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Photo of the Week: Crashing Waves in Aruba

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The latest Caribbean Photo comes from Caribbean Journal reader Brent Miller, who sent in this beautiful shot of crashing waves on the coast of Aruba. Have you taken a great photo in the Caribbean? Send it to news@caribjournal.com with CPOTW in the subject line, including your first and last name and the location of the […]

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Air France Is Making It Easier to Fly From Miami to Martinique 

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Air France is making it easier to fly between Miami and Martinique, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The French carrier is adapting the schedule of its Pointe-a-Pitre to accommodate customers between Miami and Martinique.  Beginning March 30, there will be two weekly flights from Miami that stop in both Guadeloupe and Martinique.  That means travelers can […]

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Beach Journal: In Guadeloupe, The Art of the Tiny Islet 

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There’s no ferry here. Just a group of eager fishermen happy to take you on the minute-long journey to one of the greatest little beaches in Guadeloupe.  This is Ilet du Gosier, a sandy islet off the coast of Guadeloupe’s most popular tourist town, Gosier, and another universe entirely.  The little island is covered in […]

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10 Great Caribbean Beach Towns to Visit in 2023

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It’s that perfect confluence: breathtaking beaches, walkable streets, buzzing dining scenes, vibrant communities, all in one place. The Caribbean’s best beach towns are destinations in their own right, where you can come for a day or for a week and immediately fall into the rhythm and the culture of the place.  This year’s list of […]


Beach Journal: In Guadeloupe, The Art of the Tiny Islet 

Since the onset of the pandemic, driven by tremendous travel demand, hotels around the world have gotten far more expensive. Some, significantly more expensive. Even a Caribbean hotel whose rack rate might have started at $150 per night three years ago could be charging upwards of $400 today; luxury hotels have massively raised their rates, […]

These 20 Caribbean Resorts Have Private Plunge Pools You’ll Never Want to Leave

You open your patio door, and it’s right there: a shimmering plunge pool just for you. No kids splashing nearby. No crowded loungers. Just your own stretch of serenity — steps from the sand, wrapped in quiet, tropical air. This is the new Caribbean luxury: private plunge pools made for couples, for solitude, for morning […]

The 23 Best Caribbean Islands to Visit in 2023

Can you believe it has been nearly three years since the world changed? In that span, the destinations of the Caribbean have undergone a tumultuous, frantic, whirring upheaval, one that turned from total static to what is today an abundant, pulsing, dynamism. When Caribbean islands began reopening just a few months after the onset of the […]

9 Little Caribbean Islands For Your Next Vacation

They’re hard to get to and harder to leave, where you fall in love the moment you land (or step off the boat). We all dream about these tiny places scattered across the Caribbean, with few people, few hotels and infinite tranquility.  We’ve gathered some of our favorite minuscule destinations in the Caribbean for your […]

JetBlue Just Relaunched Its Nonstop French Caribbean Flights 

JetBlue has relaunched its service between New York City and the French Caribbean department of Guadeloupe.  The fast-expanding carrier has resumed flights between New York’s John F Kennedy International Airport and Pointe a Pitre International Airport in Grand-Terre, Guadeloupe.  The restarted service is operating three times each week, with flights on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.  […]

Pullman Is Opening Its First French Caribbean Hotel 

By Alexander Britell Accor’s Pullman brand is opening its first-ever hotel in the French Caribbean, Caribbean Journal Invest has learned.  The 102-room Pullman Royal Key Wellness Resort will be set on a peninsula on Moule Bay on the island of Grand-Terre.  The wellness-focused hotel will have 11 spa rooms, a gamma, a pool, a sensory […]

17 Great Caribbean Beaches You Can Only Reach By Boat 

They’re tucked away in tiny corners of the Caribbean, set off far in the middle of the sea, hidden beneath cliffs.  They’re those rarefied beaches that are a bit harder to reach, the ones you can’t fly to, the ones you can’t drive to or walk to.  They’re the remote stretches of sand that keep […]

A New Way to Experience Martinique and Guadeloupe

They’re filled with charming fishing villages, historic towns, cultural capitals and rum distilleries: Martinique and Guadeloupe, that fascinating pair of French departments in the Eastern Caribbean.  And now there’s a new way to explore them: on the sea.  A new boutique luxury power catamaran company has debuted in the French West Indies: Sun Sea Antilles, […]

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