Cyril E. King/St. Thomas International Airport (STT): Approximate driving time is 25 minutes and distance is 8.5 miles.

Most resort guests take a taxi-van from the airport at a cost of $12 for one passenger or $8 each for more than one. (Rates are set by the government and subject to change.) Car rentals are available via this Web site. Driving is on the left side, British-style, along narrow, winding, hilly roads.

European Plan - Rate includes room accommodations only; no meals are included.

All Inclusive Plan - Rate includes the following:

Not included: motorized water sports, scuba diving (except for complimentary introductory lesson), child care, health-and-beauty spa services, poolside hair braiding, telephone charges, and tours and excursions outside the resort.

Mangrove Restaurant - Casual, weathered-wood, open-air spot adjacent to pool. Lunch, dinner buffets, with nightly themes such as Caribbean and Italian. Live entertainment many nights.

Iguana Grill - Poolside burgers, hot dogs, nachos, grilled fish, tropical drinks.

Turtle Rock Bar - Sports on television, video slot machines, video games, beer, tropical drinks.

Ocean Club - Spacious Art Deco nightclub with semi-circular bar, purple and mirror walls, and round, elevated dance floor. Video slot machines. Nightly DJ or live-band music.

Amenity highlights: Complimentary shuttles take guests from the lobby up and down the hillside to an adjacent beach. An expansive three-section freeform pool features a rock-grotto waterfall. Within the grotto are pool and Ping-Pong tables. An elevated weathered-wood bridge spanning the pool leads to a staircase rising to the hotel. Secluded on the pool's sundeck is a 16-person spa. The 75-yard-wide, 30-yard-deep beach offers lounge chairs and shade trees.

Insider tip: The resort includes its own desalinization and wastewater treatment plants, with treated water stored in freshwater ponds that attract turtles, ducks, herons, egrets, and a colony of iguanas living in and around pondside mangroves.

A 10,000-square-foot health-and-beauty spa contains men's and women's saunas, steam rooms, and private sunning terraces furnished with cushioned lounge chairs and featuring six-person spas. The spa includes a relaxation lounge, boutique, and open-air treatment rooms and offers massage, body treatments, facials, hydrotherapy, and hair and nail care. (Surcharges apply.)

Under a peaked wood ceiling, the health-and-beauty spa's spacious, second-floor fitness center (complimentary use) contains cardio and weight machines as well as free weights. Complimentary aerobics, step, and yoga classes (seasonally) are offered in a mirror-wall workout area.

A supervised kids' club (complimentary for All Inclusive Plan guests) provides supervised activities for children age 5–12. Complimentary daily activities include fitness walks, beach volleyball, limbo contests, calypso dance lessons, karaoke, and kids' movies.