What Anse des Cayes is actually like
There is no village centre here, no row of shops, no evening crowd. The bay is small and the area around it is residential. When the swell comes in there is surf, and on those days the water is not calm. When it is flat, it is flat. The airport and the shops of St-Jean are close by road, which is convenient without putting you in the middle of the busy part of the island.
Six bedrooms, twelve sleeping places
Ciel d'Azur has six bedrooms and sleeps twelve. I will not invent a bed plan for you: a bedroom count and a sleeping count tell you nothing about how the rooms are arranged, and I would rather you ask than be surprised on arrival. The house has a private pool, and the pool is heated. There is air conditioning, a fitness room, wifi and high-speed internet, and a television. The kitchen has an oven and hob and a microwave, and there is a barbecue outside.
Practical things worth knowing
A cot and an ironing board are available, which matters if you are travelling with a baby. An airport transfer is available, so that is one thing less to sort out on landing day. You will still want a car. Anse des Cayes has no shops of its own, so groceries, restaurants and the other beaches all mean driving. The airport and St-Jean are close by road.
Who it suits, and who it won't
This is a house you settle into, not a base you leave every evening. Six bedrooms and room for twelve put a whole family or a group of friends under one roof, and the place is set up to hold them: a heated pool for a swim any day, a gym, a full kitchen and a barbecue for dinners in, fast internet if someone has to work. An airport transfer can smooth the arrival. It suits a group that wants to be together and private, and is content to organise its days rather than have everything on the doorstep.
Who it will not suit: anyone who wants to step straight out to a restaurant, anyone who wants evening life around them, anyone who needs a sea that is flat and swimmable on demand. None of that is here, and wanting it will not change it, that crowd is better based at St-Jean or Flamands. What you get instead is a quiet, private address where the days are your own. Quiet is the whole point here, not a compromise.
What the villa has
- Fitness room
- Full kitchen
- Air conditioning
- Airport transfer
- Wi-Fi
- High-speed internet
- TV
- Private pool
- Heated pool
Common questions
Is there a beach at Anse des Cayes?
Yes, it is a small bay. It is not a swimming-all-day beach every day: when the swell comes in there is surf and the water is not calm. On flat days it is quiet. If you want reliably easy water or somewhere with services, you will be driving to another beach.
How much does Ciel d'Azur cost?
Rates are on request. I will not publish a figure or a range, because the real price depends on the dates, the length of stay and the season, and a number posted online would be wrong more often than right. Send me your dates and I will come back with the actual rate rather than an estimate.
Can twelve people really stay here comfortably?
There are six bedrooms and twelve sleeping places. What I cannot tell you from those two numbers is how the beds are split between the rooms, and that is exactly what decides whether a group of twelve works or not. If your group has couples, children or people who need their own room, ask me for the configuration before you book.
Rates and availability
Rates depend on the season and the length of stay, so I quote them case by case rather than publishing a figure that would be wrong half the year. Tell me your dates and who is travelling, and I come back with the real number and what is still open.