When we decided we wanted to take a trip to the Caribbean to celebrate our 10 years together, We went to the Internet and started doing research on all the various islands.  When Barbados seemed to have what we were looking for (tropical island paradise but with plenty of things to do and places to go out as well) we started researching the hotels (there are PLENTY of them on Barbados.)  What struck me about the Casuarina Beach Club was that it was located within walking distance of something they called "The St. Lawrence Gap" (the main restaurant, shop and night life center of Barbados) and that their website said that 60% of their clientele were repeat customers.  That along with a personal review from someone on TripAdvisor.com who said they were very pleasantly surprised by it for the price made up our minds that we would go for it and give it a try.   Needless to say we were very pleasantly surprised by it too.  In fact, both Emmanuelle and I agree that when we go back to Barbados (which we definitely will) we will go back to Casuarina Beach Club.  We looked at a lot of other hotels while we were there and it was that special a place (at a comparatively economical price to boot!)
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A sign at Casuarina (colorful understatement is typical at Casuarina.)

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Giant Bird of Paradise.

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Near the beach on the front lawn.

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Wood carver at the hotel for Wednesday's weekly craft fair.

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One of the five hotel blocks.

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Open air atrium garden in the reception area.

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Emmanuelle outside our hotel room.

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On the way to the beach...life is good in Barbados, trust us!

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Verda, an artist at the Wednesday craft fair at Casuarina.

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The pool bar at Casuarina.