Where should I start? It's perfect. We were told t...

Where should I start? It's perfect. We were told that the hotel is about 80% booked, but during the day, there was plenty of space at the beach and enough tables in the lunch-restaurants. In general, it was quiet everywhere, not even the buffet in the main restaurant was crowded at dinner time. There is an adult-only area, Banyan, but also in the other areas of the hotel, there were not many children, maybe due to the time of our stay (October).

The whole hotel is simply beautiful and the location perfect. We were down in the south in a cheaper hotel for our first week of holidays, and somewhat disappointed by the ocean color. Not at Lux. You don't need any filters for your photos here to get the holiday magazine look. I don't know how old the hotel is, but everything looks new. Everything was clean and at no time of our stay have I seen some garbage lying around, neither on the beach nor anywhere else in the hotel complex. Even the shared restrooms across the hotel area are always clean and smell of fresh mint.

Our room. Marvelous. As far as we could tell, all the rooms have ocean view. We had a direct view of the main beach and the ice cream booth ici. Our room was spacious and contained a big, super soft, comfy bed, two seats, two small tables, a desk with a chair and a big bathroom. The bathroom was divided into a separate shower, two sinks and again a separated toilet with a bidet. We also had a small balcony towards the ocean with two chairs and a small table. The rooms are modern: There are digital buttons next to the door which you can activate/deactivate to signalize the usual "do not disturb" and "please clean".

Food. Oh yes. One of the reasons we booked here, as we are food lovers. There are multiple restaurants with different opening times. Everything I've eaten at any of them has been simply delicious, and I have usually high expectations when food is concerned. Moreover, all of the restaurants are open and have stunning ocean views. My only pain point about the food in the Lux restaurants is that if you don't like seafood, smoked stuff, cilantro, and goat cheese, the menu choices are a bit limited.

Dinner is similar. Decision paralysis is real.

Activities. You can do many of them for free. We tried a free yoga class, kayaking, standup paddling, a glass-bottom boat tour to the reef, and snorkeling at a different reef. The water wasn't that clear and I've had better snorkeling experiences, but we were told sometimes the water is clear. At the beach, don't even bother to try snorkeling, you can't see a thing underwater.
There is a "message in a bottle" game 3 times a day (I think at 9 am, 11 am, 1 pm) which you should absolutely play. They hide a bottle, you can go ask at the reception for a hint, and if you find the bottle, you win what's inside on the message. I've seen a girl win a 30 minutes massage and we won a package of the hotel's care product line.

Now, for the employees. I have never been treated with such warmth and attention in any hotel so far (or by anyone who is not family or a very close friend, for that matter). Throughout the day, a lot of employees will smile at you, ask if you're fine, how your day is or if they can help you with any issues. If you're just standing somewhere looking lost, after a few moments somebody will come and ask if you need assistance.

Yes, you pay the price for all of this. It's expensive to stay at the Lux Grand Gaube. But it's worth it and I don't feel like I've paid too much. I've never spent more enjoyable, more relaxing holidays in a place of such beauty.