Colonial style Paramaribo mansion

Villa Bebe

Available for rental from 2020 - for 8 people.
Colonial luxury villa with 4 double bedrooms on a 1300m2 plot of land with 320m2 of living space, lush garden, professional gym and private swimming pool. Fully equipped outdoor kitchen with dining table for those long tropical evenings. All bedrooms have air conditioning, private bathroom and direct access to the loggia on the first floor overlooking the garden, natural surroundings and swimming pool.

The villa is located in a spacious modern neighborhood, close to the American embassy, and is equipped with a fiber optic connection for fast internet (20Mb) and well-functioning WiFi. The villa has its own security guard to ensure your safety.

(NB: due to the unfenced swimming pool, this villa is NOT suitable for young children. From 10 years of age no objection provided swimming skills)

More information about the region:

Paramaribo-North (source: Vakantiearena)

The Rainville and Blauwgrond districts belong to the north of Paramaribo. The resorts are surrounded by the center, the Atlantic Ocean and the Suriname River and include former coffee and cocoa plantations. The northern districts can be reached along the Suriname River via the Anton Dragtenweg. Another route to North Paramaribo is via Wilhelminastraat or Tourtonnelaan.

Tourtonne
The Tourtonnelaan was constructed at the beginning of the 18th century at the request of Jean Tourton, owner of the Tourtonne plantation, and was one of the first land connections between the northern plantations and the city. Today, the former coffee plantation has been transformed into the residential areas Tourtonne 1 to 6. In recent years, a market has emerged on Tourtonnelaan on Sunday mornings. Since the economic low point, in addition to fruit and vegetables, second-hand clothing has also been offered for sale on the market.

Combe
The attractive Combé district is located between the Palmentuin and Mahonylaan. The Combé plantation was established at the end of the 17th century by Nicolaas Combé. The area was parceled out around 1800 and the first houses date from that time. Combé is therefore one of the oldest residential areas in Paramaribo. The first houses were built of wood in different architectural styles and had their own character. Despite the sometimes low comfort level, most still house entire families. Striking among the wooden houses is the stone building of the St. Vincentius Hospital on Koninginnestraat. The hospital has a double colonnade and a row of statues at the front of the building. On the corner of Grote Combéweg and Mahonylaan is the Combémarkt, a slightly more luxurious version of the Central Market on the water. It's actually a large supermarket with stalls around it. Everything you couldn't find in food at the Central Market can be found here.

Eating on Blauwgrond
The route to the Blauwgrond district in Paramaribo takes you past a number of residential areas such as Elizabeths Hof and Mon Plaisir, where the crème de la crème of Suriname lives. Satellite dishes in the front yard and swimming pools in the backyard mark the habitat of the nouveau riche. The Blauwgrond resort, popularly called 'Blawgron', is so called because the ground used to have a bluish color. It is said that there is blue sand here and there on the surface. More likely to explain the name is the former cultivation of indigo in this area, the raw material for blue dye. Blue soil is Little Indonesia. The predominantly Javanese residents open their food stalls from around six o'clock. A concentration of these warungs can be found around the green and white Darul Falah Mosque on Josephine Samson-Green Street. They range from shabby wooden stalls to more elaborate restaurants, but all sell saoto (salty soup), satay, bakabana (fried banana), fried rice and noodles.

Leonsberg
The northernmost part of the Anton Dragtenweg is the former Leonsberg coffee and cocoa plantation. When Governor Frederici had this plantation built at the end of the 18th century, he named it Boekoe after the famous fort of the maroons Baron and Boni, which the governor had managed to conquer with his corps of Black Hunters. The road to Leonsberg used to be known as Bukudan. The connecting route along the water offers a view of the Suriname River. From Leonsberg you can cross to the Nieuw Amsterdam open-air museum. The jetty can be busy with visitors and fishermen, especially at dusk when the fish start to bite.