The Best Way to Travel to Grenada’s Music Festival

By: - February 25th, 2016
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Grenada is hosting one of the Caribbean’s major international music festivals in April: the first-ever Pure Grenada Music Festival.

The festival, which runs April 5-10, will features local and international artists from Angelique Kidjo to Joss Stone to Steele Pulse, among others.

So what’s the best way to get there?

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Try the package offered by the island’s top boutique hotel, Laluna.

The seven-night festival package includes tickets to all shows every day during the festival, accommodations in a suite with a private veranda and plunge pool, daily a la carte breakfast, daily yoga at the beach yoga pavilion and a Balinese couples massage.

Of course, it’s a pretty wonderful place to stay the rest of the year, too.

— CJ

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