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A romantic stairway leading to suites and rooms at Cap Maison. Photo: Cap Maison
When pilot Jake Pavelka handed out the final two roses on The Bachelor: On the Wings of Love, it was at Cap Maison, a stunning property in St. Lucia.
While we don't know yet if Jake will choose Vienna or Tenley on the March 1 finale, we do know that the trio spent some time at one amazing St. Lucia resort.
Cap Maison opened only one year ago in a location above Smugglers Beach on the northwest side of the island. It's a former sugar plantation with 1,500 acres of rolling hills. Flush with beautiful design – as well as ocean views that really are as beautiful as your television's pixels claim – the property is extremely lavish.
Accommodations are in three class levels: ocean- or garden-view rooms, junior suites and ocean-view suites. The more affordable of the rooms – with views of the ocean or gardens – feature hand-painted blue, mustard-yellow and white tiles and sinks in the bathroom, as well as private verandas to soak up the view.
One of the rooms at Cap Maison, with St. Lucia's waters in full view. Photo: Cap Maison
Hand-painted tiles in gorgeous blue, white and mustard-yellow. Photo: Cap Maison
Yet it's within the suites where the hotel is most luxurious.
While they all have hand-painted tiles and copper sinks in the kitchen, as well as tumbled marble and travertine basins in the bathroom (and a large soaking tub), the Oceanview Villa Suite totals a whopping 3,000 square feet. There's a private pool and terrace within that space too.
In the other two classes of suites is either a whirlpool (nestled into the private veranda, with views of the turquoise waters) or a private pool. Sheer white netting can be tied around the bed posts, too, for even more privacy. Warm tones of wood on the doorways and windows make all of the rooms a cozy enclave, which is probably the intent for The Bachelor contestants, of course.
Luxurious, deep sinks in the suites. Photo: Cap Maison
A cave wine cellar houses 1,500 wine bottles to pair with a tapas menu (items like ceviche of island conch and a citrus fruit salad, or Jamaican jerk sausages with whipped sweet potatoes) at Cliff at Cap, which sources a lot of fresh produce and even has a "sweet memories" menu (including hot hazelnut and almond soufflé).
A sunset and cool breeze = recipe for a fabulous dinner date? Photo: Cap Maison
With cherry-wood moldings and a full kitchen, not to mention the views, the property's boat provides a mini getaway. Photo: Cap Maison
Reader comments (Page 1 of 2)
OMG...Gorgeous place. Perhaps someday...
ReplyThe boat, Cap Maison 1, was the icing on the cake for me! I would love to stay on the boat for a few days, too! Would love to one day experience staying at a resort like that.
First few shows I truly liked bachelor Jake. I missed one week and he turns into another typical "male zipper brain".
ReplyTurns out he does hold a grudge. I remember thinking that regarding a past show and dismissed the thought. Last night when Allie called him to say she had made a mistake and wanted to come back, up popped his childish attiude.
Oh well, look for Allie as the next bachelorette !
Allie was a "plant" right from the beginning to stir up trouble with Vienna - and Jake was in on it of course.
No way! Allie is a whiner, whiner, whiner! She did NOT have to leave, that was a PLOY and it backfired on her. Good. I dont' blame him! And I don't think she'll be the next Bachelorette, I think Gia will be. At least she should be.
If she does I will not look at first show that she is on because all she has wanted to do is keep trouble stirred up in the house from day 1.
I disagree ...Ali was a trouble maker from the beginning...I watched every episode and can't remember any reason why she was on vienna's case .Girls can be" catty' and Ali was the no.1 manipulator.Ali will never be the next bachelorette....I think Gia deserves it because she was the nicest girl from the beginning...
These 2 girls left seem really immature and I was hoping he would keep with Gia.. Oh well, so now i hope it is not vienna as she looks crossed eyed to me , cannot tell who she is looking at and the Tenley is young.... BIG MISATAKE KJAKE, U SHOULD OF STUCK WITH GIA.. SHE HAD CLASS AND WAS SOMETHING SPECIAL... GOOD LUCK...
ReplyBeth, what show are YOU watching? Tenly is not 'young' and immature, she's 25 or 26. Vienna is only 23 and she IS immature.
Tenly is just very sweet and almost timid. But she's not immature. There IS a difference.
This show unfortunately is rapidly going down hill......The same stock replies are everso boring.........Can almost predict what's going to be said. This one's not for real........OK producers.......quit trying to make something out of nothing!
ReplyI think that it's a shame he's gotten so many horrid women. The hags they set him up with have become gossip fodder for every tabloid on the rack, and every rag sheet out there has a list a mile long of all the stripper joins Vienna has worked in. She is a dime store hooker if you ask me! Tenley is just boring and goodie two shoes. Neither of them are good for him. Ali was ok but she pulled a moron move and it backfired on her. Come on ABC, don't you hire someone to screen these girls??
ReplyI agree Gia was a a rose amongst the thorns...not just her beauty ...she was a nice and good girl.....I wanted her to win ...but...Tenley is still mentioning her husband too much and comparing him to jake ...Not good...I don't think he will pick her.
ReplyThis is the worst Bachelor ever. It seems phony. He is falling in love with 4, then 3 and now 2. He spent the night with 3 of them. Two pretty girls and one want-to-be. While he is out flying she is home stripping, being a topless calendar girl or Daddy's Little Princess. It kind of makes me want to gag.
ReplyI agree with you. This is the worst one I have ever seen. Gia was the obvious pick but I think Jake can't tell the difference between a classy girl and slut. Tenley is sweet but who knows for sure if she is over her ex.
i hope jake picks tenly. i have heard he gives vienna the last rose.
Replyloved gina but he didn't.
EEWWWW Vienna! Uggo, horseface and seems like she hiding something!!!
ReplyTotally agree with almost everyone that Tenley is a goodie-two-shoes and Vienna may as well be a hooker!! she even has a hooker name! Tenley is more marriage material, though even though she really needs to shut up about her ex-husband already!! I like Jake better than I thought I would, but I can't believe his terrible taste in women! no wonder he is still unmarried!! I heard that he does not choose either of them....we will see!
Replyin the sea of blond, it was refreshing to see a brunette. however, one that could form sentences would have been nice. gia offered nothing.
ReplyDid anyone pick up on the fact that when Jake asked if tenly and Vienna wanted kids,
ReplyTenly answered straight away she would love to have his kids and Vienna said ' not right away she would know when tiem was right.' She doesn't want kids because then she would have to share Jake and Vienna does not like to share Jake with anybody, not even their kids. She wouldn't be the center of his attention.
I noticed the same thing that you did. However I think she doesn't want kids at all. I think her plan right along was to use this time of being seen on television to help promote a modeling career. Who knows why she is butt ugly.
Like almost all the bachelors, Jake is going to choose the wrong girl, which, in the case, is Vienna. She's munipulative and selfish, but of coure, Jake can't see it. Jake is just as fooled by her as she had planned. Yuk!!
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