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Re: Grand Case In April 2023
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10/24/2022 07:29 PM
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Le Petit is quite a ways from where the majority of restaurants are, and there are no sidewalks on the main section of road. I personally would not feel comfortable walking there. The hotel itself is very nice. I have to assume that you know that Le Petit is owned by the same folks that own Le Esplanade. You might check with them to see if they have any transfers provided to restaurant row from the hotel. I believe that Esplanade does provide transfers to restaurant row, but you should check with them. As far as other nice hotels in that area, I could definitely recommend Grand Case Beach Club. There is a restaurant there on the property, and it's a much shorter walk to restaurant row. There are several nice Air B & B type places in Grand Case, but I don't know of any particular ones to recommend for sure. A few years ago, we saw one that was immediately across the street from Le Cottage, but I do not know the name of it.
Not to put a stick in your plans, but have you considered Orient Village?? Since Irma, to ME, I think the choices in Orient Village outshine Grand Case for walkability. And there are still some parts of Grand Case that haven't totally recovered from Irma. There are a million (well, maybe not literally!!), but there are a TON of townhouses to stay in, in Orient Village where you can walk to the many different restaurants in the Village, and enjoy everything that is there. As far as hotels, Orient Beach Hotel gets really good reviews, and it is just off the Village Square. It's not in the category of Le Petit or Le Esplanade, but the beach is outstanding and there are several great lunch restaurants on the beach, in addition to those in the Village for dinner.
Best wishes and enjoy!
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Re: Grand Case In April 2023
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10/24/2022 08:53 PM
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Walking during the DAY is fine, anywhere in Grand Case.
As far as Orient Village restaurants are concerned, I think they very much compare with Grand Case restaurants now. And I personally really love the vibe of Orient Village. As I said, there are some parts of Grand Case that still have damage from Irma..
As far as walking from GCBC to restaurant row, it is a much shorter distance than Le Petit. I have to say that I PERSONALLY wouldn't do it, but I do not do much walking in general, due to physical issues. Again, I would check with GCBC to see if they provide transportation to restaurant row.
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Re: Grand Case In April 2023
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04/03/2023 02:02 PM
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I know I'm late to this but my input: we have walked from Le Petit to restaurant row in the past but didn't feel comfortable with all the traffic and no sidewalks. Better to take their shuttle. Our last trip was the year before Irma and W at Grand Case Beach Club. We walked every night and felt very comfortable. I know that they also offer a shuttle. We're staying again in June and so looking forward to it.
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Re: Grand Case In April 2023
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04/03/2023 08:08 PM
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We stayed at Le Petit Hotel last year and Bleu Emeraude (basically next door) last month and I thought I could provide some additional input. We walked to/from the restaurants each night, and this year we did have my in-laws with us who are in their mid 80s. We never bothered with the shuttle last year. We were planning to arrange taxis for them each night (Bleu Emeraude does not have a shuttle) but they wanted to give walking a shot the first night and they were ok with it for the rest of our trip. Most of the restaurants are about 1 km from Le Petit Hotel - about 15-20 minutes walking at a leisurely pace, or about 10-15 minutes walking at our usual pace without my in-laws. They took a taxi one night back from Spiga ($10) as it's a little further away (1.5 km) but other than that they walked.
The first 400 m of the walk from the hotel to where the road splits (at Captain Frenchy) is the problem - the sidewalk is poor or very narrow in parts. Once on the one-way boulevard, the walking is easy. So on this 400 m, we just took it slowly and carefully. Some cars coming? We waited until they passed by and then proceeded a little further forward. We found the walk back a little easier because there is less traffic later at night.
But you do have the shuttle option, and it's easy to get taxis too. I think you will like Le Petit Hotel a lot, and Remy, Yamina and Myriam will take good care of you. As you know, as a guest there you can go over to Hotel L'Esplanade and use their pool area, which is certainly a nice place to relax and have lunch and drinks around the pool.
Our restaurants this trip were Spiga, Le Cottage, Bistrot Caraibes, La Villa, L'Auberge Gourmande, and Villa Royale (all excellent although Spiga and Le Cottage were my favorites). We also did a super-casual Friday pizza night takeout meal from Rotisserie/Pizzeria Les 3P which is just 200 m from Le Petit Hotel - it doesn't look like much but we had a great pizza, small rotisserie chicken and a big salad that we brought back to our hotel. I would suggest making some reservations before your trip, if you still have time. If you're there on a Tuesday night when Les Mardis de Grand Case goes, definitely make reservations for that night because it's busy. We happened to have reservations that night for 6:30pm at Bistrot Caraibes and when we were done, we walked out just in time to catch the parade.
Have a great trip!
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