By Robert Muhoho
Silver sands Villas
This is a small, Italian run hotel on a long, narrow plot. The hotel can accommodate 62 guests in a series of cottages and larger family villas. Although most of these are some distance from the beach and breezes, they are surrounded by gardens.
The rooms have parquet floors and Lamu style furniture and each has a private patio. There are ceiling fans and air conditioning, and there are bidets in the bathrooms. Reserve the "Malindi" villa if you want to be close to the beach.
Two swimming pools are in the central gardens area along with a large makuti-roofed restaurant with adjoining bar. Especially appealing is the natural thatched bar restaurant built right on the beach-checked cloths on the tables and sand underfoot.