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This Caribbean Island Filled With Jaw-Dropping Beaches Just Got Three New Nonstop Flights

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Rendezvous Bay. Meads Bay. Shoal Bay. Maundays Bay. In just about any other destination, each of these would be the best beach on the whole island. In Anguilla, they’re all here. They run long and pale, edged by calm water and just enough development to make a day feel complete without ever feeling crowded. You […]

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St Martin’s Must-Visit Culinary Festival Is Back This November

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It just might be the best culinary destination in the Caribbean. And if you’ve been to the French side of St Martin, you know it’s a rather difficult proposition to challenge. Three years ago, the destination doubled down on its gourmet pedigree and launched a new annual culinary event — and now the Festival de […]

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How to Attend Eric Ripert's Legendary Cayman Cookout

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It’s one of the most legendary culinary events, well, anywhere in the world: Cayman Cookout, Chef Eric Ripert’s gastronomic festival at the Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman.  And it’s back again this winter for what will be its 16th annual event.  The event is a haven for celebrity chefs, with attending chefs already including everyone from Andrew […]

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Splashing Around in Jamaica’s Bioluminescent Bay

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I’ll never forget that ooey-gooey feeling in Jamaica’s Luminous Lagoon. Its floor was a squishy and thick cloudlike mud. Perhaps in a normal circumstance, it would have grossed me out. But recently it was part of something special. It was my first bioluminescent bay experience. And, probably like most folks, I’d heard about bioluminescent bays […]


How to Attend Eric Ripert's Legendary Cayman Cookout

If you know Grenada, you know Calabash, the luxury boutique hotel that’s always set a standard for culinary excellence on the island.  The beachfront resort is now upping its game again, with the recent appointment of a new executive chef, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The property has tapped Vancouver native Nicholas Pena Alvarez to the […]

The Caribbean’s Most Exciting New Rooftop Bar Is In Antigua 

Sipping on an ice-cold Negroni on a warm Caribbean afternoon, peering out at the super yachts in the Caribbean Sea, a DJ set bumping in the background. This is precisely the purpose of the Caribbean’s newest (and most exciting) rooftop bar. Antigua has a its first cocktail-only bar, and it’s a stunner: the new Negroni […]

St Thomas Carnival 2024 Was a Big Hit 

This year’s edition of the St Thomas Carnival was, by all accounts, a big hit.  The event, which kicked off with favorites like the Calypso Monarch and Panorama, brought in thousands of revelers, from locals to visitors, for a multi-day fete in the heart of Charlotte Amalie.  “Carnival in the U.S. Virgin Islands is growing, allowing us […]

Journeying to Charlie’s, the Oldest Bar in Aruba

The oldest bar in Aruba still draws a big crowd almost any time it’s open, even if these days tourists tend to outnumber oil workers elbowing their way into Charlie’s Bar for a cold beer or rum drink. Arriving on a weekday afternoon at the bar in downtown San Nicholas — traditionally an industrial town […]

The Bahamas' Legendary Graycliff Hotel and Restaurant Just Made History Again

NASSAU — For more than a half century, Nassau’s Graycliff has been the premier restaurant in the Caribbean (and the home of the region’s largest wine and spirits collection). More than that, it has set the standard for food and beverage in the Caribbean, under the stewardship of the Garzaroli family and its unwavering commitment to […]

Rum Journal: The Caribbean’s Best New Rum Is From Grenada 

They have been making rum here in some form for almost three centuries, in a 500-acre estate anchored by waving cane fields on the southern coast of Grenada.  As you walk around the grounds, you find the remnants of centuries of sugarcane tradition — and a flowing natural spring.  While the still here is now only […]

Tipsy Scoop Is Coming to Downtown Nassau 

Popular liquor-infused ice cream shop Tipsy Scoop is opening its first-ever international location in The Bahamas next month.  Tipsy Scoop, which has three locations in New York State and another in Washington, DC, is opening its Bahamian location in Calpyso House in downtown Nassau, right across from the British Colonial hotel.  The company’s famous “barlours” […]

Your Own Little Beach Bar in Aruba 

A bucket of Brights, a few chairs and the perfect beach afternoon. At Aruba’s Surfside Beach Bar, the formula is simple and flawless.  If you’ve been to the Dutch Caribbean island of Aruba, you know the island does not lack for terrific beach bars and lounges, whether the Flintstones-inspired Big Mama Grill on Baby Beach […]