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Bermuda's Cottage Colonies & Private Clubs

Smaller and more intimate accommodation for visitors, some with their own private beaches

By Keith Archibald Forbes (see About Us) exclusively for Bermuda Online

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Recommended cottage colonies and private clubs are shown in bold. Some have the facilities shown by the following symbols. Properties shown with 5-2 Stars reflect the symbols shown on Expedia.com. 

- business center	- business facilities	- Ship view	- dining
- disabled access	- fitness	- golf course	- meeting room
- pool	- public buses	- public ferries	- shopping
- walking area

A Cottage colony is uniquely Bermudian 

Upmarket places at which anyone can stay, most have their own beaches or access, a pool and gardens. They feature a main clubhouse with a central building for Front Desk operations, one or more restaurants, reception area, sitting room, lounge and bar. Apartments or cottages are on landscaped grounds, some with ocean views. Most have kitchenettes or kitchens. Some have lower rates from November 2 to March 31, if they remain open. Take the Dine Around plan if offered. 

Internet, WIFI, websites, pricing, services, 2012 Olympics coverage

Bermuda Online (BOL) at http://www.bermuda-online.org will gladly establish a free courtesy web link to the websites of Bermuda properties offering accommodation to our visitors, and show their property's email address in addition, when those properties reciprocate our web link. Via this exchange of links anyone from the world wide web who is interested in Bermuda and wants to stay at any place in particular will be see all the info they want to, about all aspects of accommodation such as room or suite pricing; history and other special features of the premises; location; transportation options; whether or not television and WIFI are available and if so whether the latter free or at cost; and all other services, directly from the websites of the properties at which they want to stay. But it's simply not practical to link to or give any pricing info about or show an email address, any place that won't reciprocate the link. We state all this in our Links at http://www.bermuda-online.org/links.htm.

In 2012 generally and especially with the Olympic Games in August, all guests who rely on the Internet will want to bring a laptop or eBook such as a Kindle or Kobo or netbook or IPad or IPhone or playbook or notepad or tablet or ultrabook. Internet-savvy American visitors to Bermuda should note NBC has secured exclusive Olympics rights through 2020 and should check http://www.nbcolympics.com/. Canadian visitors will want to tune in to CTV, not CBC, to watch http://www.ctvolympics.ca/. British visitors should tune in to the BBC Olympics at http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/2012/.

In forthcoming months BOL will also link to a site on how US citizens in Bermuda during the Olympics can check the NBC Olympics website from abroad from where they are staying in Bermuda if that hotel or guest house or apartment is appropriately equipped with WIFI or at least wired Broadband in their guest rooms.

Having Free WIFI or paid WIFI or wired ADSL (Broadband) available for their guests is more important than ever before in 2012. Many clients assume they will have this same ability during their business visits or vacations as they now do in their homes and places of employment. Their guests or prospective guests who travel to wonderful places like Bermuda want to be able to email photos, including where they stay of course, back home to their families, friends and colleagues. If they cannot, it's a significant opportunity wasted for both clients and properties in terms of publicity and more clientele. It is noted that while some guests write nice web reviews of Bermuda overall they invariably also state whether or not they've had WIFI or other Internet access and other key communications and telecommunications facilities at where they stayed.

Disabled access

Cottage Colonies

For further details or bookings, please deal with the premises directly or via an airline or travel agent.

9 Beaches

Daniel's Head Road, Sandys Parish MA 03, Bermuda. 17 acres in a national park and reserve area, leased from the Bermuda Government's The land is owned by the Bermuda Government and leased by its agency the Bermuda Land Development Company (BLDC) to IRC - Sandys Limited.

Recently underwent a $80 million redevelopment with a maximum of 150 units on the property. The result is a first class, mixed use development in a modernized- Bermudian-themed manner, including a complete upgrade of the current over-the-water units, dockside restaurant and lounge and the addition of new public space, permanent accommodation units and further enhancement of the resort's grounds and amenities. The hotel includes lease-back units as well as traditional hotel rooms. Montreal based Nordica Development has invested in the company.

The property began in August 2000 as Daniel's Head Village eco-tourism resort. Nine Beaches opened its doors in 2003. Re-opened April 2005 and re-vamped after being closed and in receivership. It is so-called because there are nine small but choice beaches, in various sizes, there. There are presently 84 soft-sided cabanas - huts - on stilts, all with views of the Atlantic. It is of the two most far off places to stay from Bermuda International Airport about an hour's drive away. The property was used exclusively by Canadian Forces from July 1963 to December 1993. In World War 2, the land was a Royal Navy wireless station. The huts often include breakfast and feature new blue and yellow interiors with a wicker bed, colorful furniture and pillows, funky artwork, quality linens and mattresses. The resort was bought by a group headed by US hotelier Russell Urban, Bermuda hotelier David Dodwell and realtor Buddy Rego who paid up to $5 million on the revamp. The cabanas were fitted out with quality beds, a washroom that includes a shower, a futon settee, mini fridge and double-door balcony. The resort has an outdoor bar, tennis courts, various water sport activities,  Hi Tide restaurant, a games room and more. Endemic flora and fauna thrive in the grounds, while solar panels also cut down on the need for traditional fossil-fuel energy.  

Ariel Sands Beach Club Resort and Spa

Closed since January 1st, 2008.  

Until it closed it was a complex of 40 pale salmon-painted cottages with swimming pools, tennis courts and a high-class spa. 34 South Road, Devonshire Parish. Telephone (441) 236-1010. On day time day bus route # 1. With pool, private beach, two restaurants,  tennis courts and spa. The property got its name from Shakespeare's Ariel, a spirit, in his drama "The Tempest." It was first opened on December 18, 1954. Before that, it was a farm.

The re-development of Ariel Sands was at one point in limbo after a second group of investors fell by the wayside. The collapse of talks with the 'Eyde' group follows the withdrawal of the Hilton Group in 2007, and left owners of the Devonshire hotel forced to look for a new partner in an uncertain economic climate. Ariel Sands has been owned and operated by the Dill family for more than 50 years.  One of the shareholders, whose mother is a Dill, is film star, actor and producer Michael Douglas, son of Kirk Douglas, owner of Longford House in Warwick Parish and a full-time Bermuda resident from 2002 to 2009. He won his brace of Oscars for performing in Wall Street and producing 1975's One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest. His wife is film star, Welsh-born Catherine Zeta Jones. Michael Douglas has a son, Cameron, by a previous marriage. After his mother and father divorced, Michael Douglas lived for a time on the US East Coast and received an allowance from his mother and step father, William Darrid. Diana Dill Webster's family has lived in Bermuda since the 17th century but her primary home is in California. When in Bermuda, she uses a cottage here at Ariel Sands. The family also owns the Brighton Hill Nursery across the street and up the hill to the right. 

Up to 75 percent of shares in the property were recently sold to a group of US shareholders, who include Florida-based developer Bruce Sonneborn and Samuel Eyde, a property developer from Michigan. A breakdown in negotiations between Mr. Sonneborn and the Hilton Group was reportedly behind the brand pulling out of the new five-star resort in late 2007. Plans for the Hilton Grand Vacation Club were first announced in spring 2006, with Hollywood star Mr. Douglas said to have played a role in securing the partnership with the global hotel chain. The exclusive cottage colony was to be turned into luxury fractional villas, a spa, restaurant and conference centre plus a ten-room hotel. Planning permission for the $170 million development was approved in March 2007.

Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences Inc. Road Scholar (previously Elderhostel) Program

Private Club. 62 rooms. 17 Biological Lane, Ferry Reach, St. George's Parish GE 01. Telephone: (441) 297-1880 extension 102. Fax: (441) 297-8143. Since 1982. For visiting faculty or researchers or scientists or school groups or Elder hostel members, not the general public. In 2011 there are various week-long courses, February 28-March 6; February 14-20th; October 17-23; October 31-November 6. Participants stay at BIOS, hear lectures by BIOS staff and speakers from around the island, and go on field trips to sites often inaccessible to the holiday visitor. Courses include History, Natural History, Marine Science and Oceanography. This program can be physically demanding. You should be able to walk at least 2-3 miles per day, including some hills. Questions about the Road Scholar in Bermuda courses can be e-mailed to the Coordinator in Bermuda. For more on information Road Scholar and to register, contact:www.roadscholar.org. Tel: (617) 426-8056.

Cambridge Beaches Resort

30 King's Point Road, Somerset, Sandys Parish, MA 02. Phone 1- 800-468-7300 in USA or 1-800-463-5990 in Canada or directly at (441) 234-0331. Fax (441) 234-2252. Stunning location on it's own 25-acre peninsula on the westernmost end of Bermuda, furthest away from the airport. Overlooks Mangrove Bay and Long Bay, in a magnificent, exclusive, private site. From $595 a night including breakfast but periodically with a free night with a qualifying stay. For the affluent, up-market visitor on business or vacation, who are demanding and have high expectations. 

Accepts American Express cards. President and Chief Operating Officer is Michael Winfield. Bermuda's first cottage colony with one cottage about 300 years old.  For tennis, there are 3 all-weather courts, 1 lit (for a fee). It has five small private beaches at King's Point, Mangrove Bay Terrace and Long Beach Cafe for informal meals, Tamarisk Room for formal dining restaurant. Buses do not serve this property. Nor does the regular Bermuda Government Department of Marine and Ports ferry service catamaran vessels. But there is a frequent complimentary ferry service for guests only directly, non-stop, to and from the City of Hamilton. 

Coral Beach Tennis Club & Cottages

66 rooms. South Road, Paget Parish. Air-mail postal address is Horizons Ltd, P. O. Box PG 200, Paget, PG BX, Bermuda. Telephone: (441) 236-2233. Fax: (441) 236-1876. Just west of the Elbow Beach Hotel, it is less than 3 miles from the City of Hamilton. A Private Club. If not a member, you need an introduction from one. Garden and estate cottages are spread over a large, groomed estate with its own gorgeous private beach. International tennis is often played here. There are 8 clay courses, 3 lit. With Horizons & Cottages - because it has the same owner - it shares a 9-hole mashie golf course. On bus route # 7. 

Guests at the property who stay here should see the Alfred Blackburn Smith Nature Reserve. 8.7 acres, it is not public but open to guests and members of the Coral Beach Club and Bermuda Audubon Society. It was donated in 2003 by then owner Elfrida Chappell, daughter of the late Mr. Smith, to the Bermuda Audubon Society and named as such after him. He gave it to his daughter as a 21st birthday present in 1935. It is one of the last undeveloped tracts of undeveloped Bermuda upland forest. It offers spectacular views of the South Shore.

In April 2009 Plans for a Four Seasons Hotel 150-room five-star hotel and fractional resort here were scuttled by planning officials. The Development Applications Board (DAB) refused the 'in principle' planning application for the Four Seasons Hotel, citing several examples of how the development would defy the zoning of Draft Bermuda Plan 2008. Developers Brickman Holdings of New York, which bought the property in January 2008, submitted the application, with the resort to be managed by Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts. More than 40 objections were received against the five-star hotel and residence club. The Bermuda National Trust, Bermuda Environmental and Sustainability Taskforce (BEST) and scores of residents raised concerns about loss of open space, potential traffic congestion and construction noise. The plans for the resort included 60 fractional ownership 'cottage colony' style villas at Horizons and Coral Beach. Another 20 residential units were to be built for sale to sole owners. The 150-room hotel was to be accompanied by a spa, fitness centre, tennis courts, pools and a conference centre. The Horizons nine-hole golf course was to disappear and the resort would also have brought major changes to South Road, with new access points and a pedestrian underpass tunnel near the entrance to Coral Beach. If approved, South Road would also have undergone a reconfiguration, to straighten a bend at "two well-known traffic accident spots". An access road would have also linked the resort to Tribe Road Five. This drew 25 letters of objection from residents, who claimed traffic congestion along Ord Road, Southcote Road and the tribe roads would increase as a result.

On appeal, a modified plan was approved in June 2009 to develop a 150-room hotel and 80 fractional units. Instead of closing in 2009 as hoped to make way for redevelopment the property remained open for business. In March 2010, Four Seasons Resort and Hotel gave its name publicly to the redevelopment of Coral Beach Club for the first time. A joint statement from Brickman, which own the Coral Beach Club and Horizon Cottages properties, and Four Seasons said construction on the initial phase was expected to begin in 2010. It has been delayed.

Fourways Inn

1 Middle Road, Paget Parish.  

Or P. O. Box PG 294, Paget PG BX. 

Phone in USA (800)-962-7654 or directly at (441) 236-6517. Fax (441) 236-5528. 

5 luxury cottages, 5 suites and 6 deluxe rooms in traditional Bermudian architecture.

Landscaped grounds with swimming pool adjacent to Fourways Inn restaurant. 

MEF Ltd, owners of a number of non-hotel restaurants in Bermuda.  

Very upmarket and luxurious, with cable television, in a fairly central location to see all over Bermuda. 

Inland. Not on a beach but not far (not within easy walking distance in the combined heat and humidity of summer) from a public beach and with access privileges at the adjacent private beach. 

With one of the best and most expensive restaurants in Bermuda. 

On bus route 8. 

Horizons & Cottages

50 rooms and suites. 

33 South Road & Southcote Roads, Paget Parish PG BX, Bermuda. P. O. Box PG 200, Paget, PG BX, Bermuda. Telephone (441) 236-0048. In USA & Canada 1-(800)-468-0022. Fax (441) 236-6651.

 Prominent local hotelier George A. Wardman is the owner. 

On an 18th-century hillside plantation on 25 acres of wooded grounds, It first opened as a property for paying guests in the latter part of the 1930s. 

It has its own 9-hole mashie golf course it shares with its sister Coral Beach Club. (Nine 18-hole courses are island-wide). 

The Main House has 9 guest rooms, all with private baths, seating areas, balconies or patios. 

The 14 cottages contain from one to 5 bedrooms each with private bath and breakfast terrace. The Banana Tree cottage is a favorite for honeymooners. Luxurious in service, price and comforts. With access to the private Coral Beach for guests, its own smart-casual restaurants at Ocean or Barbeque Terrace or coat-and-tie Middleton Room, tennis on 3 all-weather courts, freshwater pool, beach facilities within easy walking distance at the superb private beach of the Coral Beach Club sister property owned by the same family. On bus routes 2 and 7.  

Chelsea Clinton, who was married in August 2010, only daughter of former US President and Senator Clinton, is reputed to have been conceived here in the late 1970s.

The golf course closed to the public on July 1, 2010 but Splendido Bar & Restaurant will remain open.

Lantana redevelopment possible by 2012