jaylfreeman
None · July 202510/10
Our stay June 1, 2025 through June 8, 2025
For our belated 37th anniversary (April 1st)
If you don’t want to read all of this; the secret is: WOW! YES, we are going back in 2026!
Flight:
Nashville, ...Our stay June 1, 2025 through June 8, 2025
For our belated 37th anniversary (April 1st)
If you don’t want to read all of this; the secret is: WOW! YES, we are going back in 2026!
Flight:
Nashville, USA to Miami, then Miami to Anguilla
Decided to fly direct rather than to St. Maarten then a ferry transfer to Anguilla.
American Airlines was the only flight direct from Nashville and all was well other than delays to and from.
Arrival to AXA we deplaned a short walking distance from the terminal; no issues with a nice day, but if raining it wouldn't be fun.
Entry was no issue, only took about thirty minutes to clear and retrieve our luggage.
Transfer:
We decided on a taxi rather than rent a car since we were tired after being up since 2:00am to catch our initial flight and it was now 4:00pm. We do recommend placing a reservation for a rental as early as possible, as we were unable to get one on the spur of the moment.
Taxi was no issue and reasonable.
Travel to Tranquility beach was a short 20 minute ride.
Traffic and roads reminded us of Jamaica other than slightly slower drivers.
General area terrain also reminded us of Jamaica other than much safer and almost no homes with bars on windows and doors. We NEVER felt unsafe.
Now to the best part, Tranquility Beach property:
The same if not better than what was provided in all the YouTube videos, websites and forums we searched.
We stayed in their “Beachfront 1 Bedroom Condominium” because we wanted the bed looking out at the wonderful view of the ocean.
So… we were met on arrival by two men who delivered us and our luggage to our room, one stayed and went over everything. Apologies, I don’t remember which men started us off other than Sam showed up shortly with welcome drinks for us, some type of mango or strawberry deliciousness.
We were shown everything about the property and how to contact them with any issues or request by WhatApp.
The room: Again, the same if not better than all we had seen on the web; clean, spacious and everything worked… oh… did is say clean!
We are always worried about cooling on our beach stays, but this was zero issue to keep cool. Actually a bit too cool in the bathroom the first day for a shower. The shower is so wide open no heat is contained and the water was not super hot. I ask to have the water temperature raised, after that all was wonderful.
Kitchen was well stocked with basics and the appliances looked as new out of the box, the staff really clean well.
The bed was perfectly comfortable with an incredible view from it.
The terrace was just the size we needed to relax. There is a barrier between it and the next door neighbor’s terrace. We were unsure how private and see through it would be so we brought a white sheet and some temporary stick-on hooks to proved complete privacy, it was needed for those intimate moments. Being on the second floor it was reasonably private from the view of the beach.
The hot/cold whirlpool tub ran 24hr, I assume to keep it filtered. We only used it a few times but it worked perfectly and had an obviously great view as well.
The beach:
The beach was just right there! No walking time, It’s just right there.
The beach was almost empty. I don’t know if it was the time of year, but we felt all alone in paradise.
The beach was spotless, not just in front of Tranquility, but everywhere we went. No trash, only a few specks of seaweed; just sand and water.
The water was beyond post-card electric blue and as clear as pouring bottled water. The best we have ever seen considering we have been to Negril Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Eagle Beach Anguilla, Lopesan Costa Bavaro beach Punta Cana and about every three months we stay close to Miami. Water was slightly cooler than we expected with it being that far south, but was easy to get used to.
The previously mentioned Sam seemed to be the primary beach attendant and was great. We did meet Deshaun one and he was great as well.
Every one we came in contact with was exceptional!
Abiel is who we contacted mostly; he was super attentive and almost immediately took care of our every request. He was spot-on for everything! Also, that man really puts in the time; it seemed that every time we were out of our room he was on the property doing something.
Kemeisha we met a few times was super nice.
Javan we met several times was also super nice and attentive.
Again, everyone we came in contact with at Tranquility was exceptional!
What we ate:
Our normal plan is to settle into the room and relax for a bit then get groceries and provisions for the stay. We were so tired we just walked down to Straw Hat.
2nd day We went to Best Buy for such and that was really our only down part of the trip. I guess we are spoiled to what we have available at home. Yes, I do realize it is an island and most everything has to be shipped in. It may have just been a bad timing issue. Everything was clean, just not the variety and availability we are spoiled to. So we just got a few things and decided to spend more than we expected on eating out.
Before we went to Best Buy we ate across the road at Epic Foods Delivery. We had a burger and the best crispy chicken fingers we have ever had!
The rest I don’t remember the order of other days so:
Bar Soleil at Malliouhana for Taco Tuesday – wonderful view for dinner, but too many clouds for a sunset. Tacos were good but the servers were so overwhelmed by crowd. We were second to be seated, but it was one hour and twenty minutes before we received our tacos. Just a bad night for them.
Blanchard Beach Shack – went there twice and had burgers and Mahi bites. All great.
Blanchards Restaurant – had the crispy pork shank, oh my, it was so good! And the Char Siu ribs were good but we are used to Tennessee southern bar-b-q.
Mill House Cafe – we had a too late breakfast as our ride was delayed but the kind people allowed us to order breakfast. Just bacon, eggs and toast and an omelet, but they were perfect.
Sharkeys – a more upscale dinner. All very nice other than they lost us for about 45 minutes after being seated before we ask the manager for a menu. We had the Anguilla lobster cake which was incredible, pepper crusted tuna and lemon rosemary chicken.
Tasty’s Beach Club at Rendezvous Bay – we had blackend Mahi and another burger… The we relaxed on their complementary beach chairs and enjoyed that wonderful beach and water.
Departure:
You do need some time at the airport to go through two exiting processes and then security. We were there two hours early and had plenty of time. We had to sit for about 45 minutes before boarding. But better to be early.
We cant wait to go back next year.Show More
