Concordia Eco-Tents - St. John, USVI

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This is excellent, with some caveats. Visited: December 2005 Posted by rolderman Concordia is located on the southeastern side of St. John, close to beautiful Salt Pond Beach, and has dazzling sea views, a professional office open from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m., with staff ready to help you. They also have a lovely swimming pool, and a special beauty and tranquilty that you won't find at its sister resort Maho Bay. The Eco-tents are, as other have noted, wood floor and wood frame structures, with an adjoing bathroom (toilet and shower). The tents have a propane stove, small fans, and lights (but no outlets for your electronic gear; you can charge those in the office). However, you need a car (a jeep in fact) to get around the island; the slats in the floor and the clearance under the doors let in bugs and lizards (the lizards are small and charming; the bugs are small and bite); and on any given night you are likely to have the odor of the latrine waft through your window. The lights are too dim to read by; the small fans in the units don't always work; and you have to make certain you keep the place scrupulously clean to avoid multi-legged visitors (palmeto bugs, millipedes, spiders, etc.). There is a hot shower near the pool, and a proper bathroom there as well. The guests seemed very nice, to the extent we met any. All-in-all, it is a great place, with the caveats mentioned above. 20 users found this review helpful. 1 found this review unhelpful. Did you find this helpful? It is absolutely perfect - for what it is. Visited: February 2003 Posted by limin We live on St. Thomas, so St. John is our closest "get-away", and Concordia is our favorite spot to really get away. We've been here several times, and are so relaxed and happy each time we return. We both work in the tourism industry and when we need a break, we really need a break! And Concordia fits the bill. One caveat: make sure before you go that you realize that this is no Ritz Carlton. It's like camping, but in an upscale camping sort of way. First off, you will need a rental car (we bring ours over from St. Thomas on the ferry,) as this is way out on the Souteast side of the island. Plus, you will want to explore all that St. John has to offer. And she's got plenty to offer! The eco-tents are really nothing more than wooden frames with a roof and plastic sheeting for walls. Although, the sheeting can be rolled up so that you have an incredible view of the Caribbean, and there are screens to keep the bugs out. Sitting on the balcony with a bottle of wine and the full moon shining over the Caribbean...this is what "roughing it" is all about! The eco-tents sleep six people, and are very ecologically designed. Batteries for your lights get charged from solar power, water for your shower is stored in a painted black barrel over your head and heated by the sun, the self-composting toilet makes great fertilizer for the foliage. The list goes on and on. You even have your own weather station with instructions on how to use it. A stay at Concordia is like making peace with Mother Earth - no TVs blaring, cell phones ringing, horns honking...just the feel of the never-ending cool breeze and the gentle sounds of the surf far below you. The staff is quite friendly, and knowledgeable, too. And there is even a small store in the lobby/office for those necessary items. For those of you that need to be pampered, there is even a freshwater pool hidden amongst the trees on the hillside. My wife and I thoroughly enjoy our stays at Concordia, and, if you're are the adventuresome type, you will, too. There is a notebook in each of the tents that you can read to find out what other people's experiences have been like here, and they are a wealth of information. Feel free to write one of your own before you leave. It's a quaint custom, too. It kind of adds one more touch to the feeling of really belonging here. 27 users found this review helpful. 0 found this review unhelpful. Did you find this helpful?

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