The beaches are gorgeous...proabbly not quite the white-sand ever expanding beaches that you see in the holiday brochures, but the beaches are good - not crowded and theres loads of variety (when you know where to look!)

Eating out varies from restaurant to restaurant. You can have a meal at the Ladera Resort (5 star, gorgeous food, views looking out to the pitons) thats about EC$200/300 (50 quid) per head for a three course meal, not including drinks. Then theres a local place (really nice, small, popular as well) thats about c. EC$75 (15 quid) per head for a two course meal.