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This Resort Is the Best Dive Destination in The Bahamas, With Shark Encounters, Blue Holes, Coral Walls, and No Crowds

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The boat leaves the marina and heads into open Bahamian water. Below the surface, the bottom falls away into a wall, reef sharks pass through the blue and the visibility stretches far beyond the edge of the dive group. On another excursion, the destination is a blue hole. On another, a wreck. At night, the […]

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The Caribbean’s Best Beach Bar Beaches 

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Who doesn’t love a great beach bar?  What about an entire beach filled with them?  Travel across the Caribbean and you’ll find them, single stretches of sand teeming with beach bars, often all right in a row — beach bars and, well, not much else.  For whatever reasons, these beaches have become magnets for beach […]

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From Turks and Caicos to St Martin, the Best New Caribbean Vacation Villas 

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Just after Labor Day, the fantasy returns: travelers begin plotting their Caribbean winter escapes, dreaming of that next unforgettable island vacation.  And for most frequent Caribbean travelers, particularly families, it’s hard to beat a villa vacation, with the combination of space, comfort, privacy and amenities in some of the region’s most sought-after vacations.  And just […]

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The Joy of the Ti’ Punch, the Ultimate Caribbean Rum Cocktail 

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It’s the purest expression of sugarcane in spirit form: rhum blanc, or white rhum agricole.  Unaged white rum made from pure pressed sugar cane juice is as close as you can come to the cane: a raw, visceral, complex spirit that has a real terroir. And it just so happens that this is the primary […]


From Turks and Caicos to St Martin, the Best New Caribbean Vacation Villas 

Small-ship cruise line Windstar is expanding in the Caribbean, including its first-ever homeport in Miami.  The company is adding a new itinerary in the winter of 2023: Beach Fun and Sun: a Caribbean Getaway, that will feature seven days in Caribbean ports including St Maarten, Antigua, St Barth, Anguilla, Jost Van Dyke, Virgin Gorda and […]

The Caribbean Island of St Barth Just Removed All Testing, Vaccination Rules

Traveling to the French Caribbean island of St Barth just got a whole lot easier.  The tiny Caribbean paradise just removed all travel restrictions to the island, Caribbean Journal has confirmed.  That means travelers no longer need to show proof of vaccination or testing in order to enter the island.  In other words, traveling to […]

The Caribbean’s Best Rum Festival Is Set for November 

Rare artisanal rums, vibrant ti’ punch, fine cigars, sparkling yachts and rooftop cocktails. In other words, just another day at the Caribbean Rum Awards St Barth. Now in its fifth year, the Caribbean’s best rum festival is back again for 2022: the Caribbean Rum Awards St Barth.  The weeklong celebration of the Caribbean’s top rums […]

In Miami, a Celebration of the Rums of Martinique 

The annual Sip of Martinique event came to Miami last night, with a celebration of rhum agricole to launch the 2022 edition of the Caribbean Rum Awards St Barth.  The tasting party at Miami’s Empire Social Lounge (home to Miami’s top selection of Caribbean rum( featured a selection of rare rums from Martinique, including Rhum […]

A New Beverage Manager at BVI’s Rosewood Little Dix Bay 

The British Virgin Islands’ Rosewood Little Dix Bay has named a new beverage manager, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The resort has tapped Oreste Catenacci to the role, in which he will be responsible for the beverage program at the property’s three dining concepts and its cocktail bar called The Rum Room (not to be confused […]

Wimco Villas Is Expanding Its Special Reserve Collection in St Barth 

WIMCO Villas, the Caribbean’s leading villa provider, is expanding its popular Special Reserve Collection Villas in St Barth.  The collection features private villas that come with the services of a private chef.  WIMCO now has a total of 30 villas in its St Barth Special Reserve Collection portfolio, the company confirmed to Caribbean Journal.  Guests […]

The 50 Best Restaurants in the Caribbean - 2022

They’re the kinds of meals you savor. Not just when you’re finishing dessert, but months and years in advance. This is the experience diners are seeking when they come to any strong culinary destination, and, thankfully, the Caribbean is full of them. Whether you’re in a seaside food stall or a Michelin-level fine-dining destination, the […]

The 15 Best Luxury Boutique Hotels in the Caribbean 2022

Being a boutique hotel isn’t just about size. Sure, the hotels on this list, all of which have 40 rooms or less, are not big.  But boutique is about more than that. It’s about character, about personality; about identity.  It should be fashionable and stylish, cool and unique.  The first “boutique” hotels originated in urban, […]