Sandals Halcyon Beach

This was a wonderful stay in paradise! We loved the paradise pool and quiet beach. We loved the entertainment and the extra details

We stayed for 10 nights and had a wonderful holiday and wedding. From the moment we booked the holiday, the wedding team got in touch to go through the different options. We didn’t go for many extras as it was just the two of us, but we did get a photography package and an hair appointment for myself. The wedding planner did try to upsell some of the options such as spa treatments, different tableware options but we did not go for any of these as we wanted to keep it simple. There was no further pressure to upgrade. Prior to arriving to Halcyon, the online wedding portal was really easy to use to upload the necessary paperwork we needed to get our marriage license (birth certificate, passport and wedding form). We had a few more emails from the wedding planner to check we were happy with everything. We could have had more phone calls if we wanted but we were very laid back with it all. So onto the holiday. We had planned to get the helicopter, our travel agent booked this through sandals so that we could get the free shuttle if the helicopter was cancelled. Well due to the weather, the helicopter did not happen (we tried to organise it for our departure but there was only us that had booked (you need to have 4 people per flight or you have to pay double). The staff member on the excursion desk was really helpful with this and we were able to get a full refund, which arrived in our bank account within a week of arriving back home. At the airport we arrived around the same time as a US flight so it was really busy, our bags took ages to come through, we were probably in the airport for around an hour. After going through security, there were some people offering to take our bags for us. I had read on here that they would expect a tip and they would literally be walking 5 meters. So we just politely said thank you and they just nodded and said have a nice day. The Sandals lounge is a bit confusing to find. You turn right past security. Up ahead of you is the main doors into the arrival lounge. Before you get to this door there is a door to your left, that does say Sandals but when I opened the door it looked like an empty room, it was only when I looked around the door did I see the welcome desk. The lounge had some rest rooms, some nibbles and drinks. We were only in there for 20 minutes before our shuttle bus arrived. They gave us some bottles of water for our journey. We travelled to the resort with another couple. Our driver gave us the WiFi code and pointed out loads of things on the way. The journey was really pleasant. Our driver knew where all the pot holes were and checked in on us throughout the journey. Arriving at Halcyon, we were welcomed with cold wet towels and the Sandals song. We were then taken to the club lounge and handed a welcome cocktail and an iPad to check in. Whilst we were doing this, one of the wedding team came to meet us and handed us some Mr and Mrs shot glasses and a letter with details of our wedding meeting the next day. Shortly after this, we were taken to our room. We were staying in the beach front room with tranquility tub. It looked out to the gazebo where we got married so was a perfect location. After settling in, we went to the main restaurant to get some dinner. It was a French menu. The food was good, not my favourite during our stay but service was really quick. We then went to the bar which is located by the main pool. We found that there was not a lot of seating around the entertainment, it was quite scattered. I think they could maybe move some of the sunbeds out of the way in the evening and put more table and chairs out to encourage more people to stay out. Lots of people just headed back to their rooms. I struggled to sleep the first night due to the noise of the wildlife but you do quickly get use to it. The next day we had our meeting with our wedding team. We did some cake tasting, drank a lot of champagne and filled in all of the forms. We chose our wedding food, breakfast in bed menu and the drinks for our reception. We also gave the wedding team our song choices and they downloaded them whilst we were there so we could check they were the correct versions. I thought we would have to get a taxi to Castries to get our wedding license, but they organised the Justice of the Peace to come to us, so it was so so easy! The photographer also popped by during this meeting so we could explain what photos we wanted. We were in the wedding office for about 2 hours in total. We then went to the club lounge to book in our restaurant choices and also to the excursion desk to book the waterfall, mud baths and snorkeling trip (which was so much fun and a definitely must). We spent the rest of the day in the party pool where we played water volleyball and took part in the quizzes. The spa team did come over but once we said we were not interested they did not come over to us again for the rest of the holiday. That evening we went to Kamono’s. The food was delicious, it was very entertaining and we really enjoyed the meal, so we made sure to we went back again during our stay. We also tried all the other restaurants at Halcyon. Our favourite meal during our holiday was at La Toc and was a new restaurant called Buccan which was a family style restaurant serving a set menu of local dishes. The food was delicious and I would highly recommend this restaurant. It was such a shame it was not located at Halcyon, as we would have gone back again to it. We spent the next day at the other pool. This was a lot quieter and there were plenty of beds available. The staff in the swim up bar were really attentive. They also came around the pool throughout the day to see if we wanted more drinks. Later on we went to the piano sing along entertainment in Kelly’s. It was really good. There wasn’t a lot of people there but it meant we got to ask for some of our favourite songs that we could all sing along to. The day of our wedding I had my hair appointment at 11.00am, where one of the wedding team came to meet me with a bottle of champagne. I then went back our room to get ready. From our room we could see everything being set up. About half an hour before the wedding, my partner went to the wedding office to meet the registrar whilst I finished off getting ready. About 10 minutes before our wedding, Techla came to my room to help me get into my dress. The ceremony was magical, the wedding team guided us through everything and took some photos on our phones so we had some photos straight away. After the ceremony we went with the photographer to take some pictures around the gardens and when we arrived back the gazebo was set up with a table with some canapés, champagne and a cocktail each. Our wedding cake was also set up on a separate table. We did our first dance and then they left us alone to eat and drink. We then cut the cake and went with the photograph to the beach for some more pictures. Afterwards we headed back to our room which was decorated with rose petals and a happily ever after neon sign. It was so beautiful. Our wedding cake was also in our room. The top tier of our cake was frozen and we collected it on the day of departure and brought it home with us. Later on we had dinner at Kelly’s which had been decorated for us and champagne was in a bucket waiting for us. Our room manager also popped by to say congratulations and gave us a little gift. We then went to the main bar for some cocktails and then spent a few hours in the hidden whirlpool by the beach on our own under the stars. The rest of the honeymoon went in a blur, lots more drinking, eating, laying by the pool, going into the sea etc. We didn’t get a chance to go to the Grand and we were wanting to go kayaking but we never got round to it. We had the best holiday, wedding and honeymoon and were gutted to leave. We will definitely be coming back on one of our anniversary’s. Saint Lucia and Sandals Halcyon will always be a really special place to us.

This place was amazing! We had a balcony room over the lagoon… We had a great honeymoon.. the people were amazing and so nice. Our housemaid Laura (I think) she was awesome!!! She had our fridge stocked everyday and any request she made it happen especially with the coffee we fell in love with. We booked a couples massage with Celine and Nadine and oh my gosh.. it was wonderful. All of the staff at the front was amazing and so welcoming. Food was awesome and the drinks… oh boy don’t get me started.. DELICIOUS. My husband and I will definitely be visiting again… we absolutely LOVED IT!

Fantastic crew and amazing activities all week long best couples get away!! Plan excursions online on anytime during your stay, there’s never a dull moment! Relax in the quiet pools or turn up for events at the main pool. Don’t forget to grab your drinks!

Came here for our honeymoon. All of the dinning experiences were wonderful. Every staff member is so incredibly friendly. Our favorite was Richie the house keeper. Every time we saw him even in passing he made sure to say hi and engage in conversation.