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One of the Caribbean’s Coolest Snorkeling Spots Is an Offshore Corner of Belize Filled With Sharks and Rays

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JetBlue Has New Nonstop Flights to St. Maarten, the Dual-Destination Caribbean Island With Food, Fun, and Picture-Perfect Beaches

Sunset cocktails along the boardwalk. An afternoon of shopping in Philipsburg. Dinners in Grand Case that stretch late into the night — St. Maarten is just a fun place to be — and the Caribbean island has a way of making even simple rituals feel like part of its identity. With JetBlue’s new nonstop service from Fort Lauderdale, travelers now […]

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This Island in Belize Is Home to One of the World’s Greatest Lobster Festivals

In San Pedro, July doesn’t start with fireworks—it starts with lobster. The 2025 edition of the San Pedro Lobster Festival officially kicks off on July 1, ushering in nearly two weeks of crustacean-fueled celebration across the island of Ambergris Caye. It’s a now-iconic festival on the Belize calendar, one that brings together locals, travelers, chefs, […]

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Bahamas, St Maarten, Belize Top Fastest-Growing Caribbean Destinations for Canadian Travelers

Where Canadians Are Flocking in Surging Numbers, From the Bahamas to Belize Canadian travel to the Caribbean is back — and in some places, booming. New data from the Caribbean Tourism Organization shows a major rebound in Canadian visitor arrivals last year, with several destinations posting double-digit gains, Caribbean Journal has found. From island classics […]

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Jungles, Jaguars, Reefs and Beaches. Here’s Why Travelers Are Flocking to Belize.

The jungles. The beaches. The reefs. The jaguars. If you know Belize, you know there’s nowhere quite like it in the Caribbean: a vibrant, layered destination, one where you can spend the morning in a tree-filled river and the afternoon on the sand; spend one day exploring Maya history and the other at the world’s […]

Bahamas, St Maarten, Belize Top Fastest-Growing Caribbean Destinations for Canadian Travelers

You don’t just arrive at these places — you approach them. Slowly. By sea. There’s a certain feeling when a hotel doesn’t have a driveway. When the only way in is by boat, everything changes. The air feels quieter. The pace resets. And suddenly, you’re somewhere else entirely. These are the Caribbean hotels where the […]

This Historic Belize City Hotel Just Added 30 New Ocean-View Rooms

Belize City’s iconic hotel first debuted back in 1953. Now, after a total transformation that concluded last year, it’s rediscovered its mid-century glory with a modern look. Now the Fort George, the signature place to stay in Belize City has just gotten bigger. The hotel has unveiled 30 new Sea View Premium King Rooms, which […]

This Belize Resort Just Opened a New Cocktail Bar

A new cocktail bar has opened at a top resort in Belize, adding a fresh culinary — cultural — dimension to the guest experience. And it’s all about math. The new bar, called Arlie’s, is named in honor of Arlie Petters, a Belizean-American mathematician and professor at Duke University. Petters, who also holds appointments in physics […]

Delta Is Doubling Its Belize Flights From Atlanta for the Holidays

The overwater bars of Ambergris Caye. The jungles of Cayo. The beachy charm of Placencia. Belize is as diverse a getaway as you’ll find in the Caribbean, whether you’re looking for rugged adventure or a classic island retreat. And this winter, it’s getting even easier to visit Belize, with Delta planning to double its flights […]

Curaçao, Belize and St Vincent Are the Caribbean’s Fastest-Growing Travel Hotspots

Sun, sand and sea are more popular than ever. But that’s just the beginning of the story for a Caribbean region that is hotter than ever: the Caribbean tourism industry continues to soar, exceeding even its pre-pandemic heights. In 2024, the Caribbean welcomed approximately 34.2 million international overnight visitors, marking an impressive 6.1 percent increase […]

The 50 Best Restaurants in the Caribbean - 2025

No region in the world has a more diverse or dynamic culinary continuum than the Caribbean. Just about every cuisine on earth is represented, often in wonderfully, intoxicatingly fused expressions. Across the breadth of the Caribbean Basin, you will find an unmatched gastronomic mosaic. And if you’ve been to the region recently, you know that […]

Francis Ford Coppola Has a Luxury Caribbean Beach Hotel in an Under-the-Radar Town in Belize

Wine’s not the most common order when your toes are in the sand at the edge of the Caribbean Sea. But here at the Laughing Fish bar, I suddenly found myself ordering a glass of the house cab, followed by fresh-caught fish tacos, peering out at the shimmering blue off the coast of Placencia, Belize. […]

Hopkins, Belize Is the Best Caribbean Beach Town You’ve Never Heard of

You hear it in the late afternoon. It starts as a walking beat: one, two, one two. Then it becomes something else, something more powerful. One-two-three one. A percussive pounding, a series of ritual punches that cut through the sea air and find you wherever you are. This is the rhythm of Hopkins, a maritime […]