The resort is fronted by a mile-long, gently curved shoreline with snorkeling spots offshore. Three beaches are furnished with cushioned, weathered-teak lounge chairs. Video movies, usually beginning with a children's selection, are shown nightly in an open-air theater. Complimentary children's arts-and-crafts activities are hosted in an open-air thatched-roof hut Monday-Friday.

Computers in the main building provide dial-up Internet access (fee charged). Within the resort are clothing boutiques, arts-and-crafts shops, and a store offering wine, liquor, snack foods, and baked goods. The resort's marina includes 70 moorings and 14 slips as well as a fuel dock, electric hookups, a chandlery, and private showers and toilets dockside.

A complimentary cocktail party with appetizers is held on Monday nights for all guests.

Clubhouse Steak & Seafood Grille - The Clubhouse menu features buffets and table service for breakfast, lunch and dinner, as well as cocktail service on the terrace all day and evening. Breakfast includes homemade pastries, eggs, pancakes, French toast and Belgian waffles. Lunch features a large selection of salads and cold cuts as well as fish sandwiches, hamburgers, and lobster cakes. Dinner features homemade soups, a salads, pasta, freshly caught fish and lobster, as well poultry and steaks.

The Carvery - Monday night roast-meat-and-seafood buffet.

Almond Walk - Tuesday night West Indian buffet and live music in starlit, open-air setting near tropical almond trees.

The Clubhouse Bar - Cocktails and tropical drinks.

Poolside Bar - Varied menu with specials including Lobster salad and curried salad. Open from 8 AM to 5 PM daily, with lunch service from 12:15 - 2 PM.

The Pub - Featuring brick oven pizza, rum, beer, sandwiches, snack foods, and Winston Butler's dessert of the day. (Food not included in Full American Plan.) North Sound views, billiards, darts, foosball, and five flat-screen TVs. Open daily until late night.

Use of the resort's fleet of 100 watercraft is complimentary for guests staying on the Full American Plan. The fleet includes 11-foot Boston Whaler motorboats, Hobie single and double kayaks, Alden rowing shells, various types of windsurfers, and sailboats such as Hunter 216s, Rhodes 19s, Lasers, Barnett 1400s, Vanguard 15s, and Hobie Waves. Also complimentary are Sunday Regatta racing aboard Lasers and Rhodes 19s. Beginners' and children's sailing lessons are complimentary

Fees are charged for use of other vessels, including Bradley 22 powerboats, and an eight-passenger racing sailboat. Available excursions include day sails aboard Cosmic Warlord, deep-sea and fly fishing, glass-bottom boat tours; and day and sunset sails aboard the Paranda racing catamaran (fees charged). Scuba-diving lessons are offered at the resort, as are excursions to reefs and such wreck sites as the RMS Rhone (fees charged). Beginning through advanced sailing and windsurfing lessons are also available (fees charged).

Snorkeling is available off the resort's beaches. Use of fins is complimentary; snorkels and masks can be rented at the resort.

Hiking trails include a short walk to a bird-sanctuary salt pond and a climb across the resort's forested hill. Illuminated for after-dark running, a 220-yard jogging path includes 16 exercise stations and an open-air fitness center.

From a landing site at the resort, a helicopter service provides sightseeing tours of Virgin Gorda and nearby islands (fee charged). Parasailing is also available (fee charged).

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.

The Spa at Bitter End offers aromatherapy massages, private yoga sessions on the beach, manicures, pedicures, facials, and herbal warps. Open for 12 hours a day, the spa features Decleor spa products, as well as locally available herbs including neem, aloe vera, coconut, and Henna (for tattoos). These products give each or the treatments and therapies a uniquely Caribbean feel. In-room spa services are also available.

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.

Government-issued photo identification and a credit card are required at check-in for incidental charges.

Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.

• Minimum Spring Break check-in age is 21 years old.

Pets not allowed

Resort fee charged at hotel/condo

Check-in time starts at 3 PM

No elevators

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Minimum check-in age is 21

Guests must transfer via boat to the property. Guests must contact the property at least 24 hours before travel, using the contact information on the confirmation received after booking. There are no room charges for children 5 years old and younger who occupy the same room as their parents or guardians, using existing bedding.

• Bitter End Yacht Club is listed in the 2000 Condé Nast Traveler Gold List of the world's best places to stay and the 2004 Travel + Leisure 500.