Palm Island Resort & Spa

It was the perfect private island luxurious vacation with complete peace and serenity surrounding us! My daughter and I loved it so much we went on our 2nd visit. We were ready to take our 3rd when Hurricane Beryl hit.🙏🏼 Thank you God the staff that stayed on the island were safe. If you rebuild paradise we will be back! That we promise Katie & to all the lovely staff! We believe in you and there is no place like Palm Island. It is truly a magical indescribable experience. Your very own private island accessible only by boat! And a staff that matches the islands beauty! Ahhh... take me away Palm Island...

Hands down, the best few days we have experienced in any vacation. So sad that Beryl had us evacuated and we couldn’t finish out this paradise dream vacation. I am actually writing this review while in Jamaica, and it’s absolutely awful compared to Palm Island. The only downside now is that no other vaca will compare.

Stayed the first week of June 2024 with a group of about 20 friends and had the best time. Staff was incredibly accommodating, fun and charming. Wonderful service. The food was excellent and varied enough for a week's stay, and I was able to have my fill of fresh seafood. Drinks were included, and Johnny kept us hydrated with delicious libations. The aquamarine waters offered fine snorkeling experiences filled with sea life, accessible from the white sand beaches in front of the resort's two restaurants. First night at the resort, a green sea turtle laid eggs next to the bar. Really enjoyed biking around the island and participating on the catamaran excursions (including swimming with the sea turtles off of Carriacou!). There's a nice pool as well if the ocean isn't your thing. I didn't partake, but many in our party scheduled massages and most went back for a second treatment - rave reviews all around. Felt like we had the place to ourselves (I think there's only about 50 beds or so), but also met some wonderful travelers from around the world. I would visit again!

We’ve visited Palm Island Resort five times, so we obviously like it. We went again in May 2024 and had a great vacation.|We love this tiny island and this very small hotel is great fun. Palm island isn’t easy to get to, but the small plane rides and short boat trip are a part of the experience.|We had a very comfortable superior beachfront room — which I think is the same size as the other beachfront rooms, but with a few extras and different decor.|The hotel is not high luxury, but it is good quality. It’s efficient and still has a very relaxed, laid-back feeling.|The staff are great (too many good people to mention names) and the manager Katie and (temporarily) Alex were hands-on, always visible, sociable, good fun and helpful.|I loved the opportunity to exercise with a very early morning hike around the island, with its beautiful beaches and lookout points. For anyone interested I made a YT video of the walk (see Random Walks / a stroll around Palm Island).|It is also easy to visit neighbouring Union Island and others in the Grenadines chain. We (once again) did the boat trip to Tobago Cays and the sunset cruise). You can now take a (battery-powered) tuk tuk tour of neighbouring Union Island. It was interesting -- especially as it was too hot for a long walk.|So this place suits us very well. We like it a lot.|In the interests of balance there was one thing that surprised us. Having become used to free wifi in vacation hotels, we were surprised at the cost here. It is $21 a day, and so that was close to $300 for our stay. This is apparently to pay for wifi around the island. Perhaps it would have been better to hide some of the cost in room rates.|In summary, we had a great time and wish we were still there.

This was definitely worth the wait- it’s been on my list for a few years and oh yes, it exceeded expectations! A lovely relaxed unpretentious resort - enough options and space for you to be totally romantic and on your own or with activities to join in and mingle with guests. Be it crab racing, Katie’s rum tasting or Caribbean dance buffet night. You can dress up or be less formal and still feel at ease. We Spent hours on the most amazing beach watching water sports guys teaching guests on efoils ( wish I’d been brave enough) or watching some beautiful yachts go by. Max in the yoga/gym/ water aerobics was outstanding- either teaching a class of 1 or 10! Gym very good too. |Our Palm view room was a great size and we still got an ocean view. No 33. Undecided if it’s worth getting beachfront. A real laugh provided by our cleaner Margaret with her towel arrangements. To cute! Food was good all week and lobster at the Caribbean buffet outstanding!! Lunch taken under cute palm umbrellas with wine that doesn’t stop. No need to reserve beds, there are loads! Cooler by the pool with the refreshing wind, but beach was the heaven views for us. Two spa treatments in the relaxing spa. Bicycles to pick up when ever you want to explore the island( bit cooler with breeze than walking. Different spurs of the island to climb so we always had something to do. Great trip to Tobago cays to see Jack Sparrow Island and swim with turtles . Couldn’t better the Beach Movie night with “Pirates of the Caribbean” sipping cocktails. Lots of guests have been back year after year. I can see why. Well done Katie and team, it takes great effort to achieve that. Hopefully we will too. Highly recommend.

Katie, the Resort Manager, was absolutely AMAZING from the moment we stepped onto Palm Island’s small docking platform until we sadly had to say ‘Goodbye’ before heading back to hectic London life. Everything about our 12 days of pure relaxation on Palm Island was perfect and we’ll definitely return as soon as we possibly can. |On arrival we were informed about a few of the activities available, but having just arrived from London, we were really seeking some Peace and Tranquillity, and were then delighted to hear that we could also choose to do absolutely nothing at all! |We had a delightful Beachfront room. It was perfect - just a few fine white sandy steps to the crystal-clear sea. Every day we’d walk/climb around the unspoilt natural island, absorbing all its varied and beautiful nature and wildlife. We did get involved in some of the more gentle organised activities - Pilates with Max, pampering in the Spa; yet we also thoroughly enjoyed Katie’s pre-dinner Rum-tasting/dancing evenings for those who wanted to get involved. And for exciting, high-octane, action-packed activity, our long-overdue Game Fishing trip with Grenadines Fishing, organised by Katie’s exceptional team, ticked all the boxes, a bonus being that we caught, brought back and ate a Barracuda as well as some other fair-sized very edible fish! Katie’s charming manner, her caring, happy, can-do spirit and contagious energy flows through all Palm Island’s ‘Family’ team. You all contribute to Palm Island's unique and idyllic experience and we’ll be back to see you again very soon. Please save our room!

We travel at least twice a year to the Caribbean. Palm Island has been our best experience to date. It is absolutely breathtaking. There is no towel game whatsoever. Every morning, we ate breakfast, ride the bikes, and hiked one of the trails before heading to the beach where we had our choice of palapa. Every staff member was so personable- Katie, Naia, Glenford, Oliver, John, Nick, Shaquille, just to name a few. The beach and color of the water were spectacular. The food was great. We were at Galley Bay, also an Elite property last year, and it was pretty perfect, but the beauty and experience of Palm Island gives it the edge, in my opinion. The whole experience, starting with the plane ride in was outstanding.

This was quite simply the best holiday EVER! We are so thankful we got to visit this paradise for our honeymoon, it was everything we wanted and more!|We traveled from London Heathrow into Barbados and then were met and guided through to our next (small) plane to Palm Island (aka a slice of paradise)|From the moment we arrived we were greeted off the boat by Katie and her team with a rum punch and a warm welcome. The team that work here really make this 5* as everyone is so welcoming and kind, Johany was amazing at making us cocktails every night at the bar, and Niarshair, Oliver, Shaquille & Glenford (to name a few) were just amazing, always smiling and checking in with us, but honestly there wasn’t a single person on the island that wasn’t polite and friendly, we felt so safe and looked after the entire time which were very thankful for. |We stayed in a beach front apartment which was directly on the beach allowing you to hear the sea to drift off. Our room was spacious and clean with all the amenities we expected.|We loved that all meals were served to you (no buffet in sight!) and lunch was a particular favourite of ours as we liked to sit directly on the beach while sipping a glass of wine! They even had a French province, Rose which was heavily! Food choices were fantastic, we stayed for 10nights and nothing was repeated in the evenings, always a good selection and a form of live music to accompany. Breakfast & lunch menu stayed the same, but there was such a good selection we didn’t get board! The French toast with rum butter was INCREDIBLE! And for lunch some of our favourites were the seafood pasta & palm island burger! |We loved how personal it felt staying here, not crowded at all, always enough sun beds for and a lot of the time it really felt like it was just us on our own island which was exactly what we wanted! We loved being able to ride bikes around and explore coves of the beach which felt like untouched havens! This place really is wonderful and we’re already trying to plan for when we can return!|Lastly, a huge thank you to Katie, you really helped make our time on the island special! All the little touches never went unnoticed, we were so sad to leave! And really do hope we get to return one day! x