Steel pan filled the lobby. A saxophone played as guests gathered beneath the open, contemporary interiors. Outside, the Caribbean Sea stretched along one of Barbados’ most coveted stretches of beach. The occasion marked more than the opening of another all-inclusive resort. This week, Royalton Vessence Barbados, an Autograph Collection All-Inclusive Resort, celebrated its official ribbon […]
“It’s like Narnia once you come through the gates,” Trisha tells me. And she’s right. The moment you walk through the gates and past the sparkling lobby at the Boardwalk Boutique Hotel in Aruba, it’s as if you’re manuevered into some kind of space-time portal to find yourself in a leafy, lush, tropical jungle filled […]
Sidney Poitier. Sean Connery. The Beatles. They were all here, during the days when when Nassau wasn’t just the place to be in The Bahamas: it was the spot in the whole Caribbean. This was the epicenter: Cable Beach, one of the most beautiful stretches of sand you’ll ever lay your eyes upon, where the […]
You feel like you’re on your own little island, peering out at the beaches of Calivigny Island across the way, surrounded by green hills on either side. And then you see the lighthouse — and you realize it’s not quite like any lighthouse you’ve encountered in the Caribbean. When Dieter Burkhalter and Jana Caniga wanted a […]
They say this is the oldest street in Nassau, so old it was here before there was a Nassau. It was here just up the hill from the harbour when this seafront city was called Charles Town, and then when Nicholas Trott became a governor-turned pirate and built the city’s first Anglican Church. It was […]
It’s a quarter-mile long, pearl-white and shimmering turquoise, one of the most stunning strands of sand you’ll find in the Caribbean: Long Bay in Antigua. It’s the sort of beach that calls us all to the Caribbean, a place for days filled with bobbing in the sea and sailing the trade winds and hammocks rocking […]
There’s a nice breeze at the bar where diners are chowing on tortilla español and drinking sidecars and looking out at the lights of the south coast of Barbados. This is Brisa, where you can enjoy some of the best views on the island in a sleek, maritime setting. It is the coolest tapas bar […]
GRENADA — Can a rum have a terroir? It’s a question we’ve been answering in the affirmative for years, focused on the artisanal rummaking of the French West Indies, where the connection between rum and the soil of the sugarcane fields is fundamental. It’s in places like Martinique and Guadeloupe where rummakers like Neisson, Depaza […]
Princess Diana found quiet sanctuary here three decades ago. Last year, Kelsey Grammer escaped here in “Christmas in Paradise.” Everyone from Jay Z to Beyonce to John Cleese have come to the shores of Nevis, looking to indulge in the island’s particular brand of small-island charm. Because in Nevis, being a small island is an […]
The button on the wall at Blush, a new cafe in Barbados, surrounded by green plants and a butterfly, says “press for Prosecco.” The moment you walk through the door, past the floral trellis and the seafoam chairs, when you see the Rancilio espresso machine and the artisanal frosted cookies, you know you’re in a […]
“I’ll be here awhile, ain’t going nowhere” — I’ll Be Here Awhile, 311 You sit on the deck in the evening, or place your Adirondack chair right in the shallows of the pool, and peer out at Bonaire, watching the city lights and Sirius and the moon. Few travelers even realize this view exists in Bonaire: […]
My spoon is a coconut shell. My bowl is a gourd. Lunch today is a soup of ground provisions, lentils and peas in a coconut milk broth, a vibrant taste of St Kitts. And it’s grown, prepared and served within about 100 feet of this table at a restaurant so vegan even the utensils are […]
