The 25 Best Best Beach Bars in the Caribbean for 2025, From Aruba to St Barth to Eleuthera  

By: - January 10th, 2025
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Reggae Beach Bar, St Kitts The southwestern peninsula of St Kitts is the island’s party piece, a sprawling, spectacularly scenic stretch of green hills and beautiful beaches crowned by Cockleshell Bay, a beach we’ve long loved for its impressive surfeit of bars. But our favorite has long been Reggae Beach, the uber-popular spot with the island’s best rum punch and a plum perch at the end of the coastline. (Make sure you have some of the panko-crusted mahi fingers, too).  

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Alexander Britell is the founder and editor-in-chief of Caribbean Journal and one of the top experts on Caribbean travel worldwide, with decades of on-the-ground travel to the region and comprehensive knowledge of the entire Caribbean Basin.
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