Elbow Beach
In the next few years, when the last stroke of clotted cream–colored paint is applied to the grand dowager duchess of Bermuda resorts, when the last lacy fan of dried marine algae is mounted in a box frame and hung, Elbow Beach will be rebranded as a Mandarin Oriental resort. (The company currently holds only the management contract.) Guests can already see the transformation in the 235 guest rooms and the spa. Scuttled once and for all are the juicy pinks and greens and the hothouse florals. In place of that endearing look is a soothing and serene palette, with sharp tailored furniture in blond wood and natural wicker. The spa, with its bamboo floors, hand-carved granite tubs, and river-rock showers, is a page from the same stylish book.
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From Travel + Leisure , JUN 2007
It still offers two distinct experiences: one to those staying in the hulking five-story main building, the other to guests in the colony of intimate, classic Bermudan cottages posed here and there above the hotel's private half-mile beach....MORE>>
From Food & Wine , JUN 2004
An ongoing, multimillion-dollar face-lift is helping this resort shed its reputation as a preppy outpost for honeymooning New Englanders. A big update is Scott Connor's innovative cooking at the signature restaurant, the Seahorse Grill, which looks out over one of Bermuda's prettiest pink beaches....MORE>>
Last updated June 2007
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