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This Caribbean Floating Bar Has World-Class Tacos — And You Can Only Get There by Boat

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You come in by boat, cut the engine, and drift into Lindbergh Bay with a floating taco bar ahead of you. The water here is clear enough to see sand patches under the surface as you slow down. Small boats move through the bay. People sit in float seats with drinks in hand. Others climb […]

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A Legendary Caribbean Floating Bar Is Back in the BVI

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It’s back in The Bight.  For years, it was one of the Caribbean’s bucket-list bars: a floating, decommissioned old tanker converted into a beach bar Mecca.  Then, in 2017, the William Thornton, or Willy T as it was affectionately known, was lost in Hurricane Irma.  But after its owners found a replacement, and after a […]

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Why BVI Food Fete Is a Must-Visit Caribbean Culinary Event

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By the Caribbean Journal staff The Caribbean has no shortage of great culinary festivals, from St Barth to Barbados, all showcasing the marvelous diversity of Caribbean food. But one of the Caribbean’s most popular destination food festivals has a rather special party piece: it comes with a side of island-hopping. The British Virgin Islands’ BVI […]

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Two New Ways to Get to Tortola, BVI

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By the Caribbean Journal staff Regional Caribbean carrier interCaribbean Airways is launching a pair of new routes between the USVI and Tortola. interCaribbean is launching new daily flights between Tortola and St Thomas and St Croix, the company said this week. That will include two daily flights between St Thomas and Tortola and one daily […]


Why BVI Food Fete Is a Must-Visit Caribbean Culinary Event

By the Caribbean Journal staff Beaches, parties, yachts, turquoise waters, cocktails and spectacular music. If a BVI vacation feels like Christmas in July, well, it actually is. This year is the latest annual edition of the BVI’s Christmas in July event, a popular weekend party held on Virgin Gorda’s Pond Bay Beach. The party is […]

This BVI Resort Has a New Executive Chef

By the Caribbean Journal staff One of the British Virgin Islands’ top private-island resorts has named a new executive chef. The luxe Scrub Island Resort, Spa and Marina has tapped Chloe St-Cyr as its new lead chef. “We’re so pleased to welcome Chef Chloe to Scrub Island Resort, Spa & Marina, where she will draw on her […]

A New Way to Live in the BVI

By the Caribbean Journal staff The British Virgin Islands’ Scrub Island resort has launched a new real estate offering including five new villas, the property said this week. The private-island resort has partnered with Coldwell Banker to launch sales on the collection of five villa estates ranging from two to six bedrooms. “When Scrub Island asked us to […]

Seven Ways to Experience the BVI Right Now

By Bob Curley CJ Contributor How do you want to take the British Virgin Islands — one ravishing island at a time, or all at once in a grand tour by sea? Here are seven ways to experience the wonders of this 60 island archipelago. Attuned to Nature: Guana Island Nature lovers will swoon over […]

In the BVI, Earth Day Is an Entire Month

By Dana Niland CJ Contributor The British Virgin Islands is celebrating Earth Day all month long by creating community awareness through its Seeds of Love initiative. Various events have included school plantings and discussions, voluntourism planting events, plant donation drive, and a planting at the Ellis Thomas Downs Race Track. The month-long celebration culminated on Saturday, April 27 with a Seeds of Love Community volunteer planting and […]

A Must-Visit Regatta in the BVI

By the Caribbean Journal staff There’s a reason the British Virgin Islands has long been the Caribbean capital of sailing. And now the archipelago’s world-class sailing offering is on display again with the upcoming BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival. The annual event is one of the Caribbean’s must-visit regattas, now in its 48th year […]

The BVI’s Oil Nut Bay Is Set to Debut a New Marina Village

By the Caribbean Journal staff The island of Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin Islands is set to debut a highly-anticipated new destination: the Marina Village at Oil Nut Bay. The new complex at the luxe Oil Nut Bay development will be anchored by an overwater eatery called Nova, complemented by amenities like a “suspended […]

New Tourism Leadership in the British Virgin Islands

By the Caribbean Journal staff The British Virgin Islands has new tourism leadership, following the British Overseas Territory’s recent election. New BVI Premier Andrew Fahie will also be serving as Minister of Tourism, following his Virgin Islands Party’s win in the House of Assembly. “I am committing to being laser-focused on tourism as a driver […]

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