Absolutely amazing! We stayed at the Essex cottage from June 3rd to 5th of 2016. This place is absolutely beautiful, the scenery is breathtaking, the air is so clean and fresh, the area is very safe and the sound of the birds daily is priceless. Carolyn, the manager, is a total sweetheart! She came and chatted with us when we arrived, she checked on us the next morning to ask how we slept, she took us to the nearby beach, she even spent time with us by the pool the night before we left. On the morning of our leaving she dropped us to get the ferry at a low cost compared to all other drivers due to the distance of the cottage to the city. That was a great save on money for us ! Also she took pics of me and my family when we arrived to get the Trinidad ferry. This lady is such a pure soul, really friendly and has a very pleasant attitude, and she even made jokes lmao. My family loved Carolyn dearly and we still can't get over the cottage and infinity pool up to this date. I recommend this place to everyone! I even gave the info to friends back home who are in love with the photo I posted on social media. I wish to return one day, we will never forget this experience! The cottage has no wifi or TV but WiFi is accessible by the pool which is a 2 min walk away. You should visit this place! I miss it so much!

If you look for some place away from the busy, touristic part of Tobago - that's the right place to start. It situated right between Englishman and Parlatuvier Bay and has a wonderful view down to the sea, surrounded by nature. You can see lots of birds and iguanas right on the terrace or swimming in the pool.
It is a good starting point to make trips into the nature retreat, do some hiking or also to visit the northcoast at Charlotteville and the southcoast at Speyside. On the other hand, the drive towards the airport and all the tourisitic sites at Storebay and Pigeon Point is about an hours drive (narrow, winding roads).
There are a lot of restaurants close by for breakfast, lunch and dinner, but all of them are not always open, so better ask before you go. The same applies for the supermarkets (quite small ones). Or you ask the neighbour and caretaker of the place, Carolyn to cook for you, which we also enjoyed a lot.
Alltogether we stayed a very nice week there and will probably come back one day!

Don't stay in the midst of the tourist resorts, hire a car and head to this wonderful guest house. Bea & Win are excellent hosts, very laid back - helpful when you need it, discrete when you don't. The rooms are lovely. The two we stayed in didn't have doors between the bedroom and the bathroom, so if you are a shy couple or just friends sharing, be aware of this. It's great that you can keep food/drink in the kitchen - we ate our main meal out during the day, then snacked & drank beers on the lovely veranda overlooking the bay in the evening. There's a cliff top bar just 100m away. Take the opportunity to walk down to Parlatuvier Bay to eat in a home 'restaurant'. Parlatuvier is brilliantly situated to drive easily to anywhere on the island and we are confident that we didn't miss anything in our 10 days there.