While most of the Grenadines’ most luxurious hotels cater to the one percent, Salt Whistle Bay, on Mayreau, offers a blissfully pared back—though no less exclusive—experience. You’ll feel like a modern-day Robinson Crusoe when holed up in one of the 22-acre property’s eco-friendly bell tents or stone bungalows, each outfitted with colorful rugs, fans, and plush linens, and positioned to capture ocean breezes. By day, swim with sea turtles, sting rays, and tropical fish in the surrounding reef-filled waters—snorkeling masks are free to guests, as are stand-up paddleboards—or try kiteboarding on the resort’s designated beach. By night, share those adventures over a dinner of grilled lobster at the on-site restaurant and bar.
Salt Whistle Bay Resort
Salt Whistle Bay Resort
Salt Whistle Bay Resort
Karibik-Segeltörn / Caribbean Sailing Cruise 2014. Photo: Christian Lendl
Salt Whistle Bay Resort
Salt Whistle Bay Resort
Salt Whistle Bay Resort
Salt Whistle Bay Resort
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The Only Souvenir Shop on Mayreau
Mayreau is one of the Grenadine Islands in the Caribbean, mostly visited by sailboats for the unimaginably beautiful crescent shaped beach of Saltwhistle Bay. When exploring the island, you don’t see many people, just evidence of their existence - a tiny Catholic church at the crest of Station Hill, a cemetery, a school for grades 1-6, and the Honour and Glory Souvenir Shop. Whether this market was closed for lunch, or just the day, or permanently, I will never know, as we only spent one night at Saltwhistle Bay and left early the next morning. But I still wonder what I might have found in that tiny shop on one of the Caribbean’s most beautiful islands.
