Four-star Endeavour Bay, Mustique
The Cotton House
A cotton warehouse from the 1700s, rebuilt by Oliver Messel as the hotel of Mustique, with seventeen rooms and suites on thirteen acres above Endeavour Bay.
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- Rooms
- 17, including 9 suites
- Grounds
- 13 acres on Endeavour Bay
- Building
- 18th-century warehouse, redesigned by Oliver Messel
- From the airstrip
- A few minutes by car, our estimate
The hotel
Messel's first job on Mustique.
The main house was built in the eighteenth century as a warehouse for cotton, with a sugar mill beside it, and it is the oldest building on the island. Soon after Colin Tennant bought Mustique, he had it turned into a place to stay. The British designer Oliver Messel took the job with Arne Hasselqvist, the island's architect; it was their first work together here.
Messel's Great Room survives, with wood panelling, a vaulted ceiling and an oval art deco bar. The pool bar now sits in the island's original sugar mill. Around them, cottages and suites spread across thirteen acres of hillside garden, with the Caribbean at Endeavour Bay on one side of the estate and the Atlantic on the other. It remains the only full-service hotel on Mustique.
- The Great Room Afternoon tea, rum from one of the widest lists in the Caribbean, a grand piano and champagne on Tuesday evenings.
- Endeavour Bay The Beach Cafe for lunch, and a watersports centre for snorkelling, kayaks, paddleboards, diving and swimming with turtles.
- The spa Four treatment rooms looking out to sea, with a gym and tennis courts on the estate.
Rooms & suites
Four-poster beds and verandas.
Seventeen rooms and suites in the main two-storey building and in cottages through the garden. Most have wraparound verandas; several have plunge pools.
- Garden or sea Superior Suites In garden or sea view, each with a private veranda or balcony.
- Plunge pool Deluxe Garden and Sea View Suites Suites with a small private plunge pool of their own.
- Standalone Cottages West Indian cottages set apart in the gardens, with their own veranda.
Dining
From the Great Room to the beach.
Restaurants and bars as described by the hotel's partners. Shown for information.
- The Veranda Italian and Caribbean, raw bar Around the Great Room, breakfast to dinner
- The Great Room Bar Rum, cocktails, cigars Oliver Messel's room, open until the last guest leaves
- Beach Cafe Fish, snacks, ice cream On Endeavour Bay, lunch only
- Pool bar Drinks by the pool In the old sugar mill
Good to know
Before you go.
- Arrival Check-in from 3 pm, check-out by noon, flexible when the hotel can manage it.
- Season The hotel closes each year from 1 September to 1 November.
- Children Welcome. Under-threes stay free and babysitting can be booked.
Getting there
Flying to Mustique.
Mustique's airstrip takes propeller aircraft only, so every journey changes planes at a gateway: Air Adelphi flies Twin Otters from St Lucia and Barbados in about 50 minutes and from St Vincent in about 10. Private jets land at a gateway, and a chartered Twin Otter covers the last leg. From the airstrip, the drive to the hotel takes a few minutes by our estimate.
- Miami 3 h 45
- New York 4 h 45
- Toronto 5 h 25
- London 9 h 15 long-range jet
- Paris 9 h 20 long-range jet
Questions
What guests ask first.
- Is The Cotton House open all year?
- No. The hotel closes from 1 September to 1 November each year.
- Can a private jet land on Mustique?
- No. The strip is short, unlit and open to propeller aircraft only. Jets land at St Lucia, Barbados or another gateway, and a chartered Twin Otter flies the last stretch.
- How many rooms does The Cotton House have?
- Seventeen, nine of them suites, in the main building and in cottages across thirteen acres.
- Can SkyCourtage arrange the flight to Mustique?
- Yes. We arrange Business and First Class seats on scheduled airlines and private jet charter to Mustique, with one final price, our margin included. The hotel is booked with the hotel or through our booking partner.
Staying at The Cotton House?
Book the room, then the flight.
Rates and availability come from the hotel itself. For the journey to Mustique, a Business or First Class seat or an aircraft of your own: tell us the date and we come back with one final price, our margin included.
Opens the hotel's own website. We have no arrangement with the hotel.