{"id":614,"date":"2012-05-28T09:35:31","date_gmt":"2012-05-28T13:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/?p=614"},"modified":"2017-04-27T10:30:33","modified_gmt":"2017-04-27T14:30:33","slug":"the-new-soco-hotel-in-barbados","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/the-new-soco-hotel-in-barbados\/","title":{"rendered":"The new SoCo Hotel in Barbados"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/personaholidays.com\/accommodation\/hotels\/The-Soco-Hotel--All-Inclusive-\/229\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Check availability and book your holiday at SoCo!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The SoCo Hotel is open and it looks fabulous! The hotel has amazing views of the boardwalk and ocean.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_849\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-849\" class=\"size-full wp-image-849\" src=\"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/soco-hotel.jpg\" alt=\"SoCo Hotel, Barbados\" width=\"584\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/soco-hotel.jpg 584w, https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/soco-hotel-300x174.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-849\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SoCo Hotel, Barbados<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Here you&#8217;ll find small pools surrounded by reefs that are ideal wading areas for children. At each end of the boardwalk are seas more suitable for swimming and watersports (Rockley\/Accra beach at the eastern end and in front of the Coconut Court and Amaryllis hotels at the western end).<\/p>\n<p><strong title=\"Beach to the east of the SoCo Hotel\">What&#8217;s Nearby<\/strong><br \/>\nRestaurants, bars \u00a0and shopping are all within easy walking distance and include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Deck restaurant at Coconut Court Hotel<\/li>\n<li>The Blue Room sports bar and grill<\/li>\n<li>Blakey&#8217;s Bar and Restaurant<\/li>\n<li>Mama Mia&#8217;s Italian restaurant<\/li>\n<li>Lanterns Mall and food court (including Subway)<\/li>\n<li>Hastings Mall<\/li>\n<li title=\"Beach to the east of the SoCo Hotel\">KFC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_616\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-616\" class=\" wp-image-616 \" title=\"Wading areas and natural swimming pools in the sea directly in front of the SoCo Hotel\" src=\"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/soco-barbados-hotel-pools.jpg\" alt=\"Wading areas and natural swimming pools in the sea directly in front of the SoCo Hotel\" width=\"450\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/soco-barbados-hotel-pools.jpg 500w, https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/soco-barbados-hotel-pools-300x137.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-616\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wading areas and natural swimming pools in the sea directly in front of the SoCo Hotel<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This <strong>all-inclusive boutique hotel<\/strong> offers 24 rooms &#8211;\u00a017 standard &amp; 7 deluxe. Ground floor rooms step out onto the pool deck and offer a view of the Caribbean Sea. All other rooms have spectacular views of the beach and crystal-clear seas.<\/p>\n<p>On-site facilities include<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>freshwater swimming pool<\/li>\n<li>pool bar<\/li>\n<li>restaurant.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/personaholidays.com\/accommodation\/hotels\/The-Soco-Hotel--All-Inclusive-\/229\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Check availability and book your holiday at SoCo!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE &#8211; August 2012<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The SoCo hotel construction\/renovations are continuing. Here&#8217;s an updated photo taken August-12-2012.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-673\" title=\"SoCo Hotel Renovations, Barbados\" src=\"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/soco-hotel-update.jpg\" alt=\"SoCo Hotel Renovations, Barbados\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/soco-hotel-update.jpg 450w, https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/soco-hotel-update-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The boardwalk and beach are as fabulous as ever!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-674\" title=\"Beach in front the SoCo Hotel in Barbados\" src=\"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/soco-hotel-beach.jpg\" alt=\"Beach in front the SoCo Hotel in Barbados\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/soco-hotel-beach.jpg 450w, https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/soco-hotel-beach-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>The talk in Barbados and online (specially from repeat visitors to our lovely island) is of the new<strong> SoCo Hotel<\/strong> slated to open on the south coast of the island in August.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location<\/strong><br \/>\nThe hotel is located directly along the south coast boardwalk, at its western end. This location gives great access to the boardwalk, perfect for strolling, jogging and watching sunsets, as well as to the lovely beaches and pools along that coastline.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SoCo Hotel<\/strong><br \/>\nThe hotel itself is at the site of the previous Sierra Beach Apartments. At the time of writing (May 28th) the hotel is currently under development. The core structure of the building is in place and major internal and external renovations are underway.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_615\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-615\" class=\" wp-image-615 \" title=\"SoCo Hotel Barbados\" src=\"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/soco-hotel-barbados.jpg\" alt=\"SoCo Hotel Barbados\" width=\"450\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/soco-hotel-barbados.jpg 500w, https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/soco-hotel-barbados-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-615\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SoCo Hotel Barbados underway<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check availability and book your holiday at SoCo! UPDATE 2013 The SoCo Hotel is open and it looks fabulous! The hotel has amazing views of the boardwalk and ocean. Here you&#8217;ll find small pools surrounded by reefs that are ideal wading areas for children. At each end of the boardwalk are seas more suitable for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85,91],"tags":[13,162,86,161,153],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}