Sapphire 3: Reviews From Those Who’ve Lived, Shopped, Explored & Dined in St. Lucia

We’re had a wonderful time staying at Sapphire 3, the apartment is a perfect base for exploring. We did not have a car but it wasn’t a big deal, we did lots of walking and Fabian and Janus and the other drivers were all great for short trips by car. So easy to organize, we could go wherever we wanted.

Walk into town unit isn’t too far, maybe 15 minutes. The first time we went we rode the route to the left, but after that we actually preferred going right at the apartment, seemed much more perfect.

The first 2 days we were here there was a carnival in town. Absolutely fantastic! Such great atmosphere, everyone just having fun! 

• Hummingbird Beach- quite simple to walk to, usually quite quiet. Good snorkeling, lots of eels and octopus. 

• Anse Chastanet- We got a water taxi ($60 US) stopped by to look at the bat cave- very cool. We spent the day there, great snorkeling area. On the left of the beach is where you get snorkeling gears for $11 US- definitely recommend! We ate at the resort restaurant/ restaurant/ bar on the beach, expensive but great food! Everyone here was very welcoming even though we were not staying at the resort.  We think all sun beds are for those who stayed at the resort so we just sat on towels on the sand, but not much shade as the day goes on.

• Volcano + Sulphur Springs Mud Bath – Organized taxi with Fabian. Really interesting tour of volcano, then onto mud baths, good fun but make sure you go early. We set of at 10am and that’s when buses of people arrived.

• Tet Paul Nature Trail – We picked this tour instead of hiking the pitons, it is cheaper and much more easy to walk, took about 30 minutes and only $7 USD. Guide was good, very knowledgeable about the local plants. Fantastic view even though it was a bit cloudy. We went there at 8:30 am and were the only ones there.

• Botanical Gardens – we walked from here, took about 30 minutes. Bit steep but not too hard. $17.50 EC per person. We didn’t have a guide so we had a nice stroll at our own pace. Lovely plants lots of little lizards and birds. Glad we went.

Food:

• Petit Peak – lovely view, good local food and not too expensive.

• Pier 28- went on the evening of carnival, so it was quite busy plus not much choices but service was good and staff were friendly plus not too expensive.

• Fedos – We had to check it out since everyone was raving about it . It’s a lovely place, mixture of tourists and locals. Really cheap and food was really good! Do recommend checking it out. Only open for lunch and breakfast though.

We also did a bit of cooking here. There’s a good supermarket near the church in town to get supplies. 

Overall a great stay! Everyone is so friendly, say hello to everyone!
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Definitely recommend staying at the Sapphire apartments, just makes your stay so easy!
Thank you, Janus, + Fabian+ all the other drivers for making our stay enjoyable!

Love from, Carys + Daniel

From London, England 

When I first got here it was raining and the forecast stated it would rain for the remaining of the time I got here. However, it did get a little sunny that Wednesday. I had the opportunity to experience a few locations.

- Tet Paul Nature Trail was nice. We had a chance to see and over look of the pitons and the entire view of Soufriere. It was nice.
- Sulphur Springs mud bath was also inexpensive. It was a short in and out time for us because the place was really crowded. 
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- Toraille Waterfall was beautiful. Great for taking pictures and you can go under the waterfall.
- Sugar Beach was my favorite of my trip. I had a chance to relax and swim in the ocean. It was not too crowded and there was a bar at the beach. The view of the beach was beautiful.

Overall my stay was nice despite of the weather raining for most of the stay. Janus and his team showed good hospitality the time I was there. Someone came and brought small food items such as fresh bread and mangoes which was nice. I would definitely return when the weather is better.

ALEXANDRA  

We had a wonderful time at Sapphire 3. The place and the view is amazing and the location was perfect for us.

Sulphur Springs: Mud bath was very nice but don’t forget to visit the volcano with a guide and the little museum because it was interesting.

Piton Fall: We paid US $3.00 per person, walked a few minutes and arrived in a wonderful nature paradise and 3 warm baths and a little waterfall. It is very beautiful and there were only two people there when we arrived. We had a very nice time there we recommend it.

Sugar Beach: We went there by car, after the rain (bad idea) it was a bit dangerous cause the road was slippery. After we parked the car we walked about 20 mins to the beach. The beach is actually amazing but the return walk a bit rough. We would advise to go there by water taxi ( it seems there are a lot). 
Anse Chastanet & Anse Mamin: We went there by boat ($100 EC for 2 of us) because we were told the road is terrible and quite dangerous when you don’t have a car. The snorkeling is so beautiful and there are amazing corals on the right side of the beach.

Tet Paul Nature Trail: Easy walk and amazing view.

Toraille Fall: Beautiful fall where you can have a nice bath.

Diamond Botanical Garden: Nice and easy walk, luxurious nature, beautiful waterfall but you can’t bathe in it. Warm baths look like small swimming pool and you must pay an extra fee- we haven’t tested it.

Jerusalem Mineral Bath: 2 Warm baths/ one cold one. We had a nice time there. US $3 per person.
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Gros Piton Hike: This hike is quite expensive (50 US $/P) because a guide is mandatory, even if ours was totally for himself and tired to hike or even talk to us. Most of the hike is rock climbing, but the views totally worth it!

Sapphire Falls & Jungle Spa: The path is at the beginning of the road to the Sulphur Springs. We walked around 20 mins and paid a guy for the entry. The fall is so beautiful, you can have a mud bath, and then you can go to a warm bath from which you see the waterfall- amazing! And we were totally alone there.

Snorkeling in Soufriere Bay: beautiful corals and a lot of fishes on the right side. 

WE LOVED OUR STAY HERE! THANK YOU TO JANUS AND HIS TEAM
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CLAIRE & CHRISTOPHER- GUADELOPE