Anthony's Key Resort

My husband and I have been going on scuba vacations for about eight years now, and while I did research in preparation for every new trip, Anthony‘s Key always showed up in the recommendations, so when it finally came time for us to go ourselves, we were very excited. For reference, this was our 13th Caribbean scuba vacation. I’m sad to say that it did not live up to the five star reviews. The island of Roatan itself is not exceptionally welcoming. The roads are not great and the shopping / dining areas are dingy and crowded. You need a car if you want to do any exploring on your own, but finding parking anywhere is exceptionally difficult. Anthony’s Key resort itself is very clean and undoubtedly beautiful. But again, everything feels a little tight. We often just barely had space to park our rental car in their small lot. All of the resort buildings are in a straight line at the waterfront, with a narrow boardwalk in front of them. The key itself is lovely, but again, it feels tight. You get to it via a 30 second boat ride, which had been a concern for me before going, but which turned out to be seamless for our entire stay. The room, as well, was smaller than we are used to. It had two beds, and a small desk, along with a coffee machine on a table, but that was it. There is no kitchenette. There is no sofa. And though there is a lovely porch outside, the bugs were so vicious we never were able to really enjoy it. And to be honest, they sell the rooms on the key as being directly over the water, but our porch was at least 30 feet from the ocean. There was a field of iron shore between us and the water. I had really been looking forward to being directly on the water and that didn’t happen. The restaurant was great. We ate there for breakfast and lunch every day, trying pretty much everything on the menu, and everything was delicious. The service as well was fantastic. We only had one dinner at the resort and it was OK, but not of the same caliber as the restaurants that we went to elsewhere on the island. Overall, the resort is perfectly nice, but it just didn’t give us the same “vacationing in paradise“ feeling that we got on Grand Cayman, Bonaire, Curaçao, Turks and Caicos, etc.

We went to the resort for the Dolphin Action Swim and had a wonderful time. The resort staff and trainers were very friendly and helpful. The time with the dolphins was amazing. We were presented with a lot of information about dolphins and the interactions with them was great fun.

We went to the resort for the swimming with dolphins and had a fantastic experience! The staff were friendly, helpful and personable while still remaining professional. We learned a lot about the dolphins and got to experience something we never would have imagined! We also did the snorkeling rather than just the encounter and highly recommend both! The encounter gives you great information and a great experience with great photos, when snorkeling you can play with the dolphins.