Fort Young Hotel & Dive Resort

Located on the edge of Dominica’s charming capital city, Roseau and directly facing the waterfront, the historic Fort Young Hotel and Dive Resort is built around the remains of a military fortification dating back to 1699.

The hotel has a laid-back and warm atmosphere, with its elegant colonial architecture, coupled with modern touches. The 100 rooms are comfortable and stylish, with stunning views looking out onto the Caribbean Sea over the mountainous Dominican coast.

Together with various dining options, wine and rum cellar, art gallery, spa and fitness centre, award-winning Dive Centre, infinity pool and roped-off area for sea swimming, The Fort Young Hotel can arrange many unique tours, including a once-in-a-lifetime swimming with whales experience. Dominica is the only country where resident sperm whales can be seen year-round and serves as host to two-thirds of all known whale species visiting the waters, including killer, pilot and humpback whales.

Get some rest
The hotel has 100 spacious rooms and suites in 6 room categories. All rooms include a walk-in wardrobe, refrigerator, coffee maker, flatscreen HDTV, desk area, safe, air-conditioning, high-speed Wi-Fi and are decorated with custom wallpaper to resemble the Fort’s original 1778 French décor.

The newly renovated historical ‘Fort’ section, has 60 rooms, split between mountain & sea view. The remaining 40 rooms are all oceanfront, spread over three floors with the Caribbean Sea literally lapping onto the rocks below. The 2 palatial Ocean Front Suites offer a walk-through dressing room, two bathrooms, featuring a whirlpool tub and shower, dining area and kitchenette.

Enjoy your stay
The hotel has several dining options to suit all tastes. The Palisades Restaurant offers fine dining in Roseau’s only seaside restaurant. Menus include locally-sourced ingredients straight from nearby farms and, of course, the Caribbean Sea.

Providing daily snacks and drinks, Warner’s Bar allows for relaxing and casual seaside dining with a range of signature cocktails, including the hotel’s legendary rum punch.

Embedded into a historic area of the old fort is the intimate and sunken Museum Café offering local Dominican coffee and freshly baked pastries for guests to enjoy as a dine-in or grab-and-go.

Located within the original fort walls in what was the troops’ barracks the Marquis Bar & Lounge provides a unique and fascinating historic ambiance.

Built within two connected cells, which were once prison cells, the Rum & Wine Cellar offers local rum and wine tastings, along with the hotel’s own ocean-aged rum, which is based on the local “BB Rum” — a unique blend from the extract of the bark of the Richeria-Grandis (locally called Bois Bande) and exotic Caribbean spices.

Dominica is called the ‘nature island’ of the Caribbean for good reason, and boasts a wealth of outdoor adventures, all of which can be arranged by the hotel’s activity desk. You can choose to raft along one of the island’s 365 rivers, hike through the rainforest, Sea Turtle Watching between May and October, where you can spot three of seven globally endangered sea turtle species swimming and nesting along Dominica’s shoreline, bathe in sulphur springs, spot rare parrots while birdwatching, or canyoning within the islands lush rainforest, waterfalls and striking rock structures