Scrub Island Resort, Spa & Marina
A BVI island with a resort, private villas and a working marina on the same shore.
Scrub Island lies off Tortola's east end in the British Virgin Islands, reached by the resort's ferry from Trellis Bay. The island carries a resort, a set of privately owned hillside villas and a fifty-five-berth marina, and the marina is the reason this register files it among the societies: yachts come and go, their crews use the restaurants, and the island is not closed at any point in the day.
Around fifty-two rooms and suites make up the resort, with villas above it and a beach club, spa and two beaches. It is a Marriott Autograph Collection property, and the mix of hotel, owners and boat traffic makes it more of a small settlement than a resort island.
The marina changes the arithmetic. Fifty-five berths can put more people on the island than the hotel does, and a guest should know that before booking.
Three products on one shore. Hotel, villas and marina share the same beach, which produces variety and rules out seclusion.
Who it is not for
Scrub Island is wrong for guests seeking privacy, given the marina and the villa owners. It is wrong for travellers wanting a remote island — Tortola is minutes away and the ferry runs all day. And it is wrong for those expecting the calm the phrase private island implies elsewhere here. Those wanting BVI seclusion should look at Guana Island.
Sources
- scrubisland.com — around fifty-two rooms and suites, private villas, fifty-five-berth marina
- Room count, berth count and villa numbers unverified. Confirm before publication.
Booking
Private Island Resorts arranges each stay on request, quoting the rates available for the island and dates. No benefit should be assumed unless it is confirmed in writing for the individual reservation.
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