Welcomhotel Grand Bay

Our building is right on Beach Road, so we get the salt air hitting the windows all day long. If you stand out front, you can smell the ocean and hear the traffic going by toward the port. It’s a busy part of town. We’ve got people coming in for work trips mostly, carrying their bags and looking a bit tired from the heat. We try to keep the lobby cool for them. The floors are stone and they stay cold under your feet, which is nice in the summer. We’ve been here a while and seen the road change quite a bit over the years. More shops have opened up nearby. Sometimes the wind picks up and blows sand across the entrance, so we are always sweeping. It’s a never-ending job. The staff here mostly lives in the surrounding areas, so we know the shortcuts to the market or which days the fish is freshest down the coast. We don't have a big fancy speech for guests. We just give them their keys and tell them where the elevator is. The building has a peculiar shape that makes the shadows fall in interesting ways in the afternoon. It’s a solid place to stay if you need to be near the water. We just keep things moving one day at a time. The coffee in the morning isn't anything special, just hot and strong like most of us like it. We hope it’s enough for the folks passing through.