Aurora Anguilla is a five-star resort hotel in South Hill,

Anguilla Anguilla ( ) is a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is one of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles, lying east of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and directly north of Saint Martin. The terr ...

. Until 2021, it was known as the CuisinArt Resort and Spa. It was founded after

Leandro Rizzuto Leandro P. "Lee" Rizzuto (April 10, 1938 – December 3, 2017) was an American billionaire businessman, and the chairman and co-founder of Conair Corporation, which was almost fully owned by him. Early life He was born in Brooklyn, the son of Jul ...

, owner of

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and its subsidiary

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, purchased the property with the intention of making it a private home. However, since Anguilla does not permit foreigners to build beachfront homes, he chose to make it a hotel instead. It opened in November 1999. It was sold to Richard M. Schulze's Olympus Ventures around 2020. Salamander Hotels and Resorts took over management in April 2022. The resort is inspired by the Greek island of

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. It contains wicker furniture and Haitian paintings on the walls. The formal evening restaurant of the hotel is ''Santorini'' and the informal ''Meditarraneo'' bar is by the pool. Its Venus Spa contains 16 treatment rooms and a heated Thalasso pool of seawater. The resort contains a notable hydroponic farm which is said to offer an opportunity for excellent practical training for students completing their degree or technical diploma program. It contains

greenhouses A greenhouse (also called a glasshouse, or, if with sufficient heating, a hothouse) is a structure with walls and roof made chiefly of transparent material, such as glass, in which plants requiring regulated climatic conditions are grown.These s ...

covering some 18,000 square feet, manufactured by Agra Tech, Inc and two ponds which are used to grow

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* Hotels in Anguilla Buildings and structures completed in 1999 Hotels established in 1999 Hotel buildings completed in 1999 1999 establishments in British Overseas Territories {{Anguilla-stub