Description: Jolly Beach Resort is an excellent all-inclusive hotel - Antigua's largest, with 464 rooms in low-rise buildings, set among 40 acres of garden with exotic palm trees and fragrant flowers. Set on the Islands south-west coast, the resort is located about 7 miles from the capital of St. John's and 9 miles from the airport. A highlight is its amazing 8000sq ft Fantasy Pool with jacuzzi, waterfall and a swim-up bar - stretching along the beachfront.
All-Inclusive: Includes all meals, snacks and afternoon tea, house brand beverages, non-motorised watersports, Kidz Club, activities and entertainment.
Rooms: The 464 guest rooms and suites are comprised of 6 different categories. These range from its smallest (the Supersaver) right up to Junior Suites with separate living areas and the two-bedroom and two-bathroom Beachfront Cottage. Every guest room is ocean facing and air conditioned. They include a patio or balcony, direct-dial phone, cable TV, hair-dryer and rentable safe.
Restaurants and Bars:
Coconut Grill:
- Serves BBQ, light grilled food and sandwiches
Hemispheres: (Open three times a day starting)
- Serves: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Buffets
Ristorante Bocciolo (Open for dinner only)
- Italian cuisine featuring homemade pasta; an antipasto bar, salads and entrees. Reservations required and there is a strictly enforced dress code: for women the dress is elegantly casual, no beachwear; for men long pants and shirt with collar are required. No jeans, shorts, trainers or flip flops are permitted.
Lydia's At Crab Hole Village (Dinner daily and Sunday Brunch service).
- Enjoy Freshly-caught seafood, Caribbean style. Reservations required.
Utsav (open for dinner only)
- Indian restaurant offering varied cuisines. Reservations required.
Bars:
Splash Pool Bar
Utsav
Lydia’s
Long Bar at Hemispheres
Ristorante Bocciolo (strictly enforced dress code as above)
Facilities and Services:
Swimming Pools
- Jolly Beach has 2 x swimming pools, the primary being the 8,000 sq. ft. Fantasy Pool with waterfall, Jacuzzi and swim-up bar.
Palms Wellness Centre
- Spa, Gym and Beauty Salon
The spa offers a full range of massage treatments and therapies, aswell as a fully equipped beauty salon and fitness centre. Spa and beauty salon services are not included in regular all-inclusive rates. The fitness centre boasts a full array of Cybex equipment; free weights and benches; cardio equipment including treadmills, stationary and recumbent bikes, and stair steppers. A certified fitness instructor is on-hand and there are training lessons and classes aswell.
Watersports
- Guests can enjoy complimentary non-motorised water sports such as:
Beach snorkelling, windsurfing, Sunfish and Hobie Cat sailing, ocean kayaking, and pedal boats. Free lessons are available in select water activities. The Water Sports Centre is open daily.
Tennis courts
- 4 x Tennis courts with Omni-Tru surface; all lit for night play. Racquets and balls available for a fee.
Basketball courts
- 2 x Full-court basketball courts available during the day. Not lit for night play.
Golf
- Guests can arrange tee times at the resort’s NX Tour Desk for the nearby Jolly Harbour or Cedar Valley courses.
Kids Club
- The Jolly Kidz Club - For your little ones aged 3 yrs and 12yrs there are supervised activities, including dance lessons, Caribbean Story Time, Aqua Aerobics, dodge ball and much more.
Gift Shop
Vendors Village
- Locally-made arts and crafts can be purchased in the quaint, brightly-colored huts of the on-property Vendors Village; open daily.
Babysitting
- Modest charge.