1 Br Private Vacation Home Vacation Rental In Castries, Castries

f you like stunning sea views, abundant wildlife including many birds, wild coastal forest, tropical gardens, sunset and moon set directly in front of your studio, beautiful beaches to either side of the property, peace and quiet, discreet but helpful hosts and many other personal touches presented with care and attention, then come and stay with us and enter another world!
The space
Feel like getting away from it all?

The Garden Studio is the ground floor of the Treehouse Marigot Bay, totally separate from the apartment called the Treetop Eco Apartment on the top floor. The apartments are totally independent the one from the other, well insulated against noise and completely private with separate entrances.

The Garden Studio is set at the top of terraced tropical gardens offering wonderful views of the Caribbean sea with its spectacular sunsets and moon sets and frequent rainbows. Many guesthouses in this area do not have direct views of the sunset and moon set and few are as close to the sea as the Garden Studio. Our position is something really unique. Even local people are amazed when they see our view! Bordering the tropical garden is the wild coastal forest with its multitude of birds and other wildlife and from the Garden Studio balcony you can see pelicans skimming the waters below, an osprey hunting fish and fishermen fishing from their boats.

The terraced garden in front of the studio is home to a variety of different sculptures and many fixtures and fittings in the studio have been created using wood from the garden or beaches or other salvaged materials.

The space consists of an open plan living and sleeping area including standard double bed, easy chairs and kitchen. There is a separate indoor bathroom with a shower and WC and a balcony with teak chairs and table overlooking the terraced garden and the sea. If you leave the large triple doors to the studio open at night - which most of our guests do as it is very safe here - then it is like sleeping outside in the garden. There are mosquito net curtains which can be drawn across the triple door area and all windows have mosquito screens fitted. An elevated wooden walkway leads from the balcony down across the terraced garden to the private sun deck with its sun loungers, umbrella, table and chairs. There is also an outdoor shower under a large tree surrounded by tropical plants which is great for washing off when you come back from the beach. There is an outdoor barbecue area
to put your catch of the day to grill.

Doing all of the cleaning and maintenance work ourselves, you will not be disturbed during your stay with us unless we can be of help or assistance. The Garden Studio will be thoroughly cleaned before your arrival and hand sanitizer provided. The wooden sinks are hand crafted and some parts are driftwood. The rugs are from old cruise ship mooring ropes.

We are committed environmentalists and our passion for nature drives everything we do. Unlike other guest houses we never use pesticides or insecticides but work with natural pest solutions. A network of fishpools provide an environmental solution to prevent mosquitoes breeding as the fish eat any mosquito larvae and therefore drastically reduce the mosquito population - this is in direct contrast to the common local practice of fogging for mosquitos with a spray made of neurotoxins and which is clearly toxic to people and wildlife alike.

We harvest our own water. The rainwater is collected in water tanks and double filtered before used in the house. It is cleaner than bottled water (which is polluted by its own plastic bottles).

We deliberately do not have a swimming pool. The dangers of swimming in chlorine are now well recognised, especially for anyone with allergies, skin problems or asthma, but it is obvious that swimming in chemicals cannot be good for anyone. Salt water pools are not a solution since they simply use salt to generate chlorine and the end result is the same. With two beautiful beaches either side of our house you can swim in a totally natural, chemical free environment whenever you want and enjoy the beauty of the undersea world with its corals, fish and other amazing wildlife. One beach is a secluded cove, ca. 15 minutes walk away, usually deserted with excellent snorkelling and the other beach is ca. 10 minutes by car (or you can kayak from Marigot Bay or swim round from the secluded cove) and is a wide sandy beach perfect for swimming and enjoying the waves.

We have planted our garden to encourage birds and other wildlife onto our plot and we have left the majority of the property wild as a conservation area. We are also planting many native plants such as orchids and air plants in our plot which have been rescued from development areas in order to protect them from destruction.

We love using driftwood, corals, shells and other items collected from the beaches around the house. The shower curtain in the studio is made from hand made fishing nets given to us by the fishermen on the beach below. Our curtain poles are made from driftwood and our curtains are made from antique 100 year old French linen sheets and upcycled vintage coffee sacks. The bed cover is made from antique hemp grain sacks from Hungary. We make our own glasses by cutting old wine and rum bottles and we have made upholstery covers from vintage coffee and potatoe sacks. We have now made beautiful rugs from cruise ship moorning ropes for all our apartments.

We work with local Saint Lucians who can offer a number of land and sea tours which are not on any tourist "programme". These are focused on local experiences and off the beaten track adventures. Once you have booked Airbnb will allow you to send us your email address and we can send a description of these out to you. We never take commissions and only promote local individuals, not companies.

The local watersports shop in Marigot Bay has offered our guests a special week's deal where you can use any of their equipment for a very reasonable price - including paddleboards, kayaks, snorkelling equipment and hobicats.

We have written a detailed information sheet which we send out to our guests once they have booked with us with recommendations on where to go and what to do as well as a description of tours which can be designed with local partners. We can also assist you with car rental with a reliable local family-owned company. Also available for hire is our spare car, a small 4x4 Suzuki Jimny which is ideal for the road conditions here. Let us know if you want more details and as it is very popular with guests then you are advised to book it early!

Looking to welcome you at our little paradise.

Martin & Annett
Guest access
You can walk around in the neighborhood. Hills are steep but worth to explore. Parking is in front of the property or even inside at a driveway.
Other things to note
The Garden Studio is a bright modern studio with fully fitted, hand crafted wooden kitchen (toaster, fridge with icebox, filter coffee maker, kettle, gas hob and oven, blender, etc), standard double bed with mosquito net on a four poster frame, two easy chairs, antique linen curtains on handmade driftwood poles, shower room with water heated by passive solar heating (pipe on the roof), fishing net shower curtain donated by the local fishermen on the beach below, balcony overlooking the terraced garden with chairs and table, sundeck with loungers and umbrella, outdoor shower for cooling off on hot days and after the beach, outdoor barbecues. There is also good wifi connection throughout the studio.

This is a really special opportunity to be private guests in our home and experience our lifestyle.

Our property is one of the few on the island to offer a pesticide and insecticide free environment. Because of this we have abundant wildlife (frogs, lizards, moths, butterflies, birds, etc) and few mosquitos.

If you want to travel with friends or family then check out the Hummingbird Hangout (sleeps 2) and the Treetop Eco Apartment (sleeps 2).

Castries is home to this vacation home. Marigot Bay and Rodney Bay Marina are worth checking out if an activity is on the agenda, while those wishing to experience the area's natural beauty can explore Pigeon Island National Landmark and Anse Chastanet Beach. Looking to enjoy an event or a game while in town? See what's happening at Daren Sammy Cricket Ground or Royal Saint Lucia Turf Club.