The Luxury Hotel in Somerset
One 5-star hotel in Somerset, chosen by our travel experts: Cambridge Beaches Resort. Included with every suitespot booking: breakfast for two, a room upgrade subject to availability, hotel credit and VIP service – benefits of over €500.
Your guide to the best luxury hotel in Somerset
Cambridge Beaches ResortFor this guide we reviewed the best hotels in Somerset and chose one: a luxury hotel on a peninsula of its own – with thirteen categories, nearly all of them looking out on the water. What that means for booking is below.At no extra cost: booking through suitespot costs the same as booking direct with the hotel – the benefits come on top, free of charge.
One luxury hotel in Somerset – and who it suits
Our choice for Somerset is the Cambridge Beaches Resort on Kings Point Road, on the peninsula between Mangrove Bay and the Atlantic. In our ranking it stands at 4.4 out of 5, and a night starts at 439 euros. The hotel takes part in the I Prefer loyalty programme.
Why we recommend it: Because it is the resort that has inhabited Bermuda since 1923 in the way that belongs to the island: 86 rooms in pink cottages spread across a peninsula with four private beaches and two coves, individual structures dating from the 17th century, its own marina, an infinity pool above the water, a spa and three restaurants – Pastel in the morning, Breezes on the beach, the Sunken Harbor Club on the dock. Our recommended category is called Deluxe Water View.
Our travel advisors’ insider tip
This hotel has five words for water – and with the cottages it pays to ask about size.
Thirteen categories. The views are called Water View, Harbour View, Pool Water View, Coastal View and Ocean View – five names for the same peninsula, which stands in the water on three sides. Two categories look out on the garden.
The second peculiarity: the rooms and suites measure 39 to 60 square metres, the Private Cottage with pool 73. Our travel advisors will give you the size of the other cottages – with garden, on the coast, with two or three bedrooms. The largest room is our recommended category, the Deluxe Water View at 50 square metres.
What that means: at a resort that has consisted of cottages since 1923, the name describes the view, not the building.
Our advice: Book by the cottage, not by the word. Anyone wanting a room takes the Deluxe Water View – 50 square metres, the water of Mangrove Bay outside the window, and the upgrade on arrival can lead into the 60 square metre suite. Anyone wanting a cottage tells our travel advisors which: the one with the pool, the one with the garden or the one with three bedrooms – and asks for the exact floor area.
Where to stay in Somerset: on the peninsula at Bermuda’s western end
The Cambridge Beaches Resort lies on Kings Point Road in Sandys Parish, on a peninsula at Bermuda’s western end – with Mangrove Bay on one side and the open Atlantic on the other. Somerset Village is within walking distance, the Royal Naval Dockyard three and a half kilometres away.
Our recommendation is therefore for anyone visiting Bermuda for the water rather than for Hamilton: whoever stays here has four beaches at the door and goes into town when they want to – not because they have to.
What lies within reach: the Royal Naval Dockyard with the National Museum in the old fortress and the cruise-ship pier, ten minutes; Somerset Bridge, the drawbridge of 1620, on the way east; and Horseshoe Bay, the most famous of the pink beaches, seven and a half kilometres down the south shore.
For orientation: Hamilton lies eight kilometres across the Great Sound – twenty minutes by ferry from the Dockyard, just under an hour by bus. The airport is at the other end of the island, a good hour by taxi. There are no hire cars for visitors on Bermuda; one rides a scooter, an electric two-seater or the ferry.
Thirteen categories: the best hotel in Somerset from the inside
The Cambridge Beaches Resort offers thirteen categories, three of them suites and six cottages.
The rooms: 39 square metres with water or garden view, 44 overlooking the harbour, 50 in the Deluxe Water View. The water-view suite measures 60 square metres; two further water-view suites complete the range.
The cottages: the Private Cottage with its own pool and 73 square metres; the cottage with garden view, the one with coastal view, the Story Cottage, the cottage with two bedrooms and ocean view, and the one with three bedrooms, kitchen and water view.
On the view: this hotel’s motif is the water of Mangrove Bay – depending on the category, you look onto water, harbour, coast, ocean or garden.
What applies equally to every category: breakfast for two, the 100 US dollar hotel credit, the upgrade on arrival subject to availability, I Prefer points and status and a welcome gift.
What a night at the luxury hotel in Somerset costs
A night at the luxury hotel in Somerset starts at 439 euros.
There is expressly no minimum stay: a single night can be booked. Included are: breakfast for two, a 100 US dollar hotel credit, an upgrade on arrival subject to availability, regular I Prefer points and status benefits, early check-in and late check-out subject to availability and a welcome gift.
When it is loveliest: from May to October. The water is above 24 degrees, the four beaches are swimming beaches, and the evenings belong to the dock.
What belongs to Bermuda: the hurricane season from June to November, peaking in September – and a winter that is mild but not swimming weather: from December to March the water is under 20 degrees, and one comes for golf, tennis, spa and empty beaches, not to swim.
When to ask early: for the two- and three-bedroom cottages in the summer holidays and for any weekend in June.
How long to stay: four nights for four beaches and the Dockyard – five if Hamilton and the south shore are added.
And whatever the date: you get the suitespot benefits in the quietest week of the year just as you do in the busiest.
Four private beaches, cottages from 1923 and exclusive services in a 5-star hotel
Bermuda is not a Caribbean island – it lies a thousand kilometres north of there, alone in the Atlantic at the latitude of South Carolina, British since 1609 and with a Gulf Stream that makes the water warmer than the map allows. Somerset is the part that makes the least fuss about it.
Personal luxury travel adviceOur travel advisors personally accompany your booking – 365 days a year, from the first offer to late check-out. Reach the suitespot VIP service via email or WhatsApp.Phone: +49 30 81452346 · hotel@suitespot.comThree things belong to it. First the Royal Naval Dockyard: the fortress the Royal Navy built after losing the American colonies, today national museum, workshops and pier. Second Somerset Bridge: built in 1620, with a removable plank of around fifty centimetres so that a sailing mast fits through. Third the pink beaches of the south shore: Horseshoe Bay, Warwick Long Bay, Church Bay – the sand is pink from the shells of tiny marine organisms, and it really is.
The package at this hotel is breakfast, credit, upgrade, points and gift.
What our travel advisors arrange most often: the ferry instead of the taxi, because it runs from the Dockyard to Hamilton across the Sound and is the most beautiful way, the table at the Sunken Harbor Club on the dock and the cottage by name – for the reason stated above.
And for I Prefer members: our benefits sit alongside those of the programme, they do not replace them. Give your membership number when booking and points and status come on top.
Earn points & use your status in Somerset
The most widely represented is I Prefer. suitespot rates are genuine direct rates: you keep earning regular points and elite nights in the hotel's loyalty program and retain your status benefits – on top of your suitespot benefits. These programs are represented in Somerset:
At no extra cost: you pay the same rate as booking direct with the hotel – the suitespot benefits come on top, free of charge.
| Program | Hotels | Examples in Somerset |
|---|---|---|
| I Prefer | 1 hotel | Cambridge Beaches Resort |
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Frequently asked questions about luxury hotels in Somerset
How many luxury hotels in Somerset does suitespot offer?
We reviewed the best hotels in Somerset and chose one: the Cambridge Beaches Resort on the peninsula at Mangrove Bay.
How much does a luxury hotel in Somerset cost per night?
A night starts at 439 euros.
How big are the rooms at the luxury hotel in Somerset?
39 to 50 square metres in the rooms, 60 in the water-view suite, 73 in the Private Cottage with pool. Our travel advisors will give you the size of the cottages.
Which is the best hotel in Somerset?
The Cambridge Beaches Resort. In our ranking it stands at 4.4 out of 5: since 1923, 86 rooms in cottages, four private beaches, three restaurants, a marina and an infinity pool.
Which rooms in Somerset have a water view?
Almost all – with Water View (six categories), Harbour View, Pool Water View, Coastal View and Ocean View. Two categories look out on the garden. Our recommended category is the Deluxe Water View at 50 square metres.
Is there a minimum stay in Somerset?
No, expressly not. A single night can be booked.
How far is the hotel in Somerset from Hamilton?
Eight kilometres across the Great Sound – twenty minutes by ferry from the Royal Naval Dockyard, just under an hour by bus. The airport is at the other end of the island, a good hour away.
When is the best time to visit Somerset?
From May to October: water above 24 degrees, four swimming beaches. June to November is hurricane season, peaking in September; December to March is mild but the water stays under 20 degrees – then one comes for golf, spa and empty beaches.
