One of the Caribbean’s Best Beaches Is a Postcard-Perfect Crescent With a Rum Shack 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 onto the sand and feel its perfect curve cradle a lagoon-flat sea. The bay’s lazy waves never do more than lap the shore; the water lies so calm it looks ironed, begging you to wander straight in without a second thought.
Wade out and you’re still only waist-deep after several long strides. Toddlers splash under watchful parents, couples float side-by-side, and nobody hurries—because here the sea does all the work.
When midday heat grows insistent, slide your towel beneath a sea-grape’s broad leaves and notice how empty the horizon feels; many afternoons you can count every other beachgoer on one hand.
Hunger points you to La Plywood, the bright little beach bar at mid-strand. Order an ice-cold Carib, raise the bottle to the trade wind, and watch the bay change from turquoise to sapphire as clouds drift past the sun. If you’re feeling a little bolder, try the legendary Rivers rum from up north at River Antoine, the iconic rum distillery.
Before the light softens, climb the short path up Morne Rouge’s rise for a bird’s-eye sweep of the bay—jade water framed by sugar sand, boats rocking as if gravity has been turned down a notch. It’s a view that confirms why BBC Beach remains one of Grenada’s best-kept secrets.
Stay for sunset. The curve of sand glows rose-gold, the sea turns glassy, and calm settles over the cove like a final exhale. BBC Beach doesn’t ask for anything more than your time—and rewards every minute you give it.
It’s a postcard-perfect beach — one of the best beaches in the Caribbean, to be fair — and one of the most beautiful corners of a spectacularly beautiful island, one filled with some of our favorite Caribbean beaches, from the world-famous Grand Anse to another secret jewel, La Sagesse.
Guy Britton is the managing editor of Caribbean Journal. With more than four decades of experience traveling the Caribbean, he is one of the world's foremost experts covering the region.
