Castara Cottage Castara Cottage - for a relaxing holiday by the sea. |
Address: Castara Bay Road # 2
Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago
Tel: (868) 757 1044
Fax:
Email: castaracottage@yahoo.co.uk
URL: Castara Cottage
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Type of Property: Vacation Rental
Beach Location: Near Beach (Walking Distance)
Island: Trinidad and Tobago
No. of Rooms/Units: 5
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Summary of All Property Reviews for: Castara Cottage
Ratings based on answers from a total of 2 reviews
10 is best 1 is worst |
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| Feature |
Ranking |
Feature |
Ranking |
| Cleanliness of Property |
7.50 |
Quality of Property |
9.00 |
| Privacy & Quietness |
0.00 |
Quality of Service |
9.50 |
| Courtesy & Hospitality of Staff |
9.50 |
Accuracy of Website (marketing hype) VS. Actual Experience |
9.50 |
| Food and Dining Experience |
8.50 |
Price/Value of Property |
9.00 |
| Safety Factor (Did you feel safe at property) |
9.50 |
Quality of Beach (ranked closest beach if property is located off the beach) |
9.00 |
| Total Property Score: 8.10 out of 10 | Average Star Rating: 4.50 out of 5 |
- 100% (2 visitors of 2) said they would go back to Castara Cottage again.
- 100% (2 visitors of 2) said they would recommend Castara Cottage to friends.
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The Place To be
By: Tony Gregson from Isle Of Wight, UK
Date of Visit: January 2010
My wife and I stayed for 14 days in Tamarind apartment in Jan/Feb of this year. This was our 4th time in Tobago and 3rd time staying in Castara. The apartment was exactly as described on this website. We were picked up at the airport by a smiling Denzil, who remembered us from our previous visit. He took us to Pennysavers where we stocked up on groceries. On arrival at the Cottage we were welcomed by the owners, Ann & Yvonne, who were staying for a few days. They are lovely people who did everything possible to make sure that our stay was problem free, (even replacing a dodgy water pump before they left). The apartment is light and airy with views of both bays from the verandah. Lots of big, fluffy towels and regular changes of sheets, (thanks Brigette), plenty of kitchen utensils and a four ring gas cooker to cook up all that fresh fish from the Co-op. Fruit and veg delivered to the door by the delightful Bingy, who lives up the road with his equally delightful wife - bless.
It could be noisy at night but that was only from the cockerels and Mr Wallace's guard dog next door - a good pair of earplugs sorted that out. We did have to put up with a rather dreadfully out of tune reggae-ish band rehearsing in the nearby Pentecostal Church on three evenings but, hey, Castara is a real village with real life taking place all around you, not some All-In-Thompson's-Disneyland idea of what a holiday resort is and where all the profits leave the country and line the pockets of faceless multinational executives.
If staying in Tamarind you do need to be fairly sociable as most people walking past on 2nd Bay Road will stop for a chat or wave good morning/night. If you want seclusion then you need to be staying somewhere up the hill but be warned - the hills are steep and when you get to my age they are hard work, especially in the heat and humidity. If you want to be part of village life, close to the shops, restaurants and beaches then Castara Cottage is the place to be.
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A truly magical and unpretentious niche
By: tony dillon from Old Europe
Date of Visit: January 2008
Tony, Katrin & Tom
Berlin, Germany
January 2008
Tobago is one of those special places that continue to resonate in mind and heart long after the journey is over and the pictures, tastes and sounds of this precious island retreat have been savoured and stored in memory. It is a relatively small corner of paradise lodged in a perfect setting, where there is an abundance of exciting things to do and countless unique experiences waiting to be discovered by the discerning traveler, who is prepared to seek out authentic and exceptional experiences which have disappeared from our ever more packaged, superficial, global “reality”.
We as a family wanted a winter escape from dreary winter Berlin and had heard about the charm and simplicity of this emerald isle of the Caribbean from friends who had discovered Tobago many years before and continue to relive it when allowed the privilege. I was then lucky enough to Google my way to charming Castara discovering it to be a peaceful and relatively tourist-free fishing-village situated on the lush west coast that dips down into the placid and turquoise Caribbean. After finding Castara it was again a case of serendipity that led me to Castara Cottage, a truly magical and unpretentious niche where nature greets the outsider with all the excitement and colour that the Tobagonian rain forest has to offer.
The Cottages’ website can hardly do justice to the splendor of the location, the power and feelings evoked by being so intimately a part of one of the last truly shining and thankfully not as yet polished gems of Mother Nature cannot be expressed in pictures or words alone. You have to be there, surrounded in the tree tops by a host of chattering multi -coloured birds, the sounds of waves below rolling onto the sands of the two secluded bays, minutes away from your very own ‘captain’s deck’ and all the comforts of your private nest in the thick of it all.
The sights are among the most memorable settings that I have ever witnessed, whether the deep verdant shades of the rain forest draped in creepers and vines over the hardwoods, the fiery reds and golden yellows peeking through the canopy or the Atlantic and Caribbean blues and greens splashed around the palette of Robinson Crusoe’s incomparable though no longer quite deserted Island. Here are secret bays and sun splashed parrot squawking Alpine like tropical hills where I know I will return again and again, both in my dreams and soon again I hope in body.
The people were gracious and in all my dealings whether it was with the car rental company KCNN, our highly informative “Indiana Jones” rain forest guide Fitzroy, or Duck, “the pirate” of my son’s imagination, and the boatman that gave us a magnificent tour of the coast, reef and Nylon Pool, everyone was prepared to go that bit extra and help make our moment in Tobago something that we will never forget and always appreciate.
It was a pleasure from start to finish and Ann, one of the owners of the Cottage, was informative, patient and always obliging, taking more time than one would expect in answering all my queries while offering insightful and helpful tips and advice on getting the best out of our trip.
So from us to all of you in Tobago please accept our many sincere and heartfelt thanks for the time of our lives.
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I'LL be back
By: Claudette Forbes from UK, London
Date of Visit: February 2006
Utterly wonderful, natural, unpretentious and charming! Just a few of the adjectives that describe Castara cottage.
Nestled within what I can only describe as a miniature rainforest, staying here means being greeted daily by a dawn chorus of a wide variety of Tobagonian birds.
Perhaps best of all is the brief walk to the great beach.
Friendly locals and tourists alike made the stay all the better. Castara Bay, where the cottage is located is an untypical tourist resort, in as much
as the locals live there too.
I stayed for just 7 nights and very quickly chilled out, the setting completely removing me from the hectic life I lead in London.
The rooms are very comfortable and the amenities very satisfactory, but if you're looking for 5* luxury, this is not the place for you.
In my opinion, the discerning tourist will completely appreciate the cottage's natural charm, and the opportunity to immerse themselves in Tobagonian culture.
Can't wait to go back!
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