grenada best caribbean islands to visit
The beach at the Spice Island Beach Resort in Grenada.
Best of the Caribbean

The Best Caribbean Islands to Visit in 2024, From Tiny Beach Towns to Hidden Gems

By: Caribbean Journal Staff - January 2, 2024 - 8:39 pm
1 of 24
NEXT

Maybe you’ve been to the Caribbean a dozen times. Maybe you’re planning your first Caribbean vacation. The Caribbean continues to reinvent itself, to rewrite its story. The Caribbean just keeps getting better.

As the region comes off what was a record-breaking year for just about every destination in the Caribbean, most projections show an even better year ahead.

So where should you choose for your next Caribbean vacation? Our latest annual edition of the Best Caribbean Islands to Visit takes you on a journey through volcanic towns, blue holes, fishing villages and gourmet hotspots, telling new stories of destinations you may think you already knew. From the inspiring rebirth of St Thomas’ capital to charting new routes through the Grenadines, here are 24 new ways to think about the most beautiful place on earth.

aruba punta cana hotels vacation
The pool at the Graycliff hotel in Nassau.

Nassau Paradise Island, The Bahamas Plainly, Nassau Paradise Island has it all. The two greatest large resorts in the Caribbean: Atlantis Paradise Island and Baha Mar (along with a host of terrific independent hotels from Graycliff to the Paradise Island Beach Club); a booming foodie scene; countless white-sand beaches; a reinvigorated downtown; great golf, we could go on and on. But if you’re looking for a complete Caribbean vacation, this is your spot. Hotels we like: Atlantis, Baha Mar, Goldwynn Resort and Residences; Graycliff; Paradise Island Beach Club.

1 of 24
NEXT
Popular Posts st kitts fortress

The Caribbean’s Hottest New Restaurant Is at a Centuries-Old Fortress in St Kitts

It’s one of the most stunning locations in the Caribbean: Brimstone Hill, the towering fortress in the mountains of St Kitts, a centuries-old UNESCO World Heritage Site.  And now it’s the home of the hottest new restaurant in the Caribbean.  […]

Jamaica Just Got an Upgraded US Travel Advisory: “A Great Step Forward” 

 seven mile beach white sand

Last year’s US Travel Advisory led to a slowdown in tourist arrivals to Jamaica. But in what’s hoped to be a major shift, the US State Department just upgraded Jamaica’s rating.  Jamaica’s travel advisory has improved from Level 3 to […]

One of the Best Beaches in The Bahamas Comes With a World-Famous Blue Hole

 the beach at dean's blue hole in the bahamas

It doesn’t look real at first. You step out from the pines and palms onto a curve of soft, white sand, and there it is—this perfect, impossible circle in the sea. A portal. The blue gets darker the longer you […]

Related Posts caribbean island beach hut

This Tiny Beach Bar Has Its Own Little Caribbean Island, Beach Huts and Unforgettable Afternoons

You step off the ferry and straight into barefoot theater. The crossing from Barnacle Point on Antigua takes barely four minutes, just enough time to watch turquoise water trade glances with the gleaming runway of V. C. Bird International Airport […]

The Bahamas’ Big Culinary Festival Has a Daniel Boulud Truffle Dinner and Cocktails With Marcus Samuelsson

 bahamas culinary festival samuelsson

Truffle dinner with Daniel Boulud. Cocktails with Marcus Samuelsson. For five days this October, Baha Mar turns those bucket‑list bites into reality during the fourth‑annual Bahamas Culinary & Arts Festival. Baha Mar has released the full schedule for its fourth‑annual […]

One of the Caribbean's Best Beaches Is a Postcard-Perfect Crescent With a Rum Shack in Grenada

 bbc beach in grenada

You ease off the main road on Grenada’s southwestern corner and the hillside suddenly drops away, revealing a half-mile crescent the locals simply call BBC Beach—a nickname that’s stuck to Morne Rouge for as long as anyone can remember. Step […]