JoyfromLondon
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This was our third stay (11 nights) at the Conrado Beach hotel because we love it because of -||The location - on the beach. Walking distance to Crown Point and Store Bay and also to the beautiful Pigeon Point beach and park. ||And the people - who couldn't be more friendly and helpful.||We stay in one of the sea facing rooms with an enormous balcony. The room has everything you need, including a fridge, air con, fan, etc. and the bathroom has a lovely big shower which always has hot water. The room is serviced every day and you can get beach towels from reception whenever you need to. ||We spend loads of time on the balcony, watching the incredible sunsets, the pelicans and terns diving for fish and then resting on the local fishermen's boats.The seagulls and other birds resting or squabbling over food and occasionally the frigate birds swooping down and the sting rays coming into the lagoon. It's just fantastic. The only other place as good is the dining terrace where we have breakfast, dinner and drinks or sometimes just hang around if the tide is high. The sea literally comes underneath it occasionally. ||You can get a local breakfast or an "English / American" breakfast so there is plenty of choice and it comes with fruit, juice, toast and jam, and unlimited coffee / tea / chocolate. At lunch time or evening, there is plenty of choice again and the fish is always fresh, the rum is good and the entertainment from the sea and shore guaranteed.||Lawrence runs the hotel and his brother Antonio runs the bar and restaurant and they are just great - always ready to give advice about Tobago and to help you out. ||For example, Lawrence bought a new electric kettle for us so we could have a brew in our room. (All the others were out as he had s few British guests in at the time.) Even better, I had left some English cash in his safe by mistake and he has arranged for it to be returned to me in the UK.||One evening, we didn't realise the cook had a night off and we wanted something to eat after a long day out. Antonio, personally ran us down to town to get a take away and then let us eat in the dining area with drinks from the bar.||The beach and sea outside the hotel are good for a quick swim or a sit on the bench to watch the birds or read a book, but if we want to spend a day on a beach bed swimming and sunbathing we tend to go to Pigeon Point - you can walk there along the beach - or for a change go to Store Bay. There is a lovely fish restaurant virtually next door - with the best lobster - as well as plenty of restaurants and shops in Crown Point for a change.||This isn't a swanky 5* hotel with swimming pools, beach facilities, etc. It's a great place to stay with lovely people in a fabulous location.