La Paloma, Beachfront, Barbados

The Caribbean sea is right at your doorstep. The staff is awesome, the chef out did himself meal after meal. Plenty of room for hangout with upstairs and downstairs. This was our second stay and we will go back.

We’ve had another wonderful stay at La Paloma, following our first visit in January 2018. It really is the most fabulous place - a spacious and beautiful villa, set right on the beach, located near many of the island’s best bars and restaurants. The huge balcony area is the perfect place to enjoy morning coffee or early evening cocktails, with a stunning view and the sound of the waves lapping on the shore. The design of the house gives you all your home comforts while also being in keeping with the traditional Barbadian style and design. The staff are all so friendly and accommodating, and we’re particularly grateful to Candy and Romell for all the lovely meals they made us during our stay. We stayed with friends, and we both have young children, who just loved playing in the garden and swimming in the pool.

This was our first time here at La Paloma and what a time it was. The staff were fabulous. They were helpful in all ways. Candy made sure we had everything we needed. She gave us suggestions and recommendations about the island. Thas was our first time hre. Romell, wow, he really gave us authentic island dishes daily. He was a pleasure to talk to. We exchange the way he prepared various foods and it was just wonderful. Debra maintained the immaculate gardens and pool. She shared some of her knowledge of the plants with us to take back. The staff of La Paloma make it feel like a home. I am so glad we choose to stay here. You guys will be missed

To all the staff and Realtors team that make La Paloma so magical we say a huge thank you! we arrived shredded but are leaving so perfectly relaxed. One week is not enough but we will be back very soon so farewell for now.

Thank you Romell, Candy and all the staff for a fantastic week, more could not be wanted. The most amazing view, how wonderful to sit and chat first thing in the morning and last thing watching the sun go down. It has truly been a memorable week, the glorious warm sea and beautiful beach. The food has been delicous, especially the lazy breakfast on the balcony.

After searching the area for a place to stay with 5 couples celebrating our 50th birthdays, we found La Paloma. The owner was kind enough to reach out to me as I was searching months in advance asking questions about the villa and Barbados. We were thrilled with our choice! Amazing views of the ocean, beautiful and spacious areas within the house and beach/ocean access right outside home. Located within walking distance to Jordan’s supermarket and Il Tempio restaurant. The management company, Luxury Realtors was excellent to work with helping us arrange transportation to/from the airport and well as food and drink delivery upon arrival. Along with the amazing home and views, comes an incredible staff. Rommel cooks amazing meals, assists with shopping and meal planning and works around what you and your group like. Candy has many talents including cooking and ensuring we wanted for nothing- she helped with cleaning, organizing house and cooked some delicious dishes!! Debra takes amazing care of the garden, plants and pool- really enjoyed her singing and smiling face! Ashley helped with not only maintaining the house with cleaning and keeping house in order, but helped us find the bus stops to make our way around the island. Ask staff about areas to visit in area, have Rommel and Candy make local dishes such as flying fish, chicken with Bajan seasoning and the best gravy you’ve ever had! They like to use local fruits and veggies as well as spices and seasoning that are outstanding. All bedrooms are air conditioned and very comfortable for sleeping. Most of our time at the villa was spent on the beach, on the veranda or on beach/in ocean. So relaxing! You truly want for nothing! Thank you to the staff, owners and management company for an amazing experience! You won’t want to leave!!

Situated on the sought-after West Coast, North of Bridgetown and South of Holetown, La Paloma is a luxury house on the beach in Fitts Village, St. James. With very comfortable accommodation for up to ten people, all but the master bedroom (which also has an en-suite bath) have en-suite showers. The first- floor lounge/veranda is a wonderful place to enjoy and evening sundowner. There are ceiling fans in the public rooms and, in addition, modern air-conditioning in the bedrooms The Wi-Fi worked perfectly, should you feel the need to use it! We were looked after impeccably by Maxine who manages the house, Deborah who keeps the garden immaculate and looks after the house cat; In the kitchen Rommell and Candy will prepare local Barbadian delights for lunch and dinner. It is worth sitting down with them to plan lunches and dinners, so they can prepare their specialties for you, including pistachio-crusted tuna, Key lime pie, fish chowder and the best lamb rotis. Many staying here seem to hire a car, although there are bus stops to and from the city a few minutes along the road; Jordans supermarket is a few minutes' walk for day-to-day shopping, while in Holetown there is the large Massey's supermarket. Ask Rommell and Candy about buying fish from one of the many fish-markets, rather than at the supermarket. A great luxury alternative to a hotel holiday for groups of friends or extended family. La Paloma is on the roadside, but we didn't find the traffic noise a problem.

This was a fantastic trip, due to a great villa and staff. The La Paloma villa in Barbados was everything that we hoped for and more. The staff was exceptional, the food that was prepared by Rumell was 5 star and Candy's breakfasts were superb. Maxine and Doris provided excellent care of the villa and met all of our needs.

My 4th visit to this beautiful villa and I wouldn't want to stay anywhere else in Barbados! Had a great time with a group of friends, the villa is fabulous and on one of the best patches of beach along the west coast, and a short walk to Jordans supermarket. View from the spacious balcony is stunning... The staff were very friendly and helpful - Candy, Maxine and Deborah - while Rommell's cooking was delicious.

The house was great, staff was excellent and so was the food, 2 things you should know about the house we stayed in, it only had A/C in the bedrooms and house was located on a fairly busy road so you would hear the road traffic through the day. There were shops close by to do your grocery shopping and also other types of retail stores, there are many things to do on this island and the leasing staff can help you with any needs or request you may have. I have been to many islands, and the native people of Barbados are nicest people you will ever meet.

A Great Place to stay! The view is very peaceful and the sunset perfect. The service was great! Thanks ladies for taking care of the house. Fish, Fish, Fish! Rommell was the jewel of Barbados. It was fun talking to everyone, we will see you again soon.

Thank you all for an amazing stay here at La Paloma we could not have asked for a more beautiful staff. Everyone was just beautiful, brilliant and helpful. We love Barbados and hope to return soon

As usual La Paloma is up to excellent standards. Food, rum punches, cultural visits, dining and diving, sailing and swimming. Excellent!

Thank you so much to the wonderful staff, rommell the chef was so amazing and we loved all the meals that he prepared. Maxine took such good care of all of us, and she always had such kind words for our children. Our youngest daughter loved talking with her. The villa itself was beautiful and so well maintained, everything here was excellent. It was wonderful and relaxing, we will be back for another fantastic time.

Thank you all for such a wonderful stay all was taken care of so beautifully and we enjoyed every minute of our stay it was a lovely place

We hate to see our last day in paradise come to an end! it was a fabulous family vacation in beautiful Barbados. Delicious meals and outstanding staff. A holiday we wont soon forget, with days spent out by the pool and relaxing on the beach. La Paloma is as peaceful as a dove. It was the perfect place for our long anticipated family reunion. Cant wait to be back

La Paloma is such a fabulous place and the staff. Staff is the wrong word, at this point they are friends after being so attentive at every turn. The true sign of a well run house is the people and Maxine, Romell, Candy and Debora are the embodiment of hospitality. Out stay was special because of the,. We are forever grateful for the memories, Barbados and the people of Barbados are beautifully warm and inviting. We'll Be Back

La Paloma is a wonderful place. All pictures of the villa are real. Only thing is, like you can read in some posts online, that the billiard room is darker than advertised. This is still not a problem. All the other pictures are real - even though we couldn't believe it. Marvelous sunsets, spacious room neat clean location in a romantic place. Four staff (Cook, Gardener, Housekeeper and Maid) care about the whole space. Even though I didn't like having a cook because I felt that we had to eat at La Paloma and we had to care about the groceries for our meals, all the ladies were very friendly. Maxim is a great and very professional housekeeper. We do fully recommend that place and if you take the price by person you become a very valuable place with a beach almost for your own with a regular (almost daily) visit by turtles and unbelievable sunsets

Pizza sauce all the way from Portsmouth, NH, York ME and the beautiful bitter cold New England - We arrived here at La Paloma! The view from this home home sure does beat the -3 degrees windy snow tunnel up north. Good times were shared here and Maxine, Rommel, Deborah, and Candy became a part of our friendly family. As a matter of fact we are sitting here on our last day trying to figure out A) How we can take them with us or B) When we are coming back to see them again!!! Sea Turtles, fish an octupus, crabs, sea glass and beautiful weather here all week. Ohhhh and tons of RUM :) We had the best food right here in the comfort of La Paloma - Chef Rommel impressed us with every meal, it beat all the restaurants by far. We will be looking into starting a pizza bar down here because thats the one thing we thing Barbados needs. Thank you from each on of us, from the bottom of our hearts. We love this home and we feel in love with the staff and cant wait to come back (We will bring the pizza :)) All the best

We have had a lovely stay, a big thank you to all the staff for looking after us so well.

La Paloma is a beautiful, stylish, tastefully decorated home in a stunning location on the West coast of Barbados, as close to the sea as you can be without getting your feet wet. A gate leads from the pretty, secluded, private garden to the beach. Alternatively venture no further than the plunge pool and sun loungers in the garden. Days at La Paloma centre around the very large verandah at first floor level with its stunning views of the sea and the sunset. This leads directly through the high ceilinged dining hall to the kitchen beyond. The kitchen looks over the main west coast road ( still only just wide enough for a vehicle in each direction) and those familiar with Barbados will know that this can be a busy road. However, at the back of the house, in the three main bedrooms, on the verandah or in the garden one is quite unaware of the proximity of the road. All the bedrooms are beautifully and individually decorated with very good quality bed linen. This is a house, not an hotel, so the rooms vary in size. The smallest room might be best suited to children or a single adult, although when configured as a double bed it is extremely comfortable. The house is well equipped and beautifully furnished with a mixture of antique and modern furniture and artefacts. The staff look after the house and the guests discretely and efficiently. Ruth, the cook, prepares lovely meals which can be served formally or informally as you prefer. The location of the house enables easy access to Bridgetown and all that the west coast has to offer in the way of restaurants, hotels and shopping. The small local supermarket, just 2 minute's walk away is a bonus. I have stayed at this house on several occasions with groups of friends, all of whom have absolutely loved the house, garden and location and cannot wait to return.

We stayed at this property as guests of the owners but this review is purely my own. This is a truly beautiful home. You will probably want to spend much of your time sitting comfortably on the large terrace/balcony which overlooks the Caribbean sea. From here you can watch yachts of all shapes and sizes sail by. The balcony remains cool and shaded all day and provides a perfect view of the spectacular sunsets. The swimming pool with sun beds on the decking is just below and you can stroll out of the garden onto the beach for a swim in the sea. We were looked after by the 4 excellent staff. They cooked us amazing meals, and also kept the house spotlessly clean and the garden looking fabulous. Some of the bedrooms overlook the road at the front of the house but we weren’t actually bothered by the traffic. In fact, I haven’t slept so well in years (particular mention of the gorgeous pillows). The bedrooms are air conditioned so you can keep cool at night.

We have just come back from a week in Barbados staying at La Paloma Villa and all I can say is what a superb place to rent for a week or two!!! When you first arrive you initially worry that it is so close to the road the happy buses and other traffic flow will be detrimental to the peace and tranquility of the setting and although on the first night I was very aware of the early morning commuters on their way to work this soon became totally irrelevant as the balcony view and beach location completely overrides any negative. Just to make a point you could nt really hear the road noise in the pool , garden or first floor balcony and to have the beautiful secluded beach at your disposal and for 99% of the time to ourselves it was just perfect. The snorkelling there was good to get the beginners in the water and for those more accustomed you could venture out further in the safety of the Bajan calm clear waters, preparing your self before you take the must do glass bottom boat ride out to swim with the turtles and see one of the numerous ship wrecks. ( always try and bargain with the locals, remember there is a tourist price and a locals price ). The villa was kept beautifully clean by the Staff ( I have OCD ), Norma and Ruth were amazing and catered for our every need in a professional and efficient manner. Ruth's cooking was fantastic and every meal was devoured over tales of the events of the day. To then be able to retire to the balcony and see the sun set whilst making headway into several rum punches and feel all the stresses and strains of life back home uncoiling by the second was just perfect. I had the Master bedroom which was just lovely and the bathroom is enormous with loads of closet space. The downstairs king size bedroom also gives plenty of space and a beautiful big bathroom, the double that is upstairs and with a sea view again is spacious and extremely comfortable. The two bedrooms at the back are more suited for either younger members of a family or a couple who dont mind having a slightly smaller space and en suite. This is not to say they are cramped as I thought all bedrooms were generously proportioned. My point being only if 10 adults were sharing to who gets which bedroom! Each bedroom had a safe and even though i find Barbados one of the friendliest places on this planet, security for the villa was very re-assuring, a full alarm system including infa red sensors around the balcony, lock and bolts for all entrances and a lockable gate to the beach which most of the other rentable villas in the area did not have. La Paloma really comes into its own with facilities also with the plunge pool perfect for cooling off in the midday sun or when you desire a change from the aqua marine sea. The garden has been beautifully cared for with beautifully mature trees bushes and shrubs and a games room with proper pool table wide screen tv and table football. We did nt use this room much other than the odd game of pool as most of our evening time was spent on the balcony and in my opinion this is the focal point of the house. There are a couple of kayaks in the garage, an inflatable for floating in the pool and life vests and floats for weaker swimmers for the sea and plenty of beach towels, making this just perfect for beach side life. The dining room is central to the building and connects all the upper floor bedrooms together and is a perfect way to seperate all the guests giving them all their own corner of the villa but allowing them to join the social setting when ready. As I was getting married in Barbados that week , we had an evening cocktail party and every one who attended from neighbouring hotels were gobsmacked by La Paloma and its setting especially at night. The villa is wired upstairs with speakers to the garden, inside and the balcony and this can be adjusted with the music system so any party can either be all through the house or isolated to one area , it was also possible to plug in an ipod which for us was ideal. The location of the villa relative to its surroundings also seemed so perfect being (traffic permitting ) a ten minute drive into bridgetown , a super market 5 minutes walk away , an italian restaurant 2 minutes walk away ,which the owner could nt help but tell us the chef's of "The Cliff" come to eat at and the other various stars and celebrities that have frequented his establishment. He did make an amazing Pina Colada !!! You are also just a few minutes drive or a decent beach walk if you want to from Sandy Lane although some parts you have to return to the path. Also Holetown which on certain nights we found very entertaining , 2nd street Karaoke bar and the surrounding bars are a fun night out and only 10 minutes by car. You really get the feeling your at the centre of the platinum coast even though there are only other beach side villas and a nursery and residential homes surrounding you. All in all we found the experience exceptional and I would book La Paloma again in an instant should I be travelling with a group of 6 or more.For those that came to my wedding and stayed in neighbouring hotels they all agreed that renting something like La Paloma was ideal and would definately by their preffered option should they return and when you break down costs between an all inclusive and the shared cost of the villa to me its a no brainer. You get to eat what ever you like and when you like. You have a personal house keeper to help you with anything you need. The bar never closes. The space is your own. The pool is reserved for you. The beach is almost exclusively yours. The games room is exclusively yours and you can sun lounge without the annoyance or others interferring with your R and R. Pefect just Perfect Many thanks La Paloma!!!!!!!!!!!!

Charming family home. Directly on the beach and perfectly located 2 minutes walk from a supermarket and a 5 minute taxi ride to all the great restaurants on the island. Very fully staffed. Good value compared to other rentals I visited in Barbados. Not modernised but the lack of widescreen TVs helped us totally switch off and returning home truly relaxed. Hope to come again.

We have just come back from two weeks staying at La Paloma and I have to say it was the most heavenly two weeks imaginable. Situated on the beautiful West Coast of Barbados, we only had to open the back gate from the garden to walk out onto the beach, from where we would swim or snorkel daily. We encountered the beautiful turtles most days without having to go on a boat cruise - they are literally swimming around outside the back garden! The large, well appointed house is beautiful, and kept lovely and clean by the staff, who will tidy your rooms and provide clean towels daily. The house can accommodate 5 couples, although the rooms are not all of the same size, and not all have a view overlooking the ocean. The staff are great and will do as much or as little for you as you would like. Ruth cooks beautiful Bajan dishes on request, so you really don't need to go out to many of the superb restaurants nearby, as you can have great home-cooked food prepared for you and served on the balcony. And what a balcony it is too; in fact this is the piece de resistance of the whole house - a beautiful large balcony overlooking the ocean with sofas, a dining table and hammocks from which to watch the beautiful sunsets and spot the turtles and frigate birds as they go by. The house is value for the balcony alone, but there is also a fantastic games room with pool table and mini football along with a TV & DVD, though to be honest we didn't spend much time in it as it would have eaten into our time on the beach, in the garden on loungers by the small pool, or just relaxing and drinking cocktails on the balcony. We couldn't fault La Paloma and are already making plans to come back next year for our next slice of Paradise.