Coral Bay holiday

This was our young families 3rd trip to St John in as many years. We have a 5 and 3 year old and really love St. John. We have stayed in the Coral Bay area before (a little lower down the mountain) and Great Turtle is head and shoulders above the others as it is higher up the mountain and has fantastic views of Coral Bay. I travel a lot for business and we take many family vacations for skiing and beaching each year and have stayed in many wonderful homes and Great Turtle is right up there with the best of them. The home is nicely appointed and well maintained with a wonderful pool (5 feet deep) that the kids just loved. Villas in Coral Bay provide great value relative to the few one's available on the North Shore and it is just a hop skip and jump to the beaches from the villa. If you want to be close to Cruz Bay I would recommend staying closer to Cruz Bay as it is a bit of a drive into town (but we only go into town once or twice on a weeklong trip anyway) as all of our driving is to/from the beach and down to Coral Bay for groceries or to eat (although there are fewer places to eat in Coral Bay but we find the selection is just fine). I highly recommend this villa for families or couples as the bedrooms are seperated and the pool is wonderful (and can be gated off if you have little one's that do not know how to swim yet).