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This Caribbean Villa Has a Private Pool, Fresh Lobster Nearby, and It’s Right on One of the Best Beaches on the Island

Villa Do Dragon in St Barth.

There’s a stretch of sand in St. Barts where the afternoons feel slower than the rest of the island. The water at Flamands Beach stays wide and bright blue all day, the waves roll in softly enough for long swims, and the beach never gets crowded in the way people expect from St. Barts. You […]

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Rum Journal: A Legendary Rum Bar in Athens, Greece, Baba Au Rhum

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We’ve written often in these pages of the joy of the Rum Bar, a bar that celebrates the best of Caribbean rum-making with a diverse, robust selection of rums from across the region.  For years, such bars were few and far between, even in the Caribbean: places like Antigua’s Papa Zouk, or the Rhum Room […]

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The Dominican Republic’s Top Resort Just Added Pickleball

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It’s the fastest growing sport on earth, and now pickleball has come to the Dominican Republic’s top resort.  Casa de Campo, which was already the country’s premier tennis destination, has unveiled brand-new pickleball courts as part of an expanded Racquet Center.  The resort now has four pickleball courts, along with two padel courts — complimenting the […]

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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 […]


The Dominican Republic’s Top Resort Just Added Pickleball

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 […]

This Grenada Resort Has a New Executive Chef 

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 […]

Splashing Around in Jamaica’s Bioluminescent Bay

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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” […]

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