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Villa Escapar - Perfect for Families & Couples! Pool, A/C!

Villa Escapar - Perfect for Families & Couples! Pool, A/C!

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Villa Escapar - a perfect villa vacation
This 40' pool is a great playground for kids of all ages!

Overview of Villa Escapar - Perfect for Families & Couples! Pool, A/C!

Reviews
10 out of 10 Exceptional
3 bedrooms3 bathroomsSleeps 6279 sq m

Popular amenities

  • PoolPoolPool
  • WasherWasherWasher
  • DryerDryerDryer
  • KitchenKitchenKitchen
  • Barbecue grillBarbecue grillBarbecue grill
  • Air conditioningAir conditioningAir conditioning

Explore the area

Map
Cruz Bay, St John
  • Popular LocationCruz Bay Beach7 min drive
  • Popular LocationHoneymoon Beach10 min drive
  • Popular LocationTrunk Bay19 min drive
  • AirportSt. Thomas (STT-Cyril E. King)68 min drive

Rooms & beds

3 bedrooms (sleeps 6)

Bedroom 1

Bedroom 2

Bedroom 3

3 bathrooms

Bathroom 1

Toilet · Shower only

Bathroom 2

Toilet · Shower only

Bathroom 3

Toilet · Shower only

Spaces

Deck or patio
Kitchen
Dining Area

About this property

Villa Escapar - Perfect for Families & Couples! Pool, A/C!

Villa Escapar (formerly Jazz Villa) sits on a quiet hillside in Chocolate Hole on the west end of St. John. Our house faces south and west and provides beautiful 180-degree views that include St. Croix, Hart Bay, Chocolate Hole Harbor, St Thomas, romantic Caribbean sunsets, and the twinkling lights of distant islands at night. The oversized lot that surrounds Villa Escapar is filled with colorful and mature tropical landscaping and the villas overall atmosphere is peaceful and serene. This location also provides enough privacy for discreet clothing optional sun bathing and the south facing pool and deck get sun from 9 am to sunset. Although you feel quite removed from civilization, the delicious restaurants and lively bars of Cruz Bay are an easy 7-10 minute drive.

Villa Escapar is a home where the pool is the center of the design. The oversized pool measures 40 x 18-feet, which makes it one of the islands largest and it bakes in the sun and stays warm and welcoming throughout the year. The very functional and popular design of Villa Escapar accents space and privacy. The main entrance is on the upper level and you enter into the great room which houses the living, dining and kitchen areas. There is one bedroom on the main level and this bedroom is located on the left. The pool is on the south side of the great room and the huge surrounding sundeck runs the length of the house. Two sets of stairs (1 interior, 1 exterior) lead to the two master bedroom/baths and patios on the lower level.

There are three large, air conditioned bedrooms (3 kings), the master is on the main level, second bedroom is on the lower level accessible by interior staircase, and the third bedroom is located on the lower level accessible from the pool deck exterior staircase or by the driveway. All bedrooms open through screened sliding glass doors to the pool deck (upper) or private patios (lower). All bedrooms have private tiled baths.

As you enter this beautiful home, you walk in to the great room and your view is immediately drawn to the pool and the views beyond. Your comfortable and attractive living room furniture is a perfect spot to gather to spend time together! Watch TV, play some card games or do nothing at all! The vaulted ceilings, tiled floors and a beautiful stonewall add to the tropical environment, while over-sized sliding glass doors merge the tiled pool deck and interior living areas seamlessly. The living room has a flat screen TV with Cable TV and there is Mesh Wi-Fi internet throughout the Villa. The interior dining table, located just off the kitchen comfortably seats 6 people. If you feel like enjoying a meal outside, there is also a dining table on the pool deck that seats 6.

Property manager

Caribbean Villas & Resorts of St. John
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Amenities

Pool
Kitchen
Washer
Dryer
Air conditioning
Ocean view

House Rules

Check in after 4:00 PM
Minimum age to rent: 25
Check out before 10:00 AM

Children

Children allowed: ages 13-17

Events

No events allowed

Pets

No pets allowed

Smoking

Smoking is not permitted
A Terms and Conditions Information sheet will be sent with the confirmation

Damage and incidentals

You will be responsible for any damage to the rental property caused by you or your party during your stay.

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be 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
Onsite parties or group events are strictly prohibited
Host has not indicated whether there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property; consider bringing a portable detector with you on the trip
Host has not indicated whether there is a smoke detector on the property

About the area

St. John

This villa is located in St. John. The area's natural beauty can be seen at Virgin Islands National Park and Honeymoon Beach. Jet skiing, kayaking, and scuba diving offer great chances to get out on the surrounding water, or you can seek out an adventure with hiking nearby.
Map
Cruz Bay, St John

What's nearby

  • Cruz Bay Beach - 7 min drive
  • Virgin Islands National Park - 7 min drive
  • Honeymoon Beach - 10 min drive
  • Trunk Bay - 19 min drive
  • Cinnamon Bay Beach - 21 min drive

Getting around

  • St. Thomas (SPB-St. Thomas Seaplane Base) - 60 min drive

Restaurants

  • High Tide Bar & Seafood Grill - 7 min drive
  • Cruz Bay Landing - 7 min drive
  • Beach Bar - 7 min drive
  • Lovango Rum Bar - 7 min drive
  • Tap & Still - 7 min drive

Reviews

10

Exceptional

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10/10

Cleanliness

9.6/10

Check-in

9.0/10

Communication

10/10

Location

10/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

James D.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Excellent Property
Great location close to town, large pool, clean!
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

David S., Washington, DC, USA

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, location, listing accuracy
Great week at V Escapar
Our family of 4 greatly enjoyed this Villa. Exactly as described w huge pool and great lounging area inside and out. One of the bedrooms is not internally connected to the rest of the house and may have functioned as a separate apartment in the past. Kitchen was very well stocked. Lots of beach supplies as well. Bedroom cooling worked well. Very close to Cruz Bay. Also our kids enjoyed frequent iguana, hummingbirds and even deer sightings.
Stayed 8 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Elena R., North Reading

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Perfect spot
This house was everything we dreamed of. Beautiful house and well equipped with everything we needed. Beautiful view and the pool was perfect to come home to. Location was great. Close to Cruz Bay and not to far up the mountain so it wasn’t terrorizing to get to! All in all just perfect!
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2022

10/10 Excellent

Tracey B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Great location!
This property was well stocked in the kitchen, spacious, great sunsets over the hills and very comfortable beds. Bedrooms cooled with a/c at night for pleasant sleeping. Loved the flamboyant tree and iguanas out front! Great location for a home base to explore the island!
Stayed 9 nights in Jul 2021
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

10/10 Excellent

Linda A.

Jazz Villa
After much search for a vacation home on St. John, my husband and I fell in love with the size and location of the Jazz Villa in 1998. It is located on a hill facing St. Thomas and the beautiful blue waters of the Caribbean. It is the perfect place for a family vacation: 4 bedrooms each with it's own bathroom plus an additional outdoor shower to wash off the beach sand. A large great room off the pool deck, and two upper bedrooms also open out to the 1500 sq. ft. 35 ft pool deck. One can be surrounded by people or easily find a nook off by yourself. There is something about the tropical climate that is totally stress reducing and peaceful. We have been sharing our dream home to friends, relatives and vacationers for more than 15 years.

About the host

Hosted by Caribbean Villas & Resorts of St. John

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We’re from Colorado and we’re a musical couple, thus the name Jazz Villa. Jazz (the music) is both a calling and a career, and it has taken us on many foreign journeys, so very far from our home on St. John. Because we travel so much we are not able to use Jazz as often as we would like. The less we use Jazz the more we dream about being in the pool on a perfect Caribbean day, or on the deck on a balmy, star filled Caribbean night. Jazz and St. John are special places we call home, where we dream about coming back year after year, and where we feel happy and relaxed when we’re finally home, once again. It’s just too enjoyable a house to sit empty when we’re a world removed from St. John. If we can’t enjoy that warm Caribbean sunshine and the beautiful views, then at least our guests can share our piece of paradise. Our loss is your gain, so please enjoy.

Why they chose this property

We were attracted to this location in Chocolate Hole because it offers sweeping views of St. John harbors, distant islands, the Caribbean Sea and colorful sunsets. Whether you’re on the deck or in the house, the view is always right in front of you, and it a great one with palm trees, green hills and blue, blue water and skies. Another appealing feature that inked this deal for us was the extra land. Jazz sits in the middle of an oversized lot, which surrounds us with a flourishing border of colorful vegetation, just like in the photo. The king sized lot also gives us the privacy and that we greatly value and insures that no one can crowd our wonderful piece of paradise. We’re actually private enough for even shy people to get the fashionable “no tan lines” full body tan. We also wanted a cheerful home that gets lots of light in the interior, and also lots of sunlight on the pool and deck. Because we have walls of glass and because the house faces south, we got both. The last feature of this setting in Chocolate Hole that we’ve come to really love is the convenience of this location. Cruz Bay is such a fun place to visit, whether it’s for shopping, dinning, people watching, or a night on the town, Cruz Bay is a fascinating Caribbean village and fortunately it’s a quick and easy 6-10 minute drive.

What makes this property unique

One of the things that distinguishes Jazz from other St John homes is the pool, which at 720 sq./ft. is one of the largest pools you’ll find on St. John. We’re healthy living types who enjoy regular exercise and the 40-foot length of the pool allows us to get a great aerobic workout without leaving home. It’s not just the size, it’s also the way the pool is integrated into the villa; the pool is really an extension of the living room. Families who have stayed at Jazz frequently have told us that the pool was a real blessing because it’s easily visible from the living, dining and kitchen areas, so the kids can safely spend lots of playtime in the pool. Kids and a large Caribbean pool are like bankers and money, they’re inseparable, so that by 7pm the kids are totally played out and exhausted, and they go down easy and early and allow the adults to enjoy a lovely Caribbean evening to themselves. Apparently, having a big inviting pool just outside your living room is sort of like bringing a babysitter with you. The other feature that has made Jazz popular is the spacious floor plan that puts the bedrooms on opposite ends of the house on both the lower and upper levels. This provides an excellent amount of privacy for families, couples or groups of 4-8 people. On the other hand, if there are just 2-4 people, Jazz is a perfect size and everything you need is on one level.

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