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VIDEO: The Stella Maris Resort on Long Island in The Bahamas

By Guy Britton Long Island is on the edge. The eastern side of this island in The Bahamas plunges to depths of 1,000 feet right offshore; there are striking cliffs that stand up to the sea. The ocean meets the […]

Eden Rock St Barths to Reopen in December, Villas Already Open

By the Caribbean Journal staff One of the Caribbean’s greatest hotels is planning its return following Hurricane Irma. The Oetker Collection’s legendary Eden Rock St Barths is planning to reopen in December of 2018, according to a statement from St […]

Baoase: The Luxury Resort That’s Curaçao’s Best-Kept Secret

Maybe you know the world of Caribbean hotels. Maybe you’ve visited the legendary places in the Caribbean: the Eden Rocks, the Round Hills, the Ocean Clubs of the world. Well, you may not know about this one. Tucked away on […]

Curaçao Airport’s Major Transformation

By Alexander Britell There’s a certain sparkle you notice the moment you land, from the floor to the automated immigration kiosk. There’s a newness. There’s a sheen. This isn’t quite like any Caribbean airport you’ve been to — and it will […]

The 50 Best Restaurants in the Caribbean — 2017

Let’s get this out of the way. This list looks different than it otherwise might if a pair of unwelcome visitors named Irma and Maria hadn’t made their way through the Caribbean this fall. Indeed, the storm hit some of […]

Nigel Spence: Two New Recipes for Thanksgiving

By Nigel Spence CJ Contributor As the Thanksgiving Holiday rolls around, with it comes a flurry of activity and excitement as families prepare to master the most important of all meals – the Thanksgiving Feast. Supermarket shelves fully stacked with […]

How to Visit St Barth This Winter

By Alexander Britell There was a lively bourbon masterclass event at Gustavia’s popular 25 Quarter bar on Monday, a few hours after a luxury yacht had found its way into the harbor. La Petite Colombe was serving warm baguettes and […]

Antigua Tourism Quickly Bounces Back From Irma

By the Caribbean Journal staff Antigua’s tourism industry has quickly bounced back from Hurricane Irma, with excursions, restaurants and hotels reopening for business. Popular restaurants like Beach Limers, Coconut Grove, Sheer Rocks, Turners and Le Bistro have already opened their […]

A Must-Visit Food Festival in St Barth

St. Barth will hold its fourth annual St. Barth Gourmet Festival November 2-5. Hosting six of the world’s leading chefs in French gastronomy, the event will showcase their signature styles and celebrate the long-standing tradition of culinary excellence on the […]

10 Exclusive Resorts to Visit Now

An adults only all inclusive is particiularly well suited for a Caribbean vacation — it combines the comfort and ease of an all inclusive with the tranquil exclusivity of an adults only retreat, two things have an even better way […]

How This Mystery Ingredient Helps Make the Perfect Caribbean Cocktail

By Nigel Spence CJ Contributor Have you ever woken up with a particular craving and nothing you eat or drink throughout the day satisfies you until you get exactly what you are craving? Well, that was me the other day. I could […]

My BVI Tips: Adrian Green

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor If you weren’t staying aboard a boat, chances are you arrived to Saba Rock, the lively bar and restaurant floating in the British Virgin Islands’ North Sound, via their water taxi. Which means that […]

The Best Caribbean Summer Destinations for 2017

Beauty isn’t seasonal. So when you’re planning your summer vacation for 2017, you need to be thinking Caribbean. Because, contrary to the views of some, the Caribbean is just as wonderful a place to visit in the summer as it is […]

Seven Reasons to Visit The Grenadines

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor Divided between the territories of St Vincent in the north and Grenada in the south, 32 enchanting islands (only nine of which are inhabited) are strung like pearls in a sapphire sea. These Grenadines, […]

The Bird Whisperer of Aruba

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor We’ve heard of hotel pets (Ziggy, the dog at Montpelier Plantation & Beach on Nevis springs to mind) but we’ve never heard of hotels with an entire collection on hand for guests’ enjoyment. Until […]

10 Great Caribbean Snorkeling Beaches

You don’t always need a boat to appreciate the Caribbean’s underwater wonders. Because some of the Caribbean’s best snorkeling spots are right on the sand. At these snorkel-friendly beaches in the Caribbean, you can wade right in and enjoy some […]

The 10 Best St Barts Hotels

It’s hip, it’s chic, it’s French and it’s Caribbean. The island of St Barts is the toniest place in the West Indies, but beneath the pomp and circumstance is a seriously substantive offering that makes it among the Caribbean’s greatest travel […]

A Perfect Cocktail to Lime in Trinidad

This month, thousands of revelers will make their way to Trinidad for Carnival. Known as the largest in the Caribbean, Trinidad’s Carnival is the country’s main festival as many say “In Trinidad there are two seasons – Carnival and getting […]

The 5 Best Dominica Resorts

Dominica isn’t the easiest of Caribbean destinations to get to (most travelers will have to connect through Antigua, Barbados, Puerto Rico or St. Maarten) but the 289-square-mile island rewards travelers who make the effort with primordial beauty and stunning natural […]

In Martinique, In the Footsteps of Amerindians

A journey into the history of Martinique By Sébastien Perrot-Minnot, PhD CJ Contributor It does not take a visitor long to realize that Martinique, “the Island of Flowers” as it is popularly known, is a land gorged with history. He discovers, […]

Rum Journal: The Rum Awards 2016

It’s hard to believe we’re celebrating five years of the landmark Rum Awards, Rum Journal’s annual celebration of the best in rum around the Caribbean and the world. A lot has changed in the rum world since then, with awareness […]

The 50 Best Restaurants in the Caribbean – 2016

The Caribbean’s food scene continues to get better, with a renewed focus on honoring local styles and ingredients and a growing slate of world-class restaurants. And 2016 was an eventful year for the region’s restaurants, with several stellar debuts like St. Croix’s […]

Holland America’s New Private Island Lobster Shack

Holland America’s Half Moon Cay private island will be celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2017, and the cruise line is making some updates for the occasion. That includes the introduction of a new Lobster Shack restaurant on the island serving […]

Rum Journal: A Rum to Try From Grenada

Martinique. Barbados. Guadeloupe. Puerto Rico. These are some of the titans of Caribbean rum production, hubs for the Noble Spirit, full-fledged destinations for rum. But there is another island in the Eastern Caribbean with a venerable rum history that remains […]

Like Subscription Boxes? This One’s Filled With the Caribbean

A monthly dose of Caribbean By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor There are so many things you can get today via subscription box: pet supplies, gluten-free snacks, organic laundry detergent … you can even have artisanal bacon delivered to your […]

This Caribbean Hotel Created Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Cocktails

Is the U.S. election season getting you down? The US Virgin Islands’ Bolongo Bay Beach Resort has you covered. The venerable St. Thomas hotel’s mixologists have created a group of cocktails for this year’s U.S. presidential campaign — so that, no […]

Rum Journal: A Legendary Rum Shop in Barbados

In a rum shop, water comes in a whisky bottle. At least it does at the John Moore Bar, one of the venerable rum shops in Barbados and a legendary spot on the island. The rum shop, you see, is […]

An Important New Music Festival in Kingston

An important new music festival is coming to Kingston, Jamaica aimed at celebrating some of the country’s greatest art forms. The first-ever One World Ska and Rocksteady Music Festival, presented by Sounds & Pressure, is coming to Kingston on Nov. 28. […]

JetBlue Is Adding a New Nonstop Route From Westchester to Puerto Rico