Paynes Bay holiday apartment: St James

Shades is a real home from home in a tranquil, tropical, paradise setting. The apartment layouts are well thought out and mimic the details on the Shades website to a tee. Waking up to the vivid, colourful landscape was always a pleasure. When looking for holiday accomodation, the fact that it was a family run set up pushed the right buttons for me. My 8 year old son found a mentor in Bernard, one of the proprietors, and literally learned to swim within 2 days of being there. It was cool to be part of a larger family and still have time to lyme by the pool or within the patio area attached to the apartment.
The facilities are very accessible, spacious and tastefully chic in decoration and furnishings. They were also very clean and well maintained. All residents have the freedom to come and go as they please (there is plenty to see in Barbados) public transport being very close or car rental available by arrangement.
It is clear the staff all love their jobs and ensured that all our needs were catered for on request.
I will definitely recommend Shades to all heading to this beautiful island.

I had a fabulous worry free holiday. Thanks guys you are great!!

Having visited barbados twice before, we were unable to stay in our usual accomodation,so we decided to do a dual centre, the first week was fine, but wow when we arrived at Shades we were blown away. The accomodation was superb, it is the perfect retreat to relax and enjoy everything Barbados has to offer.

Shades is in the great location in St James, in a quiet location, so you are not disturbed with traffic noise, but still only a couple of minutes from the main road which has a regular bus service into Holetown, where there is a great selection of restaurants and bars.

The beach is a couple of minutes walk away, or else you can plug your ipod in by the pool!

Jackie and Errol are the perfect hosts, not forgetting Mac, we miss you all and hope to return again soon. Thanks for making our holiday so perfect.

My boss recommended Shades to my boyfriend and I and we were not disappointed! Neither of us had been to Barbados before but had heard how beautiful but expensive it could be. Our stay at Shades made this holiday the best ever and we would not dream of staying anywhere else but Shades. With it's lush and colourful vegetation, exotic gardens, clean and modern apartments, relaxing atmosphere and super friendly staff, you won't ever want to leave! Jacqui and Errol work so hard to ensure your stay is as memorable as possible and you can tell they genuinely love what they do! God bless you both and kindest regards to dad! See you next year!