Tortola - Blackbeard's Hideaway in the British Virgin Islands



Yo-ho-ho! Blackbeard's Hideaway, Tortola Island

I love Pirates. As a little boy I would play Long John Silver with my 5 brothers and my friends, the only trouble was the lack of a pirate ship, an island, any pieces of eight or a crew. We ALL wanted to be Long John Silver and so the entire day was spent swinging a wooden sword that was made from bits of old crate that had been nailed together and using a brush for a crutch so we could limp about shrieking "Ah! Jim lad!"

I lived in Liverpool very near to the river Mersey and would see the cargo ships come and go and imagine what it must be like to be a real pirate and sail the seven seas. I bet they had real swords and crutches on them ships.

No matter. I have a great villa that is set on a beautiful island in the Caribbean, not far from the coast of Puerto Rico and part of the British Virgin Islands, it's called Tortola and the villa is called Blackbeard's Hideaway.

Blackbeard's Hideaway (Blackbeard was a pirate called William Teach.) Blackbeard's Hideaway looks out to Little Thatch Island and left to Sopers Hole and all the yachts (or, in my case, Spanish galleons and Pirate ships) at anchor on Tortola's West End.

The property is located on the fantastic Steele Point estate and has two beautiful bedrooms and what's more, I'm going to give you a link to the main page so you can see for yourself what a great place it really is as well as reading the details. You will love Blackbeard's Hideaway

 

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Tortola - Holiday villas in the British Virgin Islands

Villa Diamante on the island of Tortola



You will have had time now to study the map I posted on my last blog to indicate where the island of Tortola is. We also should know that it is part of the British Virgin Island and is off the coast of Porta Rico. Good, I can now tell you about some of the great luxury villas My Luxury Villas has on the island.

I´ll start with Villa Diamante.

Villa Diamante is located at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac shaded by beautiful trees and scented bouganville flowers. Villa Diamante has been built in three pavilions separated by a spacious sun deck and refreshing large octagonal pool which looks out to Sir Francis Drake Channel and the U.S. Virgins beyond, Villa Diamante is a real poets hideaway.

As is the norm with my blog, I don´t like to write too much about the villas I feature as it detracts from the great presentation of the properties on the main My Luxury Villas website and in true Blogtropolis tradition, I have gone out of my way to supply you with a link to the pages and the photographs.

Linkypoo to Villa Diamante.

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Tortola - The best holiday destination in the Caribbean

Tortola

I am not even going to ask if you know where Tortola is! You don't know, that's a fact, unless of course you are part of that fantastic villa rentals company of worldwide repute, yes, Jamaican Treasures.

Some of my Bloglimpers may have stumbled across this pearl in the Caribbean sea, others are as thick as a Whale milkshake, so, I have slapped a map up top of the blog to give you an idea of where Tortola is. It is of course, part of the British Virgin Islands. Tortola can be found floating in the Caribbean, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Puerto Rico
According to the American CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) Tortola is described thus;

First inhabited by Arawak and later by Carib Indians, the Virgin Islands were settled by the Dutch in 1648 and then annexed by the English in 1672. The islands were part of the British colony of the Leeward Islands from 1872-1960; they were granted autonomy in 1967. The economy is closely tied to the larger and more populous US Virgin Islands to the west; the US dollar is the legal currency.

 

I prefer the My Luxury Villas descriptions of Tortola, villa by villa. My Luxury Villas, sister site to Jamaican Treasures but still the same great company, they have 25 or more luxury holiday villas on the island of Tortola and yours truly will place several of these on this blog for you to drool over.

 

In the meantime, why not relax and take a look at the other 1200 luxury villa rentals on the My Luxury Villas Website http://www.myluxuryvillas.com/

 

 

 

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Villa Letovah, Mount Pleasant, St. Vincent and Grenadines

Villa Letovah, Mount Pleasant, St. Vincent and Grenadines



Wow! catch this for views of the Caribbean Sea. That's not all, this villa has views to both sides of nthe island of St. Vincent  encompassing the entire Admiralty Bay, Princess Margaret, and Lower Bay to Mustique. Now that is what you call "A room with a view"

Villa Latovah (Don't ask me what it means but there are ten people in the USA with the christian or given name "Latovah" and I found out that  "Gam zu Latovah" means "even this is for the good." so we can take it that the villa is something "for the Good" Unless you know different?) has three wonderful, modern, light bedrooms, a kitchen that any chef would want for his own home, a fabulous infinity pool and outside areas and throw in the following as well..

Highlights...
Internet
Cable TV
Barbecue
Nice for Couples
Alfresco Dining
Ocean Views
Enjoy Beautiful Sunsets

Here is the link to Villa Latovah on the My Luxury Villas website. take a look for yourself and see what you could be living in when you holiday in Villa Letovah, Mount Pleasant, St. Vincent and Grenadines.

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Villa Helianthus - Mount Pleasant, St. Vincent and Grenadines

Villa Helianthus - Mount Pleasant, St. Vincent and Grenadines

The first question I am going to be asked by the Blog Police is "What is an Helianthus?" Well, Constable Blog, Helianthus is a flower, A plant of the genus Helianthus in the daisy family, a Sunflower to you. There, happy darling? Good.

Just like it's namsake, Villa Helianthus is a beautiful as a Sunflower and is as private a place as you will ever find, if peace and quiet is what your looking for on you vacation to St. Vincent and Grenadines.

Villa Helianthus was the home of the prime minister and you know how they like privacy. The property is located at Mount Pleasant and is set luxuriously in nine acres of mature cedars, fruit trees and pastures as well as having the most fantastic views of the Caribbean Sea and breathtaking scenery. This villa really is beautiful.

You should read more about Villa Helianthus and take a look at the photographs provided. You'll be glad you did Villa Helianthus link 

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Spring Bay, St. Vincent and Grenadines

Seacliff, Spring Bay, St. Vincent and Grenadines

Here's an extraordinary villa that you would be as happy as Larry to have as your vacation villa. Seacliff, Spring Bay, St. Vincent and Grenadines. Seacliff Villa is described on the My Luxury Villas website in glowing terms.

Seacliff shines out as one of the most lovely villas on Bequia. The layout is wonderfully comfortable, and the villa experience throughout is peaceful and confidently relaxing. It is entirely on one level and there is only one step on the entire property & large double doors.

If I read a description such as that, I would be most interested and would want to read more. Well, dear Blogblimpers, you are in luck because I have the very link for you here http://www.myluxuryvillas.com/villa/2044/

Go and take a look at the great photos and the rest of the glowing report from the staff of your favourite villa rentals company.

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Villas in Mustique, St. Vincent and Grenadines

Views from Villa Alumbrera - Mustique

It's business time agin on the Blog and I am well pleased to enlighten you to this fantastic, very posh villa on the island of Mustique. "Mmm? The island of Mustique? That name rings a bell" say's Quasimodo.

Ding! Dong! Yes, Mustique does ring a bell, it was the favourite bolt hole for Her Majesty's dodgey sister, HRH Princess Margaret, she was never off the place. Mind you, it is very pretty and your guaranteed that the double glazing salesman won't be passing to bother you.

The villa in question is villa Alumbrera (Translated from Spanish means "Alum Mine" Alum is; a hydrated double sulfate of aluminum and potassium, used in solution medicinally and in dyeing and tanning. Don't say you get left in the dark on this blog!)

This villa has its location on a prominent spot above Macaroni Beach, villa Allumbrera was featured in Architectural Digest so that should give you an idea of how special this place is.

Villa Alumbrera offers guests dramatic sunrise and moonrise views and is sited insuch a way that you take full advantage of the cooling tropical breezes. This beautiful villa's open living and dining pavilions make it an ideal holiday home for entertaining friends and family, while also providing privacy and comfortable space for each of its overnight guests.

Some of the villas bedrooms have private courtyards and outdoor showers as well as additional features that include a lovely swimming pool, gazebo, tennis court and pavilion, a games room as well as a footpath directly to the beach.

This villa is for you, really, this is the hottest property on the Island and you would do well to get your holiday booked NOW! Take a look at the main website for http://www.myluxuryvillas.com/villa/2759/ and judge for yourself.

Remember, if it's good enough for the Royal family, it's good enogh for you.

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Top 5 islands in the Caribbean - Saint Vincent & The Grenadines

Saint Vincent & The Grenadines

It's geography time again Blopoppers. This time I am happy to enlighten you to the joys of a luxury holiday in St Vincent and the Grenadines. Now, I know some of you are as thick as a shagpile carpet so I have supplied a map. I know, it is a local map and so it could be anywhere but take it from me that Saint Vincent & The Grenadines are a small group of Caribbean islands between the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago, 13 15 N, 61 12 W just in case you fancy sailing there.

If I was being simplistic, Saint Vincent & The Grenadines are a spit away from the coast of Venezuela. There you have it.

Now, your favourite villa rentals company has a lot of handsome luxury villas for rent in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Oh yes!

Very nice..Saint Vincent & The Grenadines sunset

"Why should I go to Saint Vincent & The Grenadines?" I hear you ask, well, it has been voted one of the top 5 islands of the Caribbean by Travel and Leisure World's Best 2011 Awards. That's like getting a Brit or MOBO award for making a record. Pretty cool. The reason it is pretty cool is that Travel and Leisure magazine have, for the past 16 years, published the "Worlds Best Awards" and to be placed so high is praise indeed.

Anyway. Jamaican Treasures has a host of luxury villas available for you and I will be most happy to post some on here for you to browse through.

Looking through the SV & G (I'll shorten Saint Vincent & The Grenadines to SV&G to save myself some time, if that's OK with you?) government website I see there is a Blues festival there!! being a Blues man myself, this would be excellent. They also have, like Jamaica and the rest of the Caribbean, their own Carnival. Have a look at the site for yourself, it's a bit short on laughs but long on information. http://www.gov.vc/


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Villa Destiny

I bet you lot who read this Blog (Yes! both of you!) think that I have an easy time of it, adding beautiful Jamaica Villas and describing to you how wonderful this place is and how you should vist Montego Bay or Discovery Bay and so on. Nothing could be further than the truth. I have a terrible time of things.

Imagine, you work for a company with a world famous reputation (Yes. Jamaican Treasures) and they have more than 1200 luxury vacation villas worldwide and over 300 villas in Jamaica alone. You have to describe each villa in it's own rite and find something different to say about each????

As it happens, they are all beautiful, they are all delightful and they all offer you luxury and fantastic locations. Some villas though stand out from the crowd and Villa Destiny is one of them.

Destiny villa was featured in the popular Island Home Magazine in the USA. "High in the hills overlooking Jamaica's beautiful Montego Bay, Destiny, with 10,000 feet of indoor-outdoor living space, is one of the finest private residences in the Caribbean." Island Home, writes Rob Sandler.

Destiny villa Montego Bay, has got to be one of the most outstanding and spectacular luxury vacation rental homes in Jamaica and is situated in a green tropical hillside with views to the Great River valleys, breath taking ocean and mountain views.

Yes. This property really is special and you can see for yourself is you follow this link to the villas own website. http://www.destinyvillajamaica.com/

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Jamaica Villas - Luxury villas in Montego Bay

Luxury Villa Island Breeze

Getting back to Jamaica and all those beautiful luxury villas, I am reminded of one property in particular that I feel the need to push in your direction. This beautiful private luxury villas is called Island Breeze and it is in Montego Bay, which, for those who fluffed geography, is on the western side, north Jamaica.



This fantastic vacation rentals property is located in Jamaica's magnificent Ironshore Resort Estate at Montego Bay, Island Breeze Villa has a magnificent panoramic view of the Caribbean sea. 

Located 15 minutes from the tourist mecca in Montego Bay, Jamaica, Island Breeze Villa has enviable views of the Caribbean and surrounding areas as well as being located in a truly wonderful setting of it's own. This luxury Jamaican villa on the most sought after Ironshore Estates has 3-bedroom/3.5-bathrooms and the villa is only minutes from the best championship golf courses, as well as tennis courts, shopping, horseback riding, and the Hip Strip where a new casino is located and so very much more.

By happy chance, this luxury private Jamaica villa is blessed with it's very own website so you can take your time and look at your leisure and even better still, this property is promoted by a wonderful luxury villas rentals company of world repute. Modesty prevents me naming the company.

http://www.islandbreezejamaica.com 

 

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