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The road through the area of Sandy Lane Bay is overhung with lush
vegetation and reeks of wealth. In Barbados, the name Sandy Lane
is synonymous with the grandest of the island's hotels, whose list
of repeat celebrity guests is impressive.
The place guards its
guests jealously behind high walls and security guards.
Nevertheless, as part of its deal with the government to get
permission for the hotel (and the re-routing of the coastal road
that it involved), the owners promised to provide a ten-meter right
of way to the south of the property, giving public access to the
shore.
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Today that access is still there and, if you've got the
energy, you can wander down to the bay past the tall
casuarinas and manchineel trees.
The sweep of gently shelving sand, backed by the elegant
hotel (completely rebuilt by its new Irish owners between
1998 and 2001), is magnificent.
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