THE FLOOR TO CEILING WINDOWS OF THE LOBBY

at the Sunflower Beach Hotel welcome guests with a view of palm trees, bougainvillea around a large swimming pool, and the sea beyond. It is an attractive set-up and the mood is low key - quiet and peaceful.

The hotel has three floors, built in a curved L-shape with all 66 rooms over-looking the pool and the sea. The rooms are all standard doubles with balconies, spacious and simply decorated. Eleven of the rooms are air-conditioned, with more being fitted.

The main restaurant is on a wide shaded terrace which sweeps down one side of the pool from the lobby to the beach, with tables also set-up in an open, thatched, beach-front area. Most of the mainly English, German, Swedish guests are on B/B or H/B and meals are a combination of set and buffet. There is an indoor bar, with TV, which is open until midnight and there is a calypso band entertaining the guests during dinner, but apart from that, evenings are fairly quiet and low-key.
The focus here is on total relaxation, and the pool area is ideal for this. It is set far enough back from the beach to be completely private and you could happily spend the day here, quite undisturbed. The staff are discreet and there are no organised sports or activities to disrupt the tranquility.

If you want to be more active, the pool is a good size for swimming and there is table tennis. There is also a paddling pool and the L-shaped structure works well for families, enclosing the pool area and making it safe and easy for parents to keep an eye on the children from wherever they are.

The beach is clean with an area in front of the hotel clearly, but unobtrusively, marked out, which keeps touts and hawkers at bay.

Guests of the Sunflower Beach Hotel appreciate the slow, relaxed nature of the place, and the chance to completely unwind.