Siesta Hotel

English, French and Spanish are spoken by the hotel team, so you can deal with the practical bits of a dive holiday without resorting to mime before breakfast. Siesta Hotel is a 37-room hotel in Saint George, with a pool, a restaurant, a bar and the sort of services that make a stay easier when your main ambition is to eat, shower and sit down.

The mood is straightforward rather than showy. You have a garden, a terrace, free Wi-Fi throughout the hotel and a choice of rooms, suites and apartments, including options with kitchens and dining areas. For a diving holiday, that gives you a useful base in Grenada: somewhere to recover between outings, keep a few supplies in the fridge and leave the grand performance to the sea.

The address is on Morne Rouge Street in Grand Anse, within Saint George, Grenada. The hotel sits 4 km from the city centre, while Grand Anse Beach, Morne Rouge Beach and Portici Beach are among the nearby places to explore. Beach access is on foot, with sun loungers and parasols available when you want the less complicated version of a day by the water.

The surroundings give you more than a hotel car park and a view of another building. Excursions can take you towards Grand Etang National Park, waterfalls, the Spice Market and Grand Anse Beach, with the hotel able to help arrange outings. A golf course is 3 km away, and car hire is available if you prefer to set your own route through the island rather than follow a timetable.

The room choice is broad enough to match different versions of a dive trip. A simple single room keeps things uncomplicated for solo travel, while double rooms come with either a double bed or twin beds. Triple and quadruple options make more sense when the room is shared by a small group, and several categories offer sea, ocean or water views for the important business of checking the horizon without leaving bed.

For a couple who want more space around the post-dive clutter, the suites and apartments are the practical step up. Selected suites and standard apartments include air conditioning, a fridge, microwave, kitchen, dining area, patio, Wi-Fi and a safe; some apartments also have a fan. That is useful when you want to make tea, store cold drinks or prepare something small rather than dress up and go out every evening.

Room equipment varies by category, so the exact choice matters. Air conditioning appears in selected rooms, suites and apartments, while some categories add a bath, shower, television, desk, iron, hairdryer or private bathroom. The apartment layouts are particularly suited to longer stays or to anyone who prefers a little domestic control after several days of early starts, wet kit and meals taken at odd hours.

Calypso is the hotel restaurant, set by the pool and serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. Its cooking is international with a Caribbean influence, which gives you familiar territory on a tired evening without removing Grenada from the plate. Dinner is available on site, so you do not have to turn every hungry return from the water into a taxi mission.

Breakfast comes as either a buffet or an à la carte meal, with service from 7.00 am. That is a useful start for a dive day, although no dedicated early-diver breakfast or packed lunch is specified, so check the arrangement if your boat leaves before the first coffee has properly taken effect.

There is one bar, The Juice Bar, focused on freshly made fruit juice using locally sourced tropical produce. It is the right sort of detail for a hot island afternoon: cold, simple and less ambitious than a cocktail list. The hotel also has room service, while the meal arrangements attached to a booking depend on the rate selected.

The outdoor set-up is easy to understand: a swimming pool, an outdoor pool and a sun terrace, with the beach reachable on foot. The garden and terrace give you somewhere to sit when you have had enough salt water but are not ready to spend the rest of the day indoors. A spa is also available among the hotel services for those who prefer their recovery to involve someone else doing the work.

When you want to move rather than lounge, the hotel can help with hiking, cycling, fishing and boat excursions. The excursions extend beyond the immediate coast, with Grand Etang National Park, waterfalls, the Spice Market and Grand Anse Beach among the options. Wildlife observation and cultural outings are also part of the programme, so a non-diving day need not become a referendum on whether the television works.

Families have access to babysitting and childcare services, and children aged 11 and under can stay with an extra bed available. Free parking makes the hotel workable for a self-drive stay, while the pool and beach access give non-diving companions somewhere to spend the day.

The reception is open around the clock, with express check-in and check-out available. Check-in runs from 3.00 pm until 5.30 am, and check-out is by noon, which is useful if your arrival crosses into the early hours or your flight leaves later in the day. Luggage storage is available for the awkward gap between leaving the room and leaving the island.

Airport transfers can be arranged through the hotel, either as a private service or a shared shuttle, with the transfer to be booked with the hotel. Car hire is also available, and free on-site parking makes that option more practical. Excursion assistance, concierge support, currency exchange and ticket assistance cover the small logistical jobs that otherwise have a habit of appearing just when you are trying to dry off.

Free Wi-Fi is available throughout the hotel. Laundry, dry cleaning and ironing services are available, with some laundry and dry-cleaning services chargeable. Rooms and public areas include air conditioning, and the hotel accepts cash, Visa and Mastercard. Electricity is 230 volts at 50 Hz, using Type G sockets.