Hidden Cottage - Reader Reports & Opinion
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Average vote of 16 readers = 4.5 (max = 5)
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Ruth Wallerius from U.K. visited in September 2008 and awarded 
We stayed at Hummingbird Cottage for 10 days and had a wonderful time. The apartment was all we needed, if a little on the small side (it's a studio). It's surrounded by lush rain forest and the private deck is a great place to sit and watch the local wildlife, which can be found in abundance.
We felt right at home and Rhonette came round every 4 days to clean and change towels and bed sheets. Selvin (owner of Hidden Cottage) and Steve have been extremely helpful when XL airline went bankrupt and we had to stay another day in Tobago.
Castara is a fantastic village and we made lots of friends there. We enjoyed the local culture immensely and we'll never forget the legendary BBQs at Shirma's, drinking until late and dancing on the street – respect to Ham and his crew!
PS: Try the Puncheon (rum) – it's lethal!
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Karen Wills from U.K. visited in September 2008 and awarded
Stayed at mot mot for two weeks . Castara was everything promised, peacefull location beautiful surroundings very friendly locals. mot mot house perfect. plunge pool fantastic. only found two restraunts open but food was faultless. everything we needed could be bought locally. could have survived on avocados from garden[ENORMOUS] would recomend this house and location to anyone wanting relaxing peaceful holiday. dont miss friday night lime and barby at sheemas bar with the very friendly locals.look up Chino at paradise tours who was very helpfull and a great guy.
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Karla Capers from U.S.A. visited in August 2008 and awarded 
Four of us stayed at the Mot Mot apt this summer and had a wonderful time. The cottage is clean and spacious, with a well-stocked kitchen and a huge porch perfect for watching birds, playing cards, and relaxing. The pool is nice for cooling off in on those hot hot August afternoons. Castara is small and peaceful with a beautiful beach and plenty of friendly people. The folks who look after the house were very helpful in setting up for us whatever activities we wanted to do. They arranged for someone to drive us to Sunday school in Buckoo Bay, to the rainforest, and to take us out fishing one day. (We considered renting a car, but the tiny curvy roads and the left-side-of-the-street driving scared off us Americans.) Everyone was super friendly and we had a lot of fun. There's a newly opened grocery store on the beach in Castara. It's small but had everything we needed for our week-long stay. All-in-all this is a great place for a restful and fun vacation.
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Linda Keltner from U.S.A. visited in May 2008 and awarded
We loved Hidden Cottage! Super close to the beach, lovely grounds and pool, great location in Castara. We would definitely stay there again. Castara is a wonderful village, nice and laid back, very relaxing vacation. We stayed for 2 weeks!!
Absolutely Brilliant
Rosie & Dave Usmar from U.K. visited in April 2008 and awarded
We stayed at Hummingbird apt for 2weeks & had a fabulous time. The apt has everything you need for a comfortable stay. The shower (which is really needed after a long day on a sandy beach) has great water pressure & the bed is supplied with a mosquito net. Rhonette is a treasure, she kept everywhere lovely & clean. Ask her to cook you a local meal, it's really great. We were lucky to meet Selvin the owner who is a great bloke & had a fantastic evening 'liming' with Frankie the gardener & his friend Reginald. Castara village was just what we wanted, peace & quiet and friendly people. We rented the jeep which is available from Selvin & Linda & managed to see a lot of the island which is amazing. We will be booking again for 2009 but this time we will book into the downstairs Mot Mot apt.
Rosie & Dave Usmar
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