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Eden Rock, St Barths is a luxury resort in
Saint Barthélemy Saint Barthélemy, officially the Collectivité territoriale de Saint-Barthélemy, also known as St. Barts (English) or St. Barth (French), is an overseas collectivity of France in the Caribbean. The island lies about southeast of the island ...
in the Caribbean, jutting out on a craggy
quartzite Quartzite is a hard, non- foliated metamorphic rock that was originally pure quartz sandstone.Essentials of Geology, 3rd Edition, Stephen Marshak, p 182 Sandstone is converted into quartzite through heating and pressure usually related to tecton ...
bluff overlooking the Baie de Saint Jean on the central north coast. The resort is very popular with the rich and famous. '' U.S. News'' Travel ranks it as the best hotel on the island, and was included in ''Travel and Leisure''s 500 World's Best Hotels for 2015.


Artist-in-residence

The resort is one of the few in the world to have an
artist-in-residence Artist-in-residence (also Writer-in-residence), or artist residencies, encompass a wide spectrum of artistic programs that involve a collaboration between artists and hosting organisations, institutions, or communities. They are programs that pr ...
. The resort's owner is also its artist-in-residence: Jane Spencer Matthews, who studied art in both South Africa and at London University's Slade School of Art. Jane established The Eden Rock Gallery in the 1990s. Following their purchase of the resort, Jane and her husband, co-owner David Matthews, extended the complex extensively, and also renovated the hotel's original 1950s décor.


History

The resort was established in the 1950s by St Barth's politician Rémy de Haenen (d.2008) who sold it to the Matthews family in 1995. It was reportedly frequented by
Greta Garbo Greta Garbo (born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson; 18 September 1905 – 15 April 1990) was a Swedish-American actress and a premier star during Hollywood's Silent film, silent and early Classical Hollywood cinema, golden eras. Regarded as one of the g ...
and
Howard Hughes Howard Robard Hughes Jr. (December 24, 1905 – April 5, 1976) was an American Aerospace engineering, aerospace engineer, business magnate, film producer, and investor. He was The World's Billionaires, one of the richest and most influential peo ...
; Garbo once checked in for three days under the alias of Suzy Schmidt, but loved it so much that she stayed for three weeks. The hotel was seriously damaged by
Hurricane Irma Hurricane Irma was an extremely powerful and devastating tropical cyclone that was the first Category 5 hurricane to strike the Leeward Islands on record, followed by Hurricane Maria, Maria two weeks later. At the time, it was considered ...
in 2017.Stephanie Rosenbloom
After Maria and Irma: Caribbean Tourism, Island by Island
''New York Times'' (Sept. 22, 2017).


Facilities

Eden Rock contains 32 rooms and suites and 2 villas. The original rooms are described as being "stuffed with antiques, family heirlooms, silver fixtures, steamer trunks, four-poster beds and watercolours of local scenes". The beach houses contain one to three bedrooms. The Howard Hughes Suite is above the main building on the rock, and features hardwood floors, three verandahs offering 360-degree panoramas, and two bathrooms uniquely clad in welded copper. The Rockstar Suite opened in 2010, described as being a " stunner with four master suites, a screening room, a fully-equipped recording studio, a pool table, a private pool, and a dedicated butler," costing $130,000 for a week's stay. The Villa Nina features two bedrooms, and its own pool and art gallery. The resort is served by two restaurants, "The On The Rocks" and "The Sand Bar", headed by chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten.


References


External links


Official website
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