Caveat re Malliouhana: those not inconsequential stairs or steep paths down to the beach must be ascended when returning to the resort. Which renders the place a no-go for those with mobility issues. One if the sterling standouts of CJ is the ability to walk right out of the ground-floor accommodations onto the sand and waters edge. Sublime.

A Malliouhana guest put it this way: “the steps down to Turtle Cove are 62 difficult ones. Going back up is daunting unless you're young and vigorous. The walk up from Meads Bay beach is either straight up a very steep hill or else you could opt for going through the bar area with many steps. If you needed to use the bathroom when on the beach, you would go up those steps past the bar area.”

Thus, if the beach and calm ocean are important, CJ wins hands down.