Antigua Test Match

Hosted Tour Hotel Options

All hotels featured in our hosted tour itineraries have been carefully selected to enhance your holiday experience. We have chosen some of our favourite Caribbean properties that have featured on previous tours to ensure your comfort and security. At the end of the day’s cricket or sightseeing, you’ll want to freshen up and relax in a hotel that makes you feel at home. That’s why we never skimp on quality and carefully select our hotels for their superior level of comfort and service, excellent amenities, friendly staff, convenience and safe location. On each island we will have a 'Host Hotel' (HH) which is where our celebrity cricket host will be based and where our welcome drinks and Q&A cricket forums will take place. If you choose to stay at one of the alternative hotels we are offering, you are invited to attend all Sporting Traveller functions and we will advise you of the best way to make your way to/from the event venue. Please ensure you read our hotel descriptions in conjunction with other tourist information for the areas you are visiting.

ANTIGUA

St James's Club & Villas (HH)

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Tucked away on a secluded 100-acre private peninsula, this popular tropical hideaway sits in spacious tropical gardens, sprinkled with fine facilities and hemmed in by two white sandy beaches.  Choose between the calm waters of secluded Mamora Bay or the lively Atlantic waters off Coco’s Beach.

Choose from four restaurants offering al fresco and candelit dinners with à la carte and buffet options. There are six bars to suit your mood or you can grab a drink from the beach buggy bar that roams both beaches. Chill out by the mian pool or at the adults only three-tier Tranquility Pool. There is a fitness centre, exercise classes, tennis courts, beach and water volleyball and non-motorised watersports including windsurfing, sailing, snorkelling and kayaking.

All rooms are air-conditioned with television, ceiling fan, bath and/or shower and balcony. Club Rooms have one kingsize or two double beds, Premium Rooms are slightly larger with partial ocean view, Beachfront Rooms overlook Coco's Beach and the Atlantic Ocean and spacious Royal Suites offering more contemporary furnishings with a sunken living room, kingsize bed, wonderful bay views and additional bebefits that include a executive lounge, dedicated concierge service with private check-in and exclsuive swimming pool.

Your All Inclusive holiday includes:
•   All meals (with US$40 per person supplement payable at Piccolo Mondo), afternoon tea and all alcoholic and soft drinks by the glass.
•   Non-motorised watersports
•   Activities including yoga and Aquasize
•   Tennis and fitness centre


Extra nights:
Premium Room: £239 per person sharing a twin/double / Single Traveller £400. 
Beachfront Room: £256 per person sharing a twin/double / Single Traveller £433.
Royal Suite: £289 per person sharing a twin/double / Single Traveller £496.

ANTIGUA

Carlisle Bay Hotel

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Carlisle Bay Resort is located on the southern shore of the Caribbean island of Antigua. Situated overlooking white sand and tranquil turquoise waters Carlisle Bay is a small piece of paradise, offering contemporary style without losing sight of the natural beauty.

You will find a diverse range of restaurants and bars at Carlisle Bay Resort, many opening onto the beach, using a wonderful blend of West Indian and Western cuisine. Hospitality, activity and leisure with a laid-back, unfussy atmosphere you will immediately fall in love with.

Tropical landscaping surrounds the pool and the tranquil gardens offer inviting hammocks.

The exquisite and spacious suites are newly refurbished– a perfectly indulgent space to retreat to after a day spent soaking up the sun. They are set in blocks in the gardens or on the beach and offer daily fresh fruit and bottled water along with a conch shell to put outside your door if you wish to remain undisturbed. Garden Suites and Ocean Suites are split-level with the latter set at the quiet end of the beach.

Extra nights: (Bed & Breakfast)
Garden Suite: £399 per person sharing a twin/double / Single Traveller £690
OceanSuite:  £520 per person sharing a twin/double / Single Traveller £920
Half Board Supplement: £96 per person/night
 

2nd Test Antigua - Unescorted

Prices:
Tour price = from price per person based on 2 adults sharing*
Single Person = Single Traveller price*
* Prices are subject to change due to flight and hotel availability at the time of booking.
Extra nights > Stay for as long as you like - extra night prices are shown under each hotel description.
Flights > Premium Economy & Business Class flights on request - book early as seats will soon disappear.
Meals > B&B =Bed & Breakfast / All Inclusive = Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner and selected drinks
 

ANTIGUA ITINERARY

Sun 27 Jan    FLY Gatwick to Antigua
Arrive Antigua, complete customs and immigration formalities, then proceed to the arrivals hall where you will be met and transferred to your chosen hotel.

Antigua has a unique, curving coastline that's studded with some of the best beaches to be found in the Caribbean. This independent nation was once a British colony and English influences can be seen all around, from the crumbling sugar plantations and delightfully quaint English Harbour to locals playing cricket and hotels offering traditional afternoon tea. 

Mon 28 to Wed 30 Jan   Antigua 
Enjoy a relaxing few days as you acclimatise to your new surroundings.  Away from the beach there is plenty to see and do, with historic forts, charming colonial towns and the weekly steel band concert at Shirley Heights, complete with the island’s biggest barbecue. 
 
Thu 31 Jan to Mon 4 Feb
It's time for some cricket!   

cricket-ball_v2.jpg 2nd Test   WEST INDIES v ENGLAND Venue: Sir Vivian Richards Stadium Make your own way to and from the Cricket Stadium

Tue 5 Feb  
Time to reflect on England's performance as you sit back, relax and enjoy the excellent facilities at your hotel.  If you want to get out and about, our local agent will be able to assist you with any optional sightseeing tours you would like to book.

Wed 6 Feb   FLY Antigua to Gatwick
Sadly your holiday is drawing to a close.  Enjoy a final morning on your favourite sun lounger before it's time to pack your bags and complete check-out formalities. Transfer to the airport in plenty of time for your overnight flight to Gatwick. 

TOUR PRICE INCLUDES
* Economy international flights with British Airways
* 10 night stay in your chosen luxury hotel
* All Inclusive St James's Club, B&B Carlisle Bay
* Airport transfers
* Guranteed Match Tickets
* Local agent representation
* ATOL Protection

Not Included
All social events & excursions, cricket transfers, tour merchandise, travel insurance, pre-seating charges applied by airlines, items of a personal nature.
 

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How to book

When you have chosen the holiday you wish to book please call our sales team on 01737 244398 to check the availability of the tour. 

To confirm your booking we need to collect a deposit payment equivalent to 25% of the total holiday price. The deposit amount will increase if flights are added as the full cost of the flights needs to be collected at the time of booking. Our preferred method of payment is via bank transfer, quoting your invoice number (TSTXXXX) on all payments. Credit and debit cards are also accepted.   

Your final balance payment will be due 90 days before you are due to travel. The person signing the booking form will be treated as doing so on behalf of, and with the consent of, all the persons for whom the booking is made and is responsible for ensuring due payment of all monies.  Please ensure you return your signed booking form, together with a copy of the photograph page of all passports.