I really can't recommend this hotel or this area. Hotel is overpriced for poor location for tourists. You could stay in nicer places, in safer areas, and visit the beach by day. Restaurants are not within walking distance in the evenings.

I did not have a good experience with the hotel staff and had difficulties with my reservation. Communication was poor, and not guest-oriented. The service was definitely not commiserate with the price of the rooms.

Just returned from Guadeloupe where there was a general strike throughout our stay - fortunately we moved on to Les Saintes before the rioting and looting started in Sainte-Anne! I don't think anyone should go to Guadeloupe for a few months in the circumstances.

I pretty much agree with everything said about the hotel and Thierry and Valerie. Its lovely, they're lovely and the breakfast is lovely although I paid over E300 for a sea view room and breakfast and would normally expect for that good towels, bathrobes and reasonable quality soap and such like which you don't get.

The main problem is Sainte Anne. While the beach is very nice and there is one ok restaurant - the Kon Tiki (I think) - open during the day I would say that there are no decent restaurants within walking distance of the hotel in the evening - so if you want a nice meal you'll have to hire a car and do whatever is appropriate about drinking and driving. Equally its not a town you really want to walk about in in the evenings. I think the Lucullus is pretty bad by any standards and not cheap for indifferent food. We actually preferred the pizza joint on the main street which provides an honest well-cooked pizza but that's not what you want every evening. (By the way, we did find nice places in Les Saintes and we did like walking about in the evenings there although it was pretty quiet because of the strike.)

I understand there are nicer towns such as St Francois. I'm not sure why the owners of Le Diwali picked Sainte Anne to set up in.

The Diwali is one of life's finds. Not only is it in a stunning location right on the beach but it's run by its new owners as a change of lifestyle rather than an exercise in making money. You are encouraged to feel "at home" and nothing is too much trouble from the free rum in the spacious, airy reception to free snorkels etc. The breakfast is even lovely (we are in France) taken overlooking the beach with a multitude of local jams, fruits, pastries and bread. Don't miss booking a day-long taxi to explore the island, good-value, knowledgable, English-speaking driver. No restaurant regularly but good local recommendations from the owners. A down-side, you discover what's available at the Diwali, the owners won't "sell, sell, sell" but maybe that's not so-bad.

The french couple has clearly big joy and pleasure running their small boutique hotel with lots of love and passion. Lovely breakfast! Clean and adequate rooms but not luxiourious. Nicely located in St. Anne with a picturesque beach. But: Mosquitos kept us awake :-). St. Anne doesn't boast a big selection of restaurants unfortunately but we can recommend heartily 'Luculus'. Overall, a very nice experience and we enjoyed the presence and advice of our hosts a lot. We wish them all the best & we might come back some day!
Pierre & Corinna, Switzerland