Each cottage, USD, YS Falls

Villa Arcadia

Apr 13, 2009 Vacation Rentals

Location : Fort Charles, Treasure Beach / St. Elizabeth / Jamaica
Besides sun, sand, sea and seclusion, here you can sit back and enjoy the blessed absence of no/cell/24-7/hurry-hurry life. This charming Fort Charles villa offers 1-5 guests total escape -- at a surprisingly affordable price. Nestled on an acre of open farmland, Villa Arcadia faces sunsets on the ocean. Set back from a virtually untrafficked country road, it's an easy walk to Billy's Bay or Fort Charles beaches and many hidden coves. Simple, sparkling white inside and out. Cathedral ceiling. Fan cooled. Plunge pool. 2 bedrooms (1 double, 3 twins), 2 baths, full linens Open modern kitchen/dining/living room, breakfast nook TV, VCR, music system Verandah, terrace, post-swim rinse-off shower Hammocks in the breeze under pimento trees 2 bikes to be use to explore Best of all, Millie & Teddy Clarke will take exceptionally good care of you... If you let her, Millie will look forward to spoiling you with escoveitch, roast turbot, lobster, johnnycakes curry goat, mango lada, callaloo, pumpkin soup - and logwood honey - the real food of Jamaica. With a real smile. One-week minimum rentals preferred which include live-out cook, housekeeper. On property caretaker. RATES: One week/7 nights Winter Season - 15 Dec - 15 April 1-2 guests US$1,000 3-5 guests US$1,250 Summer Season - 16 April - 14 Dec 1-2 guests US$ 950 3-5 guests US$1,050 CHRISTMAS/NEW YEAR'S WEEKS Christmas 20 to 27 December & New Year's 27 December to 3 Jan Each week . . . . . . . . . US$2,500 Both weeks . . . . . . . . . US$4,500 Please add: 8.25% tax and 15% staff gratuity to all rates Food, liquor, beer, soft drinks and bottled waters are additional and may be stocked into the villa for you with an advance kitty based on US$30/adult/day and US$15/youth/day. Airport meeting service/roundtrip transfers, local drivers, private guides, boat/fishing/touring guides, on-call licensed US licensed massage services available.
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Tags: Christmas, Fort Charles, Fort Charles beaches, Fort Charles villa, housekeeper, Jamaica, massage, massage services, New Year's Day, real food, Teddy Clarke, Treasure Beach, United States, USD

La Sirena

Apr 13, 2009 Vacation Rentals

Location : Billy's Bay, Treasure Beach / St. Elizabeth / Jamaica
Some 15-odd years ago, a family from New Mexico first discovered -- and fell in love with -- Treasure Beach, Jamaica. So, they returned to build La Sirena -- The Mermaid -- a dream of a holiday house for 1-6 guests. Privately perched unseen on a bluff overlooking the ocean and 3/4 mile long Billy's Bay beach, which it shares with local fishers and only 6 other villas. Two king size bedrooms with en suite bathrooms in marble, white- stone, and tile also open up through French doors to the pool terrace, sea breezes and sunsets. A third large bedroom with 2 twin beds and private bathroom, plus a modern green-tiled kitchen and staff bathroom complete the villa interiors. Ceiling fans throughout. A/C bedrooms. TV/DVD/ music system and internet service. La Sirena is built in a minimalist Palladian style -- all pure, gleaming white and deep marine blue. A huge central living room with built-in bancos (banquettes) opens out through mahogany-stained cedar French doors to a covered patio and terrace with plunge pool -- with views all the way down the coast to Pedro Bluff. The villa is now also wheelchair accessible from front stairs thru the entire house & pool terrace. New botanical gardens are planned to showcase the villa with a collection of traveler's, chinese and royal palms, agaves, and specimen aloe & cacti. La Sirena is set off the country road in Billy's Bay, a peaceful, quiet area -- a 10 minute drive or 20+ minute walk to Calabash Bay, restaurants, local shops and bars. Local guides are available for touring by land or sea to YS Falls, Bamboo Alley, Appleton Rum, Pelican Bar, Black River, Sunny Isles and Little Ochie, Milk River Bath, Lover's Leap, plus sport fishing, snorkeling and birding. Rentals of mt. bikes/helmets, mopeds, snorkel gear, body boards, sea kayaks and life jackets for adults/children are also available. Best of all, La Sirena includes the live-out services of Miss Ida Hill, one of the doyennes of Treasure Beach cooks, and Monica Hill as housekeeper. Airport meeting service, roundtrip transfers with PPV insured/certified private driver/vans, spa services and babysitting can be arranged for guests. Book your holiday now at LA SIRENA for one week/7 nights or more and get a FREE trip via private boat to this absolutely one-of-a-kind bar in the middle of the ocean. WEEKLY RATES WINTER SEASON - 15 Dec - 15 April 1-2 guests . . .US$2,300 3-4 guests . . .US$2,450 5-6 guests . . .US$2,600 SUMMER SEASON - 16 April - 14 Dec 1-2 guests . . .US$1,500 3-4 guests . . .US$1,750 5-6 guests . . .US$2,000 CHRISTMAS/NEW YEAR'S WEEKS Christmas 20 to 27 December & New Year's 27 December to 3 Jan Each week . . .US$3,000 Both weeks . . .US$5,500 No charge for children age 2 or under Weekly rates above include cook, cook/ housekeeper and caretaker. PLEASE ADD: 8.25% GCT tax and food/soft drink kitty based on US$30/adult/day and US$15/youth/day
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Tags: Bamboo Alley, Bath, Bay beach, Black River, Calabash Bay, Christmas, cook/ housekeeper, food/soft drink kitty, housekeeper, Ida Hill, internet service, Jamaica, king, live-out services, Monica Hill, mt. bikes/helmets, New Mexico, New Year's Day, Pedro Bluff, Pelican Bar, spa services, Sunny, Sunny Isles, Treasure Beach, USD, YS Falls

Unforgettable

Apr 13, 2009 Vacation Rentals

Location : Fort Charles, Treasure Beach / St. Elizabeth / Jamaica
Totally, blissfully private, this spectacularly-sited Treasure Beach oceanfront villa and hideaway cottage offer a true escape to the kind of quieter, gentler Jamaica that many visitors seek, but few find. UNFORGETTABLE offers several private beaches that are yours alone for swimming, sunning, body surfing, fishing and sea kayaking. Add a private seaside pool, sun deck, cantilivered porch, sweeping views of the mountains and coast, a gazebo & hammocked day lounge on the cliffside, 2 sea kayaks, gardens -- plus, live-out staff (cook, housekeeper, gardener and airport driver available for hire) -- it really is unforgettable. MAIN VILLA: This Treasure Beach vacation rental sleeps 8-11. Four AC bedrooms (master w/king size, 3 w/ queen size beds), four bathrooms. Sofa bed, 2 cots can sleep 3 (more kids at reduced rates). The living room of the Treasure Beach vacation home includes TV/VCR/DVD/CD system/library. Sliders to oceanfront deck. Separate dining room, modern eat-in kitchen, seaside grille. Oceanfront plunge pool, terrace. Single and double sea kayaks. Treasure Beach vacation COTTAGE: Sleeps 4 more. Two bedrooms, bath, sitting room, sunset deck, thatch hut with hammocks, stone staircase to ocean and beach. High Season: January 4 - April 15 1-2 guests.....US$1,900 3-4 guests.....US$2,200 5-6 guests.....US$2,500 7-8 guests......US$2,800 9-10 guests.....US$3,100 11-12 guests.....US$3,400 Low Season: April 16 - December 18 1-2 guests.....US$1,700 3-4 guests.....US$1,950 5-6 guests.....US$2,200 7-8 guests......US$2,450 9-10 guests.....US$2,700 11-12 guests.....US$2,950 Children staying on a cot or sofa bed add US$25 + tax, food/drink PLEASE ADD & PAID DIRECTLY BY YOU: Food & Drink Budget: US$30-US$35/adult/day Roundtrip transportation from Montego Bay & Kingston 15% minimum staff gratuity HOW TO BOOK:A rental contract is provided, an advance copy via e-mail for your review, including cancellation policy, trip insurance sourcing, documentation needs. A deposit in the amount of 50% of Rental Rate, will secure your RE-confirmed reservation dates. Balance is due at least 60 days prior to arrival on island.
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Tags: Beach vacation COTTAGE, food/drink, Fort Charles, Gardener, housekeeper, Jamaica, kayaking, king, Kingston, Montego Bay, queen, Surfing, Swimming, Treasure Beach, Treasure Beach oceanfront villa, trip insurance sourcing, USD

Lovely 3 bed villa in Quesada, Costa Blanca

Apr 10, 2009 Vacation Rentals

Location : Quesada / Valenciana / Spain
This is a lovely new 3 bed/ 2 bath house on the prestigious Dona Pepa urbanisation, with private community pool, showers and toddler pool set in gardened area. Ideally situated to provide a peaceful retreat, yet centrally located for all amenities. It is furnished to a very high standard and offers all the comforts of home. There is hot and cold air conditioning (AN ESSENTIAL IN SPAIN), as well as ceiling fans, and digital satellite TV. Comprises 1 double bedroom with patio doors leading onto full length front balcony, 1 twin bed with doors to balcony, and luxury corner bath/shower upstairs. Downstairs there is 1 twin bedroom, large lounge/ diner, separate fully equipped kitchen, and WC/ shower room. Large front patio with sun terrace and rear patio inc. garden furniture, parasol, sun lounger’s and BBQ. Supermarket, bakery, restaurants and bars in immediate vicinity (5 min walk), and Quesada village 5 min drive for more, including the Aqua Park, Country Club and La Marquesa Golf Club The prestigious urbanisation of Dona Pepa, Ciudad Quesada is a 30 minute drive from Alicante or Murcia airports, and served by excellent road networks. Situated on the edge of the Natural Park with therapeutic salt lakes, Quesada is 10 minutes from the beautiful sandy Blue Flag beaches of Guardamar and Torrevieja, and home to La Marquesa Golf Club and Aqua Park. Four other championship golf clubs are within a 20 minute range, including Villamartin and La Finca, and La Manga is 45 minutes drive south. Terra Mitica theme park is 1 hour drive north. Ideal family holiday location for sun, sea, water sports, golf, or simply relaxing. Meet and welcome service and use of latest induction air-conditioning and other service charges (electricity, water etc) is included in rental price.( small surcharge of 10€ for late greet and meet between 23:00 and 08:00hrs) 50€ is required for cleaning and laundry and payable to housekeeper on arrival please. 25% non-refundable deposit is payable on booking and the balance is payable 8 weeks before the arrival date. A £100 key/damage deposit is required along with the balance, and will be refunded after satisfactory inspection of the house within 1 week of departure. Long term rental is available for those waiting to own Spanish property, or wanting to escape British winters! Short term (less than a week) is also available for property inspection trips etc. A welcome pack is available on request. If baby equipment is required, such as cot, details of hire within the area can be forwarded and includes free delivery to the house. For long term rental please e-mail for rates. A £25 per week supplement is added for Christmas/New year and Easter. Our housekeeper lives nearby to offer help should it be needed, and any problems encountered are resolved with the minimum of fuss. Transport service to both Alicante/Murcia airport can be booked.
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Tags: Alicante/Murcia airport, AQUA PARK, Christmas, Country Club, Dona Pepa, Easter, electricity, EUR, excellent road networks, GBP, golf, Guardamar, housekeeper, La Marquesa Golf Club, Mitica theme park, Natural Park, New Year's Day, Satellite Tv, Spain, Torrevieja, water sports

Ocho Rios Retreat

Mar 17, 2009 Vacation Rentals

Tags: and CD player, Beach Towers, Cable TV, DVD player, Fern Gully, housekeeper, Jamaica, Ocho Rios Bay, Ocho Rios Retreat, queen, River Falls, Swimming, Turtle Beach Towers

CENTRAL VISTA APARTMENTS

Mar 12, 2009 Vacation Rentals

Tags: +91-11-41415217, Cable TV, CENTRAL VISTA APARTMENTS, coffee maker, Delhi, Green Park, housekeeper, India, INR, internet connectivity, Microsoft Vista, Microwave, New Delhi, queen, Ravinder Malhotra Marira Securities (P) Ltd