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• 12,000-square-foot 7-bedroom deluxe staffed villa with panoramic ocean view
• 5 minutes from beaches and 3 world-class golf courses: Half Moon, White Witch and Cinnamon Hill
• full staff: chef, butler, housekeeper, laundress, gardener
• private tennis court
• 20'x 40' infinity-edge pool with 33" deep shallow section for youngsters
• child friendly: complimentary crib, high chair and playpen
• poolside open-air shower and shaded gazebo
• large heated whirlpool with glorious ocean view
• outdoor barbecue and picnic area on west lawn ~ a spacious grassy play area for children
• air-conditioned bar and exercise room with pool table on lower level ~ opens to pool terrace
• air-conditioned media room with 42" plasma television with cable and DVD
• complimentary high speed Internet access ~ computer, fax, copier, scanner and printer
• complimentary overseas calls to US, UK and Canada
• safes, hairdryers and flat-screen cable televisions in all bedrooms
• treadmill, an elliptical, exercise bike, free weights and yoga balls
• 2-line phone system with room-to-room intercom
• free calls to North America ~ also 2 complimentary cell phones
• electronic security
• Completed in 2006, Belle Abri (“beautiful sanctuary”) is a spacious home overlooking the Half Moon golf course, Ritz Carlton and vast vista of Caribbean Sea. The architecture is dramatic ~ the view is breathtaking.

Six well-appointed bedrooms are in the main house, including an extraordinarily spacious master suite. The seventh bedroom is a separate cottage with kitchenette and is located just off the pool terrace. Dining tables are in both the large mid-level living area and outside on the long covered verandah. The hot tub is adjacent to the verandah and has a superb ocean view.

The infinity-edge pool has the unique feature of a defined children’s pool area, separated from the deeper pool by an underwater partition. Child friendly, Belle Abri provides a complimentary crib, high chair and playpen.

Just five minutes down the hill is the colorful Half Moon Shopping Village with designer clothing, jewelry and cigar shops, variety of restaurants and the MoBay Hope medical center. Equally near are tennis, horseback riding and the water sports center. Montego Bay, beautiful Doctor's Cave Beach and the lively "hip strip" are 15 minutes west of Belle Abri. Half Moon ~ with private beach, tennis, fitness center, water sports, food and beverage, and dolphin lagoon ~ is just five minutes downhill from the villa.

Accommodations
All bedrooms feature high-gloss bamboo floors, flat screen cable television, DVD and CD players, en suite bathrooms with self-closing Italian Toto toilets, armoires, closet safes and quiet remote control air conditioners. All bathrooms offer hairdryers, conditioning shampoo and body lotion.

Upstairs
Master Bedroom
Kingsize 4-poster bed and dressing room; en-suite bathroom with hot tub, walk-in shower with
massage jets, bidet and second shower that is open-air and has rainfall showerhead. This entire suite is 900 square feet in size and opens to a balcony and grand ocean view.

Chinese Room
Kingsize 4-poster bed, walk-in closet, en-suite bathroom with tub-shower combination, balcony and grand ocean view.

Shell Room
Optional kingsize or twin beds, en-suite bathroom with walk-in shower, small balcony, partial ocean view.

Blue Lagoon
Queen bed, walk-in closet, and en-suite bathroom with tub-shower combination. Opens to small porch and ocean view.

Palm Room
Queen bed, walk-in closet, and en-suite bathroom with walk-in shower. Opens to balcony with partial ocean view.

Main Floor
Bamboo Room
Kingsize bed and en-suite bathroom with walk-in shower (the only wheelchair-accessible bedroom).
Opens to living-dining-verandah area.

Poolside Apartment
Canary Cottage
Separate cottage with queensize bed, en-suite bathroom with tub-shower combination, and kitchenette. Opens to pool terrace and adjacent exercise, bar and pool table room. This room is nearby but quite private (a teenager‘s dream cottage).

This page updated Nov 11, 2011 Linda Smith
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