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FOUR SEASONS RESORT NEVIS ANNOUNCES TEMPORARY RESORT CLOSURE DUE TO IMPACTS FROM HURRICANE OMAR
NEVIS, West Indies— February 9, 2009—Four Seasons Resort Nevis announced that the Resort will be closed until October 31, 2009 to undergo a renovation resulting from impacts from Hurricane Omar, which passed through the islands of St. Kitts & Nevis in October 2008. Further information on reconstruction plans will be provided as it becomes available.
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This Caribbean gem tops the charts nearly every year for its service and luxurious accommodations. Hidden away amid bounteous tropical foliage and coconut palms, The Four Seasons easily lives up to the hotel chain's worldwide reputation for the finest in everything.
Several things are exceptional here, beginning with the Robert Trent Golf Course, which garners kudos from golfers far and wide. Then there's the service at the pools, where you'll be pampered to your hearts desire. And for those in a family mode there's the nursery school-type babysitting service, which many families visiting say is the best they've found. Run by former teachers, the service is located in its own little room, you expect Miss Jean from Ding-Dong-School to greet you at the door.
The hotel is situated directly on Pinney's beach. This beach is the widest, longest beach on Nevis, with coconut palms dotting the property and pathways leading between the two-story guest cottages and the Great House, pool and dining areas. The Four Seasons sustained a big hit with Hurricane Georges in 1998 but emerged looking brighter and better than ever. Though the structures were generally fine, much of the landscaping was damaged. A major overhaul of the botanical side of the hotel has resulted in a property so naturally tropical in feeling, you expect to encounter a waterfall at every turn. Even with 196 rooms, the Four Seasons maintains an intimate, smaller resort feel.
The guest rooms are luxurious, with large verandas facing the sea, lovely traditional style furnishings, and large bathrooms that could definitely keep you in your room with your own personal robe and bath slippers waiting for you when you step out of the shower or bath. Besides that, each room has a stocked bar, ironing board, slippers, umbrella, safe, TV and video player (to go with the hotel's video library).
The rooms have glass doors to the outside, but also wooden louvered sliding doors to provide the ultimate in privacy if desired. The rooms are all air conditioned, with direct-dial phones and voice mail.
The food at the resort is premium quality. West Indian, seafood and continental specialties are served in the formal Dining Room, which is open, but indoors. There is also the Grill Room, which is a Mediterranean, open air restaurant with views of the sea and the Pool Cabana, where lunch, dinner and sunset cocktails are served with the waves lapping at your toes.
There are activities: windsurfing, kayaking, snorkeling, sailing, aqua cycling along Pinney's Beach, a long stretch of beach (not the white sand of some Caribbean beaches-slightly darker) lined with coconut palms.
Golfers, of course, flock here because of the championship quality Robert Trent Jones course, and tennis players enjoy the 10-court Peter Burwash International tennis complex (half of them are clay courts).
Lolling by the pool, however, is perhaps the simplest but most enjoyable activity, if that's your choice. First the chairs - already the most comfortable lounge chairs in their own right - are lined with towels by the pool staff. If you get up, or should they get wet (oh, no!), the staff changes or at least straightens them for you. You get spritzed if you're too hot and served icy Evian water to keep you cool.
Regardless of your interests, there's something at the Four Seasons that will tickle your fancy, and tickle it with style and class. It's as near "the perfect Caribbean vacation experience" that one could imagine, located on the not so crowded, still somewhat undiscovered island of Nevis. The combination is heavenly!
NEVIS, West Indies— February 9, 2009—Four Seasons Resort Nevis announced that the Resort will be closed until October 31, 2009 to undergo a renovation resulting from impacts from Hurricane Omar, which passed through the islands of St. Kitts & Nevis in October 2008. Further information on reconstruction plans will be provided as it becomes available.
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This Caribbean gem tops the charts nearly every year for its service and luxurious accommodations. Hidden away amid bounteous tropical foliage and coconut palms, The Four Seasons easily lives up to the hotel chain's worldwide reputation for the finest in everything.
Several things are exceptional here, beginning with the Robert Trent Golf Course, which garners kudos from golfers far and wide. Then there's the service at the pools, where you'll be pampered to your hearts desire. And for those in a family mode there's the nursery school-type babysitting service, which many families visiting say is the best they've found. Run by former teachers, the service is located in its own little room, you expect Miss Jean from Ding-Dong-School to greet you at the door.
The hotel is situated directly on Pinney's beach. This beach is the widest, longest beach on Nevis, with coconut palms dotting the property and pathways leading between the two-story guest cottages and the Great House, pool and dining areas. The Four Seasons sustained a big hit with Hurricane Georges in 1998 but emerged looking brighter and better than ever. Though the structures were generally fine, much of the landscaping was damaged. A major overhaul of the botanical side of the hotel has resulted in a property so naturally tropical in feeling, you expect to encounter a waterfall at every turn. Even with 196 rooms, the Four Seasons maintains an intimate, smaller resort feel.
The guest rooms are luxurious, with large verandas facing the sea, lovely traditional style furnishings, and large bathrooms that could definitely keep you in your room with your own personal robe and bath slippers waiting for you when you step out of the shower or bath. Besides that, each room has a stocked bar, ironing board, slippers, umbrella, safe, TV and video player (to go with the hotel's video library).
The rooms have glass doors to the outside, but also wooden louvered sliding doors to provide the ultimate in privacy if desired. The rooms are all air conditioned, with direct-dial phones and voice mail.
The food at the resort is premium quality. West Indian, seafood and continental specialties are served in the formal Dining Room, which is open, but indoors. There is also the Grill Room, which is a Mediterranean, open air restaurant with views of the sea and the Pool Cabana, where lunch, dinner and sunset cocktails are served with the waves lapping at your toes.
There are activities: windsurfing, kayaking, snorkeling, sailing, aqua cycling along Pinney's Beach, a long stretch of beach (not the white sand of some Caribbean beaches-slightly darker) lined with coconut palms.
Golfers, of course, flock here because of the championship quality Robert Trent Jones course, and tennis players enjoy the 10-court Peter Burwash International tennis complex (half of them are clay courts).
Lolling by the pool, however, is perhaps the simplest but most enjoyable activity, if that's your choice. First the chairs - already the most comfortable lounge chairs in their own right - are lined with towels by the pool staff. If you get up, or should they get wet (oh, no!), the staff changes or at least straightens them for you. You get spritzed if you're too hot and served icy Evian water to keep you cool.
Regardless of your interests, there's something at the Four Seasons that will tickle your fancy, and tickle it with style and class. It's as near "the perfect Caribbean vacation experience" that one could imagine, located on the not so crowded, still somewhat undiscovered island of Nevis. The combination is heavenly!
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This is great for people who have too much money. 
Four Seasons Resort - Nevis, Nevis hotel review Visited: February 2006
Posted by grmchitown
The Four Seasons at Nevis is, on the one hand, a very decent, even fine, resort located on the seashore in a very well kept and lush plant environment.
On the other hand, it would need to be completely perfect in order to justify the four-figure room rates, and that it is not. Its style and property is in the same league with other fine resorts, such as the Divi Little Bay at St. Maarten, where, however, we stayed at about 1/3 the price. So do your shopping.
Both places are all-inclusive with fine beaches, meals, transportation, program activities and much more. Even with the four-figure-per-night tab, basics such as in-room coffee are not provided; our welcoming snack arrived at 6:00 pm as we were leaving the room for dinner; and our bed turn down was offered at 10:00 pm.
Also, when we called to report an infestation of ants in our room, there was no response we were aware of during our stay - or after.
Still, the setting is truly beautiful; the staff is friendly; and the grounds are well kept and provide a variety of activities (many of which for which you will be charged extra).
So enjoy - but do your comparisons and shopping well, and just know what you are getting into.
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It was "spabulous"! 
Four Seasons Resort - Nevis, Nevis hotel review Visited: August 2004
Posted by mtanzella
The beach massage and spa gardens were absolutely incredible. It was total bliss!
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Greatly Overrated 
Four Seasons Resort - Nevis, Nevis hotel review Visited: December 2003
Posted by james_ph
Whilst the grounds were beautiful, the staff friendly and helpful, my wife and I were sadly dissapointed. We were expecting unspoilt Caribbean beauty of days gone by. What we found was a resort that resembled Miami Beach circa 2004. Had we not known we were in Nevis, it could have been any flash resort in tropical climes.
The food was good, but we found the prices inflated, and the portions deflated. The beach was lovely, and the colour of the sky and sea left us gobsmacked. The golf course was very well designed, however a bit brown and rough...fair play though this is their busiest time of the year, and the driest part of the season.
We loved Nevis so much that we decided to stay an extra week, however we changed our address to The Nisbet Plantation. We found this to be much more to our taste.
All said and done we will definitely back to Nevis but not the four seasons - full stop! If you like large American style resorts, full of people with hordes of money and very little culture, you might enjoy this resort. It reminded us of Blackpool with more money and glitter.
Unfortunaetly we should have used the Internet mor before out travels, we found a delightful web site about Nevis that would have helped us not to choose a resort like the four seasons. Nevis1.com has wonderful information about Nevis....alas water under the bridge for us this year, but we will be using it for our next holiday to be sure.
One final note, if you stay at the four seasons, be sure to explore the rest of Nevis, we found much better food at other resorts such as Nisbet, Plantation, Golden Rock and Montpelier.
Cheers, James and Sheila
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A well kept oasis in the islands.
Four Seasons Resort - Nevis, Nevis hotel review Visited: September 2003
Posted by richnjenn2002
My wife and I just returned from our honeymoon and all I need to say is "wow!". The service, employees and food were all wonderful. The only downside was that we had to leave.
Forget any other place in the islands. This is it. If you are going to play golf, it was on the same par as Bethpage Black without the wait.
The beach was amazing. My wife and I would snorkel every day and see amazing marine life right in front of the hotel. The food was as good as any I have had in my life. It was expensive, but you only live once.
This was, without a doubt, the best resort my wife and I have ever stayed at. Book now. Book right now.
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