Need to know
Rooms
71, including 29 suites.
Check–Out
11am. Check-in is at 3pm.
More details
Rates include an à la carte breakfast served in Breeze restaurant.
Also
The botany-potty owner’s dedication to improving the coastal habitat at Golden Rock Resort has seen over 100,000 trees and plants added since 2018, with many more still to come.
At the hotel
Swimming pools, two restaurants and a bar, dive centre, saltwater lagoon and beach club, fitness room, sports field with tennis court, pickleball courts and padel court, free WiFi. In rooms: Nespresso machine with pods, kettle, fridge, free bottled water, smart TV, air conditioning, ceiling fan, balcony with two loungers, bathroom with shower, bathtub, robes and slippers.
Our favourite rooms
Every room at Golden Rock Resort is ocean-facing, with neutral European-style decor that’s designed to draw the eye outside to the colourful tropical gardens and Caribbean Sea beyond. There’s plenty of space for loungers on every balcony and a tub in each bathroom but if you really want to stretch out, opt for a suite or lodge, all with 60 square metres (or more) of space.
Poolside
Coconut palms line the main pool, with its cute arched bridge and partially submerged loungers for maximum toe-dipping action. Towels are provided and there is bar service poolside. Open sunrise to sunset. With a pool bar serving refreshing drinks, the Habiscus pool is also a great place for a dip.
Spa
The hotel’s spa, the Rock, is surrounded by lush vegetation, where birdsong will have you drifting off in no time. And, nature isn’t just relied upon for the setting – traditional treatments are elevated by local ingredients, like massages with neem leaf and body scrubs with seaweed and coffee.
Packing tips
Tiny Statia is a great place to play at being a castaway, and for leafing your way through those shipwreck classics you’d otherwise never get around to. Heck, Robinson Crusoe and Gulliver’s Travels aren’t going to read themselves, and where better than in the solitude of Sint Eustatius’ volcanic-sand beach with only the gently lapping waves to break the silence.
Also
The resort’s man-made saltwater lagoon is about the size of a football pitch and nearly 10 metres deep in some parts. If you crave the beach, the taxi shuttle transports you to black volcanic sands in just five minutes (for an additional cost).
Children
There’s a small play area in the grounds and children are welcome in the main pool.
Sustainability efforts
A keen botanist, the owner of Golden Rock Resort has introduced more than 130,000 trees and plants to the resort’s 40 acres since 2018, attracting all manner of native critters – look out for flashes of emerald-green on your morning walk to breakfast as tiny hummingbirds flit from plant to plant sipping nectar from the colourful blooms. But the focus on sustainability doesn’t stop there: a fieldful of solar panels generates much of the resort’s power, lighting is controlled by timers and LED sensors, there’s a reverse osmosis water filtration system and the restaurant’s catch of the day is provided by local fishermen. A greenhouse is also planned to provide the kitchen with fresh fruit and vegetables daily.