I visited Sandals South Coast for their brand new Pickleball in paradise

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00:00Come with me to Sandals South Coast to try out the brand new Pickleball in Paradise.

00:05This is me on the way to Heathrow. We flew with Virgin Atlantic, which is an option you can choose

00:09when you're booking a Sandals holiday. And this is me on the plane enjoying lots of food, which

00:13actually made the flight go a lot quicker. And here we are at the Arrivals Lounge, which is

00:18exclusively for people staying with Sandals. And it was a really nice surprise after such a long

00:22flight. An even better surprise, however, was the bedroom. I literally couldn't believe it. It's one

00:28of the nicest rooms I've ever seen in my life. So this room actually had an outdoor bathtub, which

00:32was the nicest touch, and this pool right outside the bedroom, which you can walk straight into.

00:37And of course, it would be rude not to make the most of the tanning potential on this deck chair

00:41outside the room. There's also a few other options of rooms. I had to show you guys the water bungalows,

00:47which are famous. The view speaks for itself, really. These are quite hard to book onto, but they

00:52also come with a butler service. So there's different types of rooms for everybody. Obviously, though,

00:57the main point of this trip was the pickleball. So let me tell you all about it. So I started the

01:02holiday as a complete novice, but with the help of Spongy, one of the coaches, I got almost okay.

01:07It's honestly one of the best places to learn. And there's so many different options. You can book

01:11onto group sessions, group tournaments, or just play on your own. And the courts are open 24 hours,

01:16so it gives you loads of flexibility. I played pickleball basically every day, but on days when I

01:21needed a bit more exercise, the gym was amazing. It's state of the art. It has everything you could

01:26possibly need. And it's aircon, which is a major plus. You can also stay active with the water

01:30sport. So this is me kayaking. I did some paddle boarding too, some wakeboarding, kneeboarding,

01:36any water sport you can think of, they do it. And it's all included. And with all that activity,

01:41you need a lot of food. So this is the breakfast buffet, which was amazing. Literally went every

01:46morning and made it my mission to eat everything. But there's also so many other restaurants on the

01:51resort. So for dinner, my personal favourite was the sushi restaurant. But there was also an Italian

01:56and a seafood one. And each restaurant had their own signature cocktail, which paired really nicely

02:02with the food. I will say that my favourite place overall was Cafe de Paris, as it opened at 5am,

02:08right before pickleball. And it did coffees, crepes, and loads of pastries throughout the day,

02:15which I definitely had a few too many of. On the nights I hadn't eaten myself into a food coma,

02:19there was also some great entertainment. So that's definitely something to keep an eye out

02:24for in the evening time. And if all of this wasn't enough, you can also pay extra for some excursions

02:28outside of the resort. So this is us on the glass bottom boat on the way out to snorkeling. And here

02:34we are on the sunset cruise, which was amazing. Overall, I cannot recommend Sandals South Coast.

02:39It was the most beautiful resort. All the staff were so friendly and so helpful. And they really made

02:45dust day. And I'm also especially grateful to our pickleball coach for showing me a sport that I

02:51never thought I could fall in love with so much.