Description / Location

With an emphasis on sailing and water sports, Bitter End draws active families seeking a tranquil holiday free of television, air-conditioning, and automobiles. The resort is set on 75 acres of steep, green hillside and one mile of ocean shoreline. The main section resembles a Caribbean seaside village, with multicolored buildings, gingerbread trim, and corrugated red-steel roofs. In addition to its complimentary watercraft fleet, the resort offers a mile-long, gently curved oceanfront featuring three beaches, each furnished with cushioned, weathered-teak lounge chairs. One beach, protected from Atlantic Ocean breezes, has calm water ideal for swimming. Another beach offers windsurfing and snorkeling. The resort's swimming pool is bordered by a sundeck with canopy shades.

Accommodations

The resort offers 77 guestrooms in 23 weathered-wood buildings on a rocky hillside overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. Each villa building has two guestrooms and is accessible by steep wood-and-stone stairways and paths past rock formations and through dense flowering gardens. Incorporating fieldstone walls, dark woods, and rattan furniture, rooms are designed for private, open-air living in the resort's natural setting. Ocean-view, wraparound wood verandas under thatched awnings feature two-person hammocks, lounge chairs, and two-chair dining sets. No televisions or radios intrude on the tranquil ambience. Rooms are cooled by ocean breezes and ceiling fans (no air conditioning). Decor includes polished wood floors and blue-and-white bedspreads and throw pillows. Spacious bath suites include dressing areas with walk-in closets, vanity sinks, and separate extra-large stall showers. Rooms are available at the Full American Plan or European Plan (no meals) rate.

Restaurants & Bars

A complimentary cocktail party with appetizers is held on Monday nights for all guests.
Clubhouse Steak & Seafood Grille - Open-air waterfront restaurant decorated with polished woods and hanging yacht-club burgees. Breakfast buffet and to-order egg dishes, waffles. Lunch buffet of salads, fruit, cold cuts, hot dish, desserts. Main courses include à la carte dishes such as lobster-and-crab cakes, eggs Benedict, conch fritters, burgers, fish. Dinner buffet of salads, appetizers, desserts. Main courses include à la carte dishes such as blackened swordfish, barbecued ribs, steaks, broiled lobster, rack of lamb. Friday night seafood buffet. Sunday brunch.
The Carvery - Monday night roast-meat-and-seafood buffet.
Almond Walk - Tuesday night West Indian buffet and live music in starlit, open-air setting near tropical almond trees.

Activities

Use of the resort's fleet of 100 watercraft is complimentary. The fleet includes 11-foot Boston Whaler motorboats, Hobie single and double kayaks, Alden rowing shells, various types of windsurfers, and sailboats such as Hunter 216s, Rhodes 19s, Lasers, Barnett 1400s, Vanguard 15s, and Hobie Waves. Also complimentary are Sunday Regatta racing aboard Lasers and Rhodes 19s. Beginners' and children’s sailing lessons are complimentary.
Fees are charged for use of other vessels, including Freedom 30 sailboats, Bradley 22 powerboats, and an eight-passenger racing sailboat. Available excursions include day sails aboard Cosmic Warlord, deep-sea and fly fishing, glass-bottom boat tours; and day and sunset sails aboard the Paranda racing catamaran (fees charged). Scuba-diving lessons are offered at the resort, as are excursions to reefs and such wreck sites as the RMS Rhone (fees charged). Beginning through advanced sailing and windsurfing lessons are also available (fees charged).
Trips aboard the Ponce de Leon snorkeling boat are complimentary. Snorkeling is also available off the resort's beaches. Use of fins is complimentary; snorkels and masks can be rented at the resort.
Hiking trails include a short walk to a bird-sanctuary salt pond and a climb across the resort's forested hill. Illuminated for after-dark running, a 220-yard jogging path includes 16 exercise stations and an open-air fitness center. From a landing site at the resort, a helicopter service provides sightseeing tours of Virgin Gorda and nearby islands (fee charged). Parasailing is also available (fee charged).