Idle awhile?

[Eden]

Idle Awhile rocks!!! Yep! its located right on the beach Hands down, our favorite hotel in Negril. We will be back in Dec. I highly recommend a 2nd floor beachfront room. The rooms are modern and immaculate. The marble floors can get really slippery so watch out if you come in from the beach and drip a bit of water on the floor! The upper level beachfront rooms don't exactly have clear ocean views, but the bonus is that you will feel like you are in a treehouse on your balcony with all the lush foliage surrounding you. Great place for a nap! The upper room ceilings are also nicely vaulted and give it a very airy and spacious feel. Just be aware that the 1 bedroom suites only have AC in the bedroom and bathroom, so the living area, kitchen and dining room will get a bit hot and humid during the day. (it does cool off at night, though) That didn't bother us at all because we usually spend most of our time during the day out on the beach, but I thought I'd mention it in case you are the type that needs AC. I'm sure you can't go wrong with any room there. We have also stayed on the 1st floor before with our little guy and found it very convenient for beach access and didn't have to worry about him running around the room, and possibly disturbing any guests below us. We found that although mostly couples tend to stay there, the staff LOVES kids, and went out of their way to make our son feel special during our stay. When they found out that his birthday was the following week, (he kept telling everybody about how excited he was for his upcoming Cars birthday party!), they surprised him with a birthday cake, complete with sparklers, out on the beach one evening. He was beyond thrilled! Like others have already mentioned, book early if you know your dates, because the limited amount of rooms do fill up rather quickly. We have had to switch our dates before due to no availability, and another time got lucky due to a last minute cancellation. The staff there is top notch and will go above and beyond to make sure you have an amazing stay. I love your idea of splitting your stay with a cliff hotel,and we are considering that for our upcoming Dec. trip with IA and Rockhouse. Idle Awhile also has a cliff side sister property called Hide Awhile which you may want to look into. They offer a free shuttle between their properties, so if you want to spend part of your day at their cliff location, you can. Never stayed at Tensing Pen, but it looks really beautiful from their website. A friend of ours is planning a wedding there next year. Rockhouse is just amazing! We have have stayed there a few times, and their restaurant is also great,too. Very VERY romantic setting! I will have my boyfriend attach some photos later when he gets home. He has them all stored on his computer.