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Grotto Bay Beach Resort. The General Manager is J. P. Martens and Resident Manager is Bermudian Clyde Darrell. It has 201 rooms, for 500 guests. It is about one mile away from Bermuda International Airport and 1, 3, 10 and 11 bus routes. It is on 21 acres of landscaped ocean-front grounds. They feature hibiscus, oleander and bougainvillea gardens. There are two man-made beaches. The hotel is on Castle Harbor and the North Shore ocean. It has two historic underground caves for exploration and swimming. It is the only hotel in this category that is locally owned - by a group of investors.
North Shore Road, Hamilton Parish.
T 2938333, F 2932306, E-mail gro@bspl.bm.
Sonesta Beach Hotel & Spa. It has 403 rooms, 900 guests. It has been owned for years by Aetna Insurance of the USA which controls Sonesta Hotels, Resorts and Nile Cruises. Based in Boston, Massachusetts and founded in the 1940s, operates a collection of 21 upscale hotels and resorts and 3 Nile cruise ships in Boston (Cambridge), New Orleans (2), Key Biscayne, Bermuda, Anguilla, Aruba, Curacao (Sonesta Beach Resort and Casino), Peru (6), Tuscany (3) and Egypt (8). But the Bermuda hotel has been pursued by New Jersey property developer James M. Dwyer. He and his organization are also interested in another (third) Bermuda property, the now vacant Belmont Hotel. They say they expect to have a contract to complete that deal by the end of the year 2000. This Sonesta is on its own 26-acre peninsula of picturesque landscaped grounds, with three private beaches on three natural bays, via a very steep hill from the main South Road to the hotel. It is near the # 7 bus.
South Road, Southampton Parish.
T 2388122, F 2388463, Website: http://www.sonesta.com
Hamiltonian Hotel & Island Club. 32 ocean-view, one-bedroom suites in a sub-tropical garden setting. Situated high on a hill above the City of Hamilton and within walking distance of it on a cooler and not humid day. Walk to the North Shore Road to catch buses. Listed by RCI as one of the two timeshare properties in Bermuda. In the 1950s it was the site of the Eagle's Nest Hotel.
North Shore, Langton Hill, Pembroke Parish
T 2955608, F 2957481
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