St. Croix Hotel and Resort Guide

The Best of the Best on the Best of the United States Virgin Islands

Face it... choosing where your "home base" will be for the duration of your vacation is perhaps the most important decision you'll make when it comes to planning your journey. Transportation options are often limited enough to make your choice more of a time and cost matter. A bad decision of where to dine out for the evening doesn't necessarily set you back a big chunk of change either. When it comes to lodging though, you not only consider cost and quality in the equation, but you want to deal with places that have a proven reputation of delivering the goods as promised.

For an island of its size, St. Croix has an amazing number of luxury resorts, home-away-from-home inns, and condos/villas. There are those that cater to families with children, couples without children, honeymooners, business travelers, singles, and seniors alike. Prices range from an economical less than $100 per person per night to high-end all-inclusive packages for weeks on end.

When considering where to stay while visiting St. Croix, you're likely to find rave reviews for the award-winning, all-inclusive Buccaneer Resort, the family friendly cottages of Chenay Bay Beach Resort, the big-bang-for-few-bucks Carrington Inn, the centrally located Gentle Winds Condominiums, and the best-of-both-the-business-and-vacation-world Tamarind Reef Hotel. One particular standout though is the Villa Greenleaf. It not only generates consistently high reviews, but it also manages to offer some of the best value, quality, cleanliness, service, and all of the other traits that contribute to a memorable vacation stay.

"...an experience that can be matched by no one..."

Rated as the best bed and breakfast in Christiansted, the capital of St. Croix, this one-time private residence has been renovated into a five-suite hillside paradise that overlooks the Salt River Bay National Historic Park and Ecological Preserve. Located just west of the goings-on of the city, past visitors describe their stay as "the best time we've had this year -- perhaps this millennium" and having been "pampered…right up until the last minute of fun." Others rave that you can "eat off the floor" it's so spotless.

With an Indonesian flair, you can choose from three oversized suites that are part of the main residence or the Morning Star and Solitaire Suite that comprise the one-time pool house. Enjoy an ocean or garden view from your air-conditioned room, gourmet breakfasts that change daily, complimentary cocktails and hors d'ourvres every evening, immaculately manicured grounds, a pool overlooking the ocean, a Jacuzzi spa to ease your mind as well as your body, and a communal screened porch and living room/library with satellite television and DVD player.

Take comfort in the fact that the owners of the Villa Greenleaf aren't new to the world of satisfying its visitors. They've actually worked very hard at garnering the title of one of the top fifteen bed and breakfasts in North America for their New England Greenleaf Inn at Boothbay Harbor that's located in Maine. They're well known and well respected by other businesses throughout St. Croix and they're well versed on being able to make recommendations for all of your needs and desires. Just ask and it shall be yours.

Competitive rates include a car rental for your stay, which more than compensates for the lack of direct access to a beach, even though there are beaches very close by. You'll also be picked up at the airport upon your arrival. Package deals exist for golfers, divers, and other island adventure seekers. As one satisfied customer declared, this is "low key luxury" at its finest.

Do NOT hesitate to take a chance on staying at the Villa Greenleaf on St. Croix. It will likely turn out to be the best decision that you made about your entire vacation. Deciding to go back for a return visit will be as easy as a stroll on the beach.