Crop Over, Barbados Missed out on Trinidad’s pre-Lenten carnival? Consider this Bajan bacchanal as an alternative. Dating from the 18th century, when the sugarcane plantations’ final harvest of the season would be heralded with music and merriment, Crop Over is today a modern mash-up of raucous rum-fueled parties that culminates on Kadooment Day with a rollicking road march along Spring Garden Highway. July 14-August 7.
Orient Bay, St Martin There’s one after another. Then another. Then another. Lounge after lounge, hopping soundtrack after hopping soundtrack, a boulevard of beach bars unmatched anywhere in the region. And when you get to the end, there’s the Caribbean’s […]
St Thomas The most-visited US Virgin Island is quietly in the midst of a renaissance. It began with a wave of new visitors in the heart of the pandemic, continued with a dramatic transformation of its waterfornt and even an […]
When Aruba’s Bucuti & Tara Beach Resort opened in 1987, it made sense for the hotel’s restaurant to be built in the shape of a boat shipwrecked on the sand: while Eagle Beach didn’t exactly resemble a desert island back […]
The highly-anticipated new Royalton CHIC is opening soon in Antigua and Barbuda, Caribbean Journal has learned. The CHIC, the first in the Eastern Caribbean, will be debuting on April 29, 2024, according to Royalton’s Web site. The adults-only resort will […]
The food is fresh from local farmers. When you arrive, you’re given a choice of local spices, which then find their way into tea bags — used to prepare your evening tea each night before bed. There is even an “earth […]
Norwegian Cruise Line is adding a new homeport next year: Jacksonville, Fla, Caribbean Journal has learned. The company has signed a three-year agreement to homeport its Norwegian Gem cruise port in Jacksonville, beginning in November 2025. The 2,394-guest-capacity ship will […]
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