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Le Grand Courlan Spa Resort

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Looking for a place to stay in Black Rock? Then look no further than Le Grand Courlan Spa Resort, an adults-only nall-inclusive resort that brings the best of Black Rock to your doorstep. Rooms at Le Grand Courlan Tobago provide a flat screen TV, a refrigerator, and air conditioning, and getting online is easy, with free internet access available. In addition, Le Grand Courlan Hotel offers a pool and free breakfast, which will help make your Black Rock trip additionally gratifying. And, as an added convenience, there is free parking available to guests. Travelers looking to enjoy some crab can head to The Fish Pot. Otherwise, you may want to check out a seafood restaurant such as The Fish Pot or Waves. During your visit, be sure to check out Fort Bennett (0.4 mi), which is a popular attraction within walking distance of the all-inclusive resort. We’re sure you’ll enjoy your stay at Le Grand Courlan Spa Resort as you experience everything Black Rock has to offer.
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Free parking
Free internet
Pool
Fitness Centre with Gym / Workout Room
Free breakfast
Beach
Tennis court
Airport transportation
Parking
Public wifi
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Outdoor pool
Fitness / spa changing rooms
Sauna
Bar / lounge
Restaurant
Breakfast available
Breakfast buffet
Swimup bar
Poolside bar
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Meeting rooms
Spa
Facial treatments
Sun loungers / beach chairs
Sun umbrellas
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Air conditioning
Private balcony
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Ocean view
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3.5 of 5 stars
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Great View
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John M wrote a review Feb 2024
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I concur with other reviews. The staff are generally speaking lovely and do their level best to help you enjoy your stay. The hotel is faded, but the swimming pool is first class and well maintained, water quality is perfect. With the general lack of guests there were never more than 10 around the pool and this made for a convivial and fun time. We found that the breakfast at the hotel was good and the service delightful. It is a short walk down to the beach ( there are lots of steps and walkways). We tried 'Waves' .... which is under the same ownership, but unfortunately, whilst the food was acceptable, the staff were grumpy. I got the feeling that they were unhappy with the management as was I when asked to add percentage tips depending on how I rated my experience.... also..... beware, we were charged in US dollars on our credit card although the bill was in TTD.... sharp practice? The Seahorse is the obvious choice for eating out but we found it was much more fun, and better value, if you turned left and walked 10 minutes up to Shirvan Road where there was a 'village green' with a great bar 'The moon over the water'. There are 2 or three eating options... there is a Roti shack, a supermarket and a couple of restaurants... all of Tobago life is here!!
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Date of stay: February 2024
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Taya D wrote a review Nov 2023
Wilmington, Delaware163 contributions76 helpful votes
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My friend & I stayed in this hotel for 3 days. The pros: Everything was very clean. The beds & bedding was super comfortable. The shower had great water pressure & plenty of hot water. The pool was beautiful. The view from our room was gorgeous. There were probably only 20 ppl staying there, so it was like we had our own private pool. Breakfast served at the hotel was delicious - buffet one day, but order off menu the other 2 days. Room attendants were great with cleaning. We didn't check out the gym, but it was always very well lit. Waves Restaurant was lovely & we didn't mind eating (& drinking) there on multiple occasions. The cons: Lots & lots & lots of stairs to get from section to section. I reserved a room with 2 beds, but was given a room with a king-size bed - we loved the view, so kept the room. The swim-up bar at the pool was never open. The Breezes Bar rarely had a bartender, and never entertainment. The upstairs restaurant was never open & only breakfast was served at the Caribbean Bistro. The Pinnacle Restaurant was never open. The only restaurants in a safe, walkable distance were Waves Restaurant & The Seahorse Restaurant, which seemed overpriced so we did not go. To get to the "spa", you had to walk through a dank, smelly corridor & there was only 1 guy working there for massages, no manicures, pedicures or other services. The shower overflowed into the bathroom floor if you did more than rinse off, so you had to reduce water pressure to half & then it was fine. The tennis courts & equipment to rent were in absolutely shoddy condition. The kayaks had probably been sitting at least 5 years. The "Entertainment" (as spelled out on the website) was non-existent. In summary, for the price we paid, the hotel was adequate. The website is long outdated & should be updated. This is definitely NOT a "Spa Resort"!
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Date of stay: November 2023
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Kimberley U wrote a review Nov 2023
Port de Pollenca, Spain32 contributions10 helpful votes
We stayed in the Le Grand Courlan approx., 6 years ago and thoroughly enjoyed out stay. It was no different this time, in fact it may have even been better. Having read other reviews, it seems that expectations are 5 star when it is clearly advertised 3 star. The staff both on reception and in the breakfast room were attentive and extremely helpful. We especially loved the chef and his superb Tobagonian breakfasts. Fresh local food and service with a smile from the lovely girls serving us each morning. There were not many people staying at the hotel and this was a big bonus for us. We loved the exclusivity of the place (we also realise that for the hotel they would much prefer to have lots of people in residence, we hope this will be the case for them in time to come). We were really made to feel at home and relaxed. If we had a request it was dealt with in a timely manner. Lounging by the pool with only the sound of birds and the crashing waves for company was perfect and my husband and I were celebrating our 23rd anniversary so it felt very special to have the pool some afternoons all to ourselves. This location is an ideal spot for anyone who does not like the trappings of a commercialised hotel, too many people and organised activities. We would love to thank all the staff for their kind, helpful approach and for making our holiday very special indeed. A special thank you for allowing us to have the same room on the top floor, for amazing views, as we had stayed in 6 years ago. All hotels since Covid have been struggling with maintenance issues and occupancy. Despite this Le Gran Courlan are making a great job of welcoming guests and making the most of what revenue they have to provide a great holiday in a stunning location. No-one can expect them to provide a full staff when there are few people staying in the hotel. Closing and not maintaining the pool bar for example made perfect business sense to us. Our recommendation would be to soak up the beautiful location, walk the unspoilt beach, marvel at the spectacular sunsets each evening and smile at the staff. Instead of looking at peeling paint in some areas, or maintenance updates in others, celebrate the beautiful surroundings and the peaceful slice of paradise that is Stonehaven Bay.
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Date of stay: October 2023
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Room Tip: Pick a room at the top (only accessed by a staircase) and you will be rewarded with incredible views
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Ness W wrote a review Sept 2023
Sittingbourne, United Kingdom282 contributions109 helpful votes
We had a interesting week away, we stayed at the adult only hotel, it has a sister hotel next door, but this hotel is far superior. We went on bed and breakfast basis which was great for us and so worth it. lovely beach restaurant just below the hotel directly on the beach, very good menu at a good price. The staff at the hotel couldn’t do enough for you, very friendly and really tried to make your holiday worth while. The choice of breakfast was lovely from the normal English food to the local food which was lovely and well worth a try !! The chef cooked the eggs as you ordered them. But !!! We went first week in May very hot but for the first 3 days there were just two other couples, so the swim up bar pool didn’t open. (The whole week) Some of the pool chairs didn’t have covers on them or they were torn. Most of the umbrellas around the pool were broken with just a handful working. We did have problems with our safe in our room not working and the hair dryer not working either, but the staff did fix these problems. There were broken tiles on the floors and on the stair wells. Also wires hanging down from outside rooms. I would still go again !!! The local shop is in walking distance as well as a cash point. Also next to the beach restaurant is a wooden hut, which sells cards and all hand made goods which were lovely. Don’t stay in the hotel get out and about. If you are expecting 5 star this isn’t it !!
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Date of stay: May 2023Trip type: Travelled as a couple
Room Tip: Beach restaurant 5 minutes through the hotel by the steps at the back, they do take card.
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Varesha wrote a review Aug 2023
Doral, Florida15 contributions12 helpful votes
In its prime, this resort would have been absolutely fantastic. Don’t get me wrong the view from the room is gorgeous, the sound of the waves is so relaxing and the food provided for breakfast was delicious. We were however disappointed in the shower facilities in the bedroom, the shower was broken and spraying up into the ceiling, it was fixed but the housekeeping was poor. We asked for fresh towels every day and it was not provided, and the floor was not mopped properly at all… It seems to be managing on minimum staff which would obviously lead to dilapidated facilities I hope that one day it gets back to its full potential
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Date of stay: July 2023Trip type: Travelled as a couple
Room Tip: Rent a car to get to the hotel Lots of great food places in and around the area Beach and forts...
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Linda J wrote a review May 2023
Southampton, United Kingdom15 contributions23 helpful votes
I had to be allocated 3 different rooms on check in, sadly the first 2 rooms were not made up, the 3rd one was okish, going up & down stairs with luggage after 12 hours on a plane is not something you really want to faced with. Had to move rooms, again, next day as amongst other things the shower water hit the ceiling & flooded the bathroom. Breakfast was fine, apparently the spa was open but you never would have known. Have stayed at this hotel a number of times but sadly think this was the last time.
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Date of stay: May 2023
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Robert D wrote a review May 2023
Brooklyn, New York2718 contributions606 helpful votes
This is a nice hotel, but I visited after the peak season and it was very quiet. Too quiet, in fact. I would estimate that fewer than 20% of the rooms were occupied when I was there. The breakfast restaurant was open, but not the lunch and dinner restaurant. During the weekend, when they had more guests, there was a lovely breakfast buffet with local specialties. I enjoyed the stewed pumpkin atop my pancakes. During the week, there were fewer guests and breakfast was only a la carte. For dinner, there are two restaurants at the neighboring resort you can walk to. They are near the beach, which means that after dinner, you have to walk up five flights of stairs to get back to your room. The spa is only open if you have an appointment. When I appeared for my massage appointment, I found the door locked. I had to return to reception and wait until the masseur got there and opened up. The message itself was lovely. My room was spacious and had a nice view from the balcony. My complaints are about the bathroom. There is no place in the shower to rest the body wash and shampoo bottles. They also ran out of hand towels. I had to use a bath towel to dry my hands.
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Date of stay: May 2023
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Sean G wrote a review May 2023
United Kingdom48 contributions53 helpful votes
Originally we stayed here for our Honeymoon 18 years ago, so we decide to return this year. But what a difference 18 year has made. The main restaurant is now closed in the evening, this did expetional food 18 years back but the replacement is at best OK, eatable but a limited choice (in the evening two options), Breakfast is either Al a Carte or buffet. The al a carte is good but the buffet is limited. Staffing levels are currently low, so low that the swim up bar advertised is closed. The staff are pleasant and friendly but most are young and inexperienced. Generally the site is in need of maintenance, in 18 years it looks like nothing has been changed but it needs it. The toilet and shower facilities around the pool are disgusting and the showers don't work, the staff are aware and it has been like this for sometime. The main bar air conditioning is ineffective, and noisy so not a nice place when hot or humid. The Spa doesn't look to be open but is, its at the bottom of a dark looking stairwell with chairs on the middle landing which feel like they are saying go no further. The rooms are in need of a refresh as the furniture is tired. The bathroom has recently been renovated but to a cheap level, with old fittings being reused. The doors to the balcony need replacing they have a make shift lock installled which again looks cheap. Wi-Fi is generally good, although the wi-fi in our room was non-existant. Other guests had good wi-fi but they were all in a different block to us. If you want good wi-fi in the room request a room in the block next to reception. We booked on the all inclusive rate, although there were problems with that. The all inclusive only covers the main site, not the beach bar. Which is a let down as the food in the beach bar is better than on the main site, this needs to be rethought. The most annoying thing is you have to sign for everything against your room even if you are on the all inclusive package. 18 years ago the hotel was exclusively all inclusive and adult only, it offered entertainment in the evenings. Now it is mainly bed and breakfast, no entertainment, nothing to encourage the patrons to stay at the resort. Some of this might be COVID related like staff levels. But the state of the hotel looks like it has been on a downward slide for at least 10 years, I advise them to look to their history and find what works. AND RECEPTION, Tell guest about the Trutle watch as Guests love this, but no one tells you about it.
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Date of stay: May 2023
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Room Tip: For Wifi as for a room in the block near reception. Don't do all inclusive, there are lots of...
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Padmoutie S wrote a review May 2023
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I was there for 5 days hotel very nice and clean, but none of the employees no anything, All you hear “O” I am new here. AC get cut off at one AM, the reason was we on an island. One night no power, they started the generator at least one hour later and no AC all night. Then I hang my husband clothes in the closet when he go get dressed for the airport it was gone no clothes in the closet. I make a complaint and was told the manager is not there and they can’t view the camera. Owner not in the country. I was very upset 😢. Not a good place to be in.
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Date of stay: April 2023
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Owlly99 wrote a review Apr 2023
Chapel St. Leonards, United Kingdom114 contributions98 helpful votes
Le Grand Courlan On 2nd March at 16.26, after having looked at numerous hotels in Tobago, I rang Le Grand to check out the accessibility of the property. The hotel details stated that there was Wheelchair Accessible Path of Travel. (This information has since been removed from your site and Expedia and I will explain this later.) On 2nd March at 16.54 I booked through Hotels.com, a Deluxe Ocean View with King Size Bed. Under Room Requests, we explained we needed a room with wheelchair access as had been explained when I’d phoned them. On 3rd March, I requested Airport transfer by email and they replied that this had been arranged. This did not happen 17th March. Arrived at Le Grand Courlan by airport taxi as our Airport Transfer was not there to meet us. We waited a short while before using one of the airport taxis. When we arrived, to our dismay, there were two steps to the reception area, so no ramp for the scooter. The receptionist, Kashera, took absolutely ages to register us. She then gave me paperwork stating 2 beds and I informed her that we had booked a Deluxe Ocean View room with a King size bed. She did not have one she said!! She gave us a room that had a Queen bed and another bed. We didn’t seem to have any choice but to accept it. We were taken to our room and immediately we had a problem because of a large step to our room so I would have to lift the scooter in and out of the room each time we left. The first room we passed had a built ramp into the room but appeared to be the only one. That’s what we had requested. Remembering that our body clocks were 4 hours different, we were hungry and thirsty so we decided to visit the bar for a drink. We lifted the scooter out of our room and were able to access the ramp going down to the swimming pool which we did. There was another ramp going up to the bar but guess what, yet another step! My husband had to get off his scooter, I had to lift it up and into the bar we went. We had to wake up the bar person, yes, wake her up!! We managed to get served a drink and asked about food. It apparently could be delivered to the bar; what good news we thought. We ordered but then I had to go back up to reception to pay so the order could be processed. This I did. It was only Chicken & Chips but after 2 hours it hadn’t arrived. Our body clocks said the time was about 12pm or 1pm so we told them to cancel the order, I went back up to reception to get my refund. I returned to the bar, had to help my husband negotiate stairs to the toilets then we decided to head back to our room. Down the first ramp from the bar, off the scooter, lift the scooter down the step, then on again to the long ramp from the pool to reception level. The ramp is so steep that we couldn’t get the scooter up there, my husband had to hobble up there, I had to push the scooter and thought I was going to have heart failure by the time I got there. Kadesha will remember all this as I was crying to her whilst trying to recover. We returned to our room, lifting the scooter into the room. I told her we wouldn’t be able to stay and that maybe we should move next door to The Grafton. She said to speak to the manager in the morning and she would leave a note for her. I then realised we needed water so I went back to the bar and was charged TTD37 for a large bottle of water. When I later purchased a bottle from a shop at TTD7, you will realise how overcharged the hotel water was. The following morning, we went to breakfast and that was fine. There was even a ramp down into the restaurant. It’s called the Pinnacle Restaurant and the relevant websites advertise that it is for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. It is not – it is only open for breakfast. Other mentions and photos of various website:- Breezes bar serves food and/or snacks – NOT TRUE Spa – CLOSED – they say you can do appointment only but it’s depressing Gym – OLD, DIRTY & CLOSED UP Hairdresser – NOT AVAILABLE Shop – CLOSED BUT YOU CAN GO TO RECEPTION Swim Up Pool Bar – NOT OPEN AND HASN’T BEEN FOR A WHILE Sun Loungers – NO MATTRESSES The Pool – NO SHADE, NO SERVICE Restaurants – 3 mentioned, only Waves down on the beach does lunch & dinner As a matter of interest, of the 79 rooms in the hotel, we understand from the receptionist that less than 10 were booked. The hotel had no feeling, no ambience, no chat, no interaction with anyone as it was so deserted. It was depressing. After breakfast, I decided that I’d better check out the sister hotel of The Grafton before we made the move there as it might have been no better. I took a walk up and down many steps to look at accessible rooms and made my way to reception. We discussed that I would be seeing the joint manager and a room was suggested which I was then shown. I returned to Le Grand Courlan and met with the manager, Ms. George. I explained the fact that there was no Wheelchair accessible paths of travel, every thing ended in steps. She said we could move next door and they would assist with this after we’d had our breakfast, which she did. The following part of this message is in a review of The Grafton I have lots of photos if anyone might be interested
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Date of stay: March 2023
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€106 - €133 (Based on Average Rates for a Standard Room)
ALSO KNOWN AS
le grand courlan hotel black rock, le grand courlan resort and spa, hotel le grand courlan, grand courlan tobago, le grand courlan tobago
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Frequently Asked Questions about Le Grand Courlan Spa Resort
Which popular attractions are close to Le Grand Courlan Spa Resort?
Nearby attractions include Adventure Farm and Nature Reserve (3.1 km), Nylon Pool (6.6 km), and Pigeon Point Beach (7.1 km).
What are some of the property amenities at Le Grand Courlan Spa Resort?
Some of the more popular amenities offered include a swimup bar, free breakfast, and a pool.
Which room amenities are available at Le Grand Courlan Spa Resort?
Top room amenities include air conditioning, a flat screen TV, and a refrigerator.
What food & drink options are available at Le Grand Courlan Spa Resort?
Guests can enjoy a swimup bar, free breakfast, and an on-site restaurant during their stay.
Is parking available at Le Grand Courlan Spa Resort?
Yes, free parking is available to guests.
What are some restaurants close to Le Grand Courlan Spa Resort?
Conveniently located restaurants include Tobago Paradise Travel and Grill, Edge of the Reef, and The Fish Pot.
Are there opportunities to exercise at Le Grand Courlan Spa Resort?
Yes, guests have access to a pool, a fitness centre, and a sauna during their stay.
Does Le Grand Courlan Spa Resort have airport transportation?
Yes, Le Grand Courlan Spa Resort offers airport transportation for guests. We recommend calling ahead to confirm details.
Are any cleaning services offered at Le Grand Courlan Spa Resort?
Yes, dry cleaning and laundry service are offered to guests.
Does Le Grand Courlan Spa Resort offer any business services?
Yes, guests have access to meeting rooms and conference facilities during their stay.
Are there any historical sites close to Le Grand Courlan Spa Resort?
Many travellers enjoy visiting Fort King George (6.6 km), Fort James (2.1 km), and Courlander Monument (2.2 km).