10 Great Floating Bars in the Caribbean

By: - March 18th, 2014
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Sometimes even a beach bar isn’t close enough to the water. That’s where these come in: they’re not on the beach. They’re past it. They’re the Caribbean’s floating bars, the ones that are either smack in the middle of the Caribbean Sea or as near as makes no difference. We’ve put together a list of great ones, with one requirement — that each bar have water on at least three sides. What’s your favourite floating bar in the Caribbean? Tell us below in the comments section.


The William Thorton — British Virgin Islands

This bar set in “The Bight” off the coast of Norman Island in the British Virgin Islands, this bar, is actually a boat. It’s known as The Willy-T, is one of the most beloved bars in all of the BVI.


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