BVI Villa Rental will help you to escape to this tropical paradise and a luxury villa for your vacation. Choose your rental villa and spend days relaxing in the shade of the swaying palms on the stunning white sandy beaches of Tortola or Virgin Gorda, take a swim in the crystal clear waters of the Caribbean or venture out and enjoy the island cuisine. Spectacular sunsets and amazing sunrises will make your dreams come true and memories made.

Through BVI Villa Rental you can experience sailing waters which made history, enjoy the romance and adventure the Caribbean offers. Visit the many hidden coves where pirates lay in wait for treasured vessels, close your eyes and let your imagination run. Spend a day on the sea saltwater fishing and hooking fish such as Bonefish, Tarpon, Marlin, Wahoo, Tuna, and Mahi Mahi. Scuba diving on the islands is popular with the many hidden shipwrecks and coral reefs including the famous wreck of the RMS Rhone.

A BVI Vacation offers much more than just water sports entertainment. Take a walk in the small villages and towns and visit the many quaint local shops and restaurants serving the local cuisine the Caribbean is known for to international fare. Walk the many marked trails around the island and experience the pure beauty the islands have to offer.

A BVI Vacation can offer the tourist so much for their vacation and BVI Villa Rental will insure you the perfect vacation. Selecting the ideal property for your BVI Vacation is important and BVI Villa Rental can assist you with this as well as helping in planning your days away from your chosen villa exploring and experiencing our island paradise.

When thinking about your BVI accommodation, make sure to think about what you plan doing during your vacation. There are many resorts and hotels but to enjoy the true ambiance of the islands it is best to rent a private villa or condo on your chosen island. Villas will range in size but most will be large enough for the entire family and will have a private pool, stunning views and all of the modern conveniences available. The topography of the islands vary as well with some being mountainous while others have gentle slopes and not much above sea level.

The four main islands have a population ranging from two hundred residents to approximately ten thousand on the capital island of Tortola. The development throughout the islands is very controlled keeping them unspoiled and a true paradise vacation destination.

The British Virgin Islands are known all over the world for its sailing and watersports. The lure of history of pirates and swashbucklers has brought people to the islands for their vacation for years. Sailors visit the islands to enjoy a private vessel to explore the many coves of the islands where history was made. There are several vacation charter businesses around the island to choose most types of yachts including large family style yachts.

A vacation on the British Virgin Islands will offer the tourist much more than the expected watersports with a vast array of entertainment for all. Enjoy one of the many tours to historical sites, botanical gardens, secluded beaches, and fine restaurants for lunch with breathtaking views. Many tourists will rent their own car during their BVI Vacation so they can explore the island at their own pace.

Whatever the reason you choose a BVI Vacation you will be insured a vacation to remember.

Beaches to enjoy on your Virgin Island Vacation

No matter the mood, you will find a beach to accommodate you during your BVI vacation. Snorkeling is popular on most beaches and the remoteness of Smuggler’s Cove draws lovers in to spend quality time together in peace. There is only one beach bar which doubles as a watersports rental kiosk.

The Baths on Virgin Gorda

The Baths are a picturesque formation of rocks on Virgin Gorda and most travellers agree that when visiting the islands on your vacation you must include this list of sites to see. Vacationers can climb through granite formations to enjoy the day on the sandy beach in a small area with clear water lapping at the shores. This is such a well known site that it is suggested to arrive early as it can get crowded.

Sailing and Diving during a BVI Vacation

Vacationers all agree that the British Virgin Islands are the yachting capital of the Caribbean. Yachting and sailing are the main attractions when visiting the islands and most rent their boats from charter companies on Tortola. You can rent vessels to simply sail around the islands following in the footsteps of many captains from several hundred years or charter a fishing boat and spend the day catching many of the large game fish. Either way what better way to spend a day!

The crystal clear waters around the British Virgin Islands draw divers annually to venture into the deep around the many local shipwrecks or the coral reefs. One of the most famous diving spots in the world is the RMS Rhone, a British steamer which sunk in 1867. The islands have dive spots for both beginners up to professional and you can find many facilities to rent equipment.

Nightlife and Cuisine to try during your BVI Vacation

If spending a casual evening on a sandy beach or a stool at a beach bar sipping rum as the sun sets, then a BVI Vacation is definitely for you! The busiest areas are in Tortola, the capital of the islands. During your vacation you have to try the cuisine from the small local restaurant offering the Caribbean fare known worldwide to the international cuisine on offer.

No matter which island you choose to rent your accommodation on, a BVI Vacation is one you will remember always and most probably come back to time after time.

Virgin Gorda Vacation Villa

The ideal family Virgin Gorday villa, located within a short walking distance to the Top of the Baths! Mon Repos is situated on more than one acre of fully-fenced flat lawn studded with Virgin Gorda’s famous smooth boulders. A handsome residence with its large landscaped lawn and tiled roofs, Mon Repos offers plenty of room to relax. Other features are cool tile floors, ceilings of beamed cedar, artistic lighting, draperies and window blinds in all bedrooms, and a collection of colorful original art. This is a wonderful villa for children, with three bedrooms all under one roof, the completely-fenced in flat yard with swings, and live tortoises in a pen below the villa to visit. It’s just a quick walk or drive to Top of The Baths with its restaurant, pool, bar and shops, and to the trailhead that leads down to The Baths’ beautiful white sands, huge smooth boulder formations and grottos to explore, swimming, snorkeling, and fun and adventure for the whole family.

Off one end of the Great Room are the air-conditioned media room and the air-conditioned king master suite. The media room is furnished with comfortable lounging sofas and an assortment of games, puzzles, books and DVD movies. Situated just beyond the media room is the spacious and unique master suite. Mon Repos was built around the island’s typical giant granite boulders; in the master suite, one wall interestingly has the smooth side of a boulder embedded, and another smaller boulder forms a table for the TV at the foot of the bed. The large master suite is furnished with a caned antique mahogany West Indian settee, a mahogany desk with a 4-in-one printer/fax, and its own private roofed verandah and a stone patio on which to enjoy morning coffee or watch technicolor sunsets at day’s end. A novel soaking tub with a shower fashioned from native stone, glass block and tile graces the master suite flanked by a tiled vanity with a colorful Mexican ceramic sink. The toilet is in its own separate enclosure with a door

On the opposite side of the Great Room are two more air-conditioned queen bedrooms which share a tiled bath with a shower. Both bedrooms in this wing open out to a connecting covered verandah set with chairs for relaxing in the sea breezes. Right outside of the Great Room is a spacious slate-tiled pool deck set with chaise lounges, chairs and side tables, overlooking the fenced flat lawn – a perfect spot from which to watch the children play below.

Down the stairs is Mon Repos’ air-conditioned apartment suite which comprises the villa’s fourth bedroom. Very private, perfect for a couple who wants seclusion or for older teenagers, this suite has a second kitchen with a dining table, a living area with sofa and Dish Network TV, a tiled bath with shower, and a unique bedroom in which the queen bed is set on a slightly-raised smooth boulder surrounded by tiled flooring!

Rental Cost for this Virgin Gorda Vacation Villa

Season	Beginning Night	Ending Night	No. of People	No. of Bedrooms	Min. Nights	Weekly Rate	Nightly Rate
Winter	5th January 2012	15th April 2012	1-4	2	7	$5,600	$800
			5-6	3	7	$6,300	$900
			7-8	4	7	$7,000	$1,000
Summer	16th April 2012	16th November 2012	1-4	2	5	$4,200	$600
			5-6	3	5	$4,725	$675
			7-8	4	5	$5,250	$750
Thanksgiving	17th November, 2012	23rd November 2012	1-4	2	7	$5,250	$750
			5-6	3	7	$5,250	$750
			7-8	4	7	$5,250	$750
Christmas/ New Year	15th December 2012	4th January 2013	1-4	2	10	$8,400	$1,200
			5-6	3	10	$8,400	$1,200
			7-8	4	10	$8,400	$1,200

The British Virgin Islands, or BVI for short, are some of the most exclusive and least developed islands of the Caribbean, but this only adds to their appeal. The resorts, villas, restaurants and other tourist attractions on this paradisiacal tax haven are known to emphasize spare luxury over sprawling expansion, and they attract travelers with deep pockets and a love for sailing and seclusion. Many travelers who visit come by ferry boat from another Caribbean isle, especially as some find opulent exile too hard to enjoy for longer than a day or two. And some say it’s more ideal to split your time between here, the nearby U.S. Virgin Islands and Anguilla to the east.

Others find more than enough to keep them exclusively anchored by these 60 islands and cays. On Tortola you’ll find mountainous cliffs and bone white beaches, characterized by changing tides and calm easterly winds. A brief sail away, sleepy Jost Van Dyke offers delicious Caribbean food and drink, one of the region’s best New Year’s Eve parties, as well as a few outdoor excursions like diving and fishing. On Virgin Gorda you’ll find The Baths, perhaps the most picturesque shore in the British Virgin Islands, and with good reason: It offers unique grottoes amidst gigantic granite boulders (just be mindful of the daytripping crowds). For supreme seclusion, try Anegada; its slow pace, flat terrain and sparkling sand lies almost overlooked in Caribbean Sea.

The Baths – British Virgin Islands

The Baths in the British Virgin Islands is considered to be one of the best places in the Caribbean to enjoy snorkelling. With grottos and caves which stretch along the coast of Virgin Gorda people can wallow in the tranquil sheltered waters as they lap gently on the shores after discovering and exploring the rocky formations found along it. Diving into these clear blue waters and paddling in the hidden pools will make you think you have found Paradise.

Soufriere Hills Volcano – Montserrat

Soufriere Hills Volcano in Montserrat has kept the islanders aware of the power and magnificence of nature for a very long time. Tourists flock to the island to witness this active volcano and see the devastation that it caused to the island in 1995 when it erupted and buried the southern half of Montserrat under tons of its volcanic ash. The Montserrat Volcano Observatory closely watches over the volcano and monitors every tiny seismic movement that occurs. Tourists can visit the observatory and get a birds’ eye view of the beautiful island from on high.

Bioluminescent Bay – Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico is a popular destination and one of the reasons for this is Bioluminescent Bay. This unique bay is rich in bacteria and the shallow waters are the ideal environment for very particular micro organisms which use bio luminosity as a defence weapon against predators. On a moonlit evening as you swim in these calm waters you disturb these minute creatures and they reward you with a light show all around you. You will truly feel like you are swimming among the stars. The best way to reach the bay is to kayak down the river which leads down to the bay.

The Pitons – St. Lucia

After the island of Montserrat and its magnificent volcano there is nothing more splendid in the Caribbean than the twin volcanic peak of the Pitons on St Lucia. These peaks rise dramatically out of the seas and are now a UNESCO World Heritage site. There are active hot springs and tropical forests inland and amazing coral reefs off the shores of this unique island which is why so many visitors take up the challenge and hike to the top of Gros Piton which is 2,619 feet above sea level. The smaller Petit Piton is off limits to climbers, but the view from Gros Piton has to be seen to be believed.

Bonaire National Marine Park – Dutch Antilles

For the true enthusiast of scuba diving the Bonaire National Marine Park is the ideal destination to enjoy some of the best diving in the world. This marine park literally surrounds the entire island and boasts of the one of the best protected reef systems in the Caribbean. For a truly amazing time diving, kayaking, windsurfing or just lazily swimming and snorkelling in the bluest of blue waters you will feel like you have found one of the most peaceful places on earth.

Pitch Lake – Trinidad

Pitch Lake in Trinidad although it could not be considered as one of the most beautiful of places to visit in the Caribbean is without a doubt the most unique. This 100 acre lake of liquid asphalt is the largest in the entire world and is 350 feet deep. The surfaces of some parts of the lake are so hard that you can actually walk across it, if you can stand the bubbling and rather strong smell that hovers in the air around you. It is worth taking a guided tour so you can be shown how the lake moves constantly, swallowing some things up and spitting out others. It is truly an incredible sight as an estimated six million tons of asphalt lies before your eyes.

El Yunque – Puerto Rico

The famous and beautiful rain forest in El Yunque is a designated US National Park with 28,000 acres of natural forest which is home to thousands of native plants and hundreds of wondrous species of animals. Over 600,000 visitors descend on this exquisite area to have an experience of a lifetime. For those who want to really immerse themselves in the experience it is possible to hike, fish and enjoy camping in a truly natural environment.

Dominica’s Boiling Lake

Reachable only after an arduous mountainous hike, Dominca’s Boiling Lake is the world’s second largest body of naturally hot water.  The heated water is sourced from thermal springs that result from the on-going volcanic activity in the Morne Trois Pitons National Park.  The trail to view the lake is not for the faint-hearted or the unfit. It’s 7 miles of simply stunning scenery that takes you from Laudat village through forests to the lake. The route includes Titou Gorge where brave souls can swim in the plunge pool of the waterfall, Breakfast River, Panorama viewpoint and the Valley of Desolation where you can see steam escaping from the vents that feed the lake. It’s well worth 3 hours of anyone’s time to take the trail to the Boiling Lake – not only one of the Caribbean’s amazing natural feature’s but the world’s.

So now you know, the beauty of the Caribbean isn’t just embodied in sublime palm fringed white sand beaches and crystal blue waters. Mother Nature has painted the Caribbean with her very best brush.

British Virgin Islands (BVI) born artist Aragorn Dick-Read is travelling to China to make the biggest Fire Ball in the world at the 12th Annual China Changchun International Sculpture Symposium. The 10-foot sculpture will be twice the size of anything he has made before and is expected to be a dramatic addition to the Changchun World Sculpture Park collection.

Aragorn, who will be carrying a BVI flag and a message of greetings to the Mayor of Changchun from the BVI Tourist Board director Ms Hadassa Ward, will be in China for six weeks to complete the sculpture.

“It is a great honour to have been invited by the Changchun Municipal Government to take part in this prestigious International Sculpture Symposium,” said Aragorn. “I am excited at the prospect of making such a large Fire Ball and proud to be representing the Virgin Islands at this international event. Taking my art from one of the smallest countries in the world to the largest country in the world is certainly a great privilege and it is a very positive step for the BVI to be present at the frontier of global sculpture development.”

The Fire Ball has become Aragorn’s signature work of art. The large outdoor sculptures are made from steel spheres varying in size from 1 foot to 5 feet, from which Aragorn then cuts out intricate designs of human figures, animals, symbols and patterns. The images and scenes have their full impact when a fire is lit inside the Fire Balls, silhouetting the designs against the fire, bringing them to life and entrancing the viewer. When placed on water the impact is amplified by the contrasting elements and reflections.

The 2011 China Changchun International Sculpture Symposium will be the twelfth held since the completion of the Changchun World Sculpture Park in 1997. The park is the largest of its kind in the world displaying works from 130 countries by over 400 artists. From late July to early September invited sculptors will participate in the Symposium and create their works of art to be exhibited in the park.  All participants will be provided with a studio, all the necessary equipment, an assistant and a translator.

For more information visit: www.aragornbvi.com

Virgin Gorda Vacation Villa

Aquamare is a secluded enclave in the on Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin Islands and comprises of three 8,000 square-foot, five-bedroom villas. Each of these Stunning Virgin Gorda Vacation Villas are situated on a different elevation and surrounded by lush landscaping for maximum privacy, yet angled to maximize views of the breathtaking Sir Francis Drake Channel.The Aquamare Villas offer an on-site concierge to coordinate all services necessary to make your Virgin Gorda stay a most enjoyable one. From coordinating boat excursions along Sir Francis Drake channel to a sunset brunch, or coordinating in-villa services providing you full support when you need it.

Guests have the rare option of renting more than one Virgin Gorda villa, or even all three, to accommodate large gatherings of up to 36 people in one private enclave. Aquamare’s private Beach Park is the ideal setting for destination weddings and small meetings.A dream home away from home can best describe the feeling of an Aquamare beachfront villa. Use of local stonework, rich hardwoods, travertine marble and 30-foot vaulted ceilings surrounded by lush landscape are hallmark features of Aquamare.

Each villa is designed with a private waterfront infinity pool with unobstructed views of the Drake Channel, gourmet kitchen and inside and outside dining areas for group gatherings. With three elegant master suites, one double room and one studio, each villa accommodates up to 12 guests or family members in its own 8,000 sq.ft open air living space.

All of the five-bedrooms villas feature comfortable spacious areas and ample balconies with spectacular oceanviews. But a distinguishing feature of the Aquamare experience is located in each of the spa suites: open, yet completely sheltered marbel bath areas with separate outdoor shower rooms.

Rental Cost for this Virgin Gorda Vacation Villa

Aquamare Villas Rates

Select from a wide variety of accommodation styles all of which boast their own private balconies ,some of which feature private Jacuzzis, full kitchen facilities and alfresco dining terraces.  The one bedroom villas come equipped with a king size bed or two twin size beds, air-conditioning, ceiling fan, coffee maker, direct dial telephone, in-room safe, iron & ironing board and cable TV.

The 2 and 3 bedroom villas are split on two levels with the lower floor featuring an oceanview bedroom with a king-size bed, a bathroom with shower and private terrace. The upper floor features one or two bedrooms with a king-size bed and bathroom with shower, as well as a large living room with a full kitchen and outside deck with dining table and gas grill.

The island’s colonial history is reflected throughout, such as the main building suggestive of a plantation house, the beach restaurant set in an 18th-century sugar mill and many of the private villas evoking traditional island homes. In addition to historic elements, Long Bay’s leisure activities and dining opportunities fulfill all the requirements of a contemporary tropical resort.

Leisure activities include a swimming pool, tennis courts, fitness room and scuba-diving facilities, as well as a Wellness Spa & Salon; while the venues range from hillside, poolside or beachfront and the cuisine varying from informal grills and fresh seafood to Continental specialties and traditional Italian favorites.

Long Bay Resort & Villas Rates

The three bedroom luxury townhouses are situated within walking distance to both the beach and neighbouring shops.

Set on 3 levels,  the townhouses are available for vacation and offer a stylish interior, together with sleek and modern appliances, mains water and back-up generator power.

In addition, each townhouse includes a private decking area with air conditioning throughout.

Guests have full access to the Nanny Cay Hotel’s facilities including the freshwater oceanfront swimming pool and beach, local restaurants, boutique shops, supermarket, fitness centre, dive shop, beauty spa, hairdresser and a host of other amenities.

The fact that you are on the water with direct access to Sir Francis Drake channel ensures that you will never run out of activities with which to entertain yourselves.  Road Town is only a short 10-minute drive and the glorious beaches of the North Shore are a similardistance away.

It goes without saying that the crime rate is very low within the community, but for that extra piece of mind, Nanny Cay provides a 24-hour security service for all residents.

Nanny Cay Townhouses Rates