Not that there are any guests to notice.
The hotel is abandoned, its peeling facade a symbol of the decline of an island once dubbed the "Pearl of the Caribbean" that has been robbed of its shine by a severe economic crisis.
A short drive away by car, a herd of cows grazes in front of another vacant former five-star hostelry, Lagunamar.
It looks as if an earthquake ripped through here, tearing the roof off a pool-side pavilion, tossing lamps and toilets around the garden and leaving mounds of rubble. Читать дальше...