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The Newest Sandals Resort Is Opening Soon in Barbados

By: Caribbean Journal Staff - January 6, 2015

Above: the beach at the Sandals Barbados resort

By the Caribbean Journal staff

Sandals has announced its planned opening date for the company’s newest Caribbean resort: Sandals Barbados.

The all-inclusive property will open on Jan. 28 following an extensive renovation project of the former Couples Barbados near the St Lawrence Gap.

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The resort will include 280 rooms in three distinct “villages”: the Ocean Village, Crystal Lagoon Village and Caribbean Village.

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The property will also include 11 “Discovery Dining” choices from a French brasserie to the Butch’s Chophouse steakhouse, along with the brand’s first-ever Indian restaurant, Bombay Club.

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Rooms and suites will include indoor and outdoor soaking tubs, among other features.

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Above: an outdoor soaking tub

The resort will also include Sandals’ Red Lane Spa, with six new treatment rooms.

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