Now to the Cable Beach Resort. I didn't like it very much. The gardens are fantastic - mature palms & other trees, lush vegetation everywhere, well maintained etc etc. But the place is expensive and I didn't think it was worth it at all.
My friends and I shared a 'Pearler's Bungalow', ideal for parents & kids but also sold as suitable for 2 sets of adults. It isn't. We took it because it was the only option for 3 when we booked.
It appeared to have built as having a bedroom and en-suite surrounded by a roofed deck on 3 sides, but has been modified to have the deck enclosed, with the enclosed area now housing a kitchenette, dining & couch area, and the second bedroom and ensuite. The main bedroom is now windowless, and has 3 sets of doors opening out to the other rooms.
The now enclosed areas, including second bedroom, have blinds only, and no privacy unless all the blinds are drawn - there are walkways to other bungalows on 3 sides. The original central bedroom still has the corrugated iron walls on the outside, making now-internal fittings awkwardly affixed and the flatscreen TV mounted on a corner, utterly impractical.
Outside - see-though windows right around it
Not ours, but an adjacent bungalow, with total see-through.
Lounge and dining, original, now internal bedroom on the left.
TV mounting and various doors into internal bedroom.
No pics of my room, but the blinds were poor at keeping out the light and had to be kept closed almost the whole time, lest a passer-by get an eyeful
. My en-suite was dated, without mixer taps and a shower-over-bath, which I can tolerate on occasion (esp since this is clearly designed to be a kids room), but no hand-holds and an awkward exit from the bath. The Queen bed was 2 singles pushed together with a ridge down the middle. 2 out of 3 of the bungalows around us had young kids, who of course opened up between 5 and 6 each morning. I know, that's the norm
but it didn't impress me, a light sleeper on holidays in an expensive resort. The old, kids-in-First argument. I slept very poorly all 3 nights (numerous reasons - uncomf bed, early noises, early light noise from the street nearby). I couldn't wait to leave.
But as I said, the grounds are terrific. The ones below don't do it justice.
There was an adults-only pool, than goodness and it was great.
On the northern side of the property are numerous more 'hotel' type rooms/apartments and they at least had little decks to sit out on and have a drink and admire the views
Anyone stayed in these?