Your own pool. Your own kitchen. Your own living room in the Caribbean. But also beach clubs. Golf courses. Butler service. Spas. Restaurants. Housekeeping. Concierge desks. The fastest-growing luxury category in Caribbean travel right now sits somewhere between a private villa and a full-service resort — and travelers are increasingly choosing both at the same […]
Guadeloupe isn’t one island—it’s a self-contained archipelago of six inhabited isles (and countless islets and cays), each with its own rhythm, landscape, and identity. Set in the French Caribbean, Guadeloupe is unified by a strong Creole and French heritage, yet offers a surprisingly diverse range of experiences just a ferry ride away. Whether you’re hiking […]
I remember the first time I visited Sainte Anne. The little beach town on the southern coast of Guadeloupe’s island of Grande Terre has some beautiful sand, but it’s really most famous for one thing: it’s food trucks. Head to the coastline on just about any day of the week and you’ll be met with […]
There’s a certain moment in Caribbean travel. When the big islands start to feel crowded. When the bustling beaches feel like airports. When the escape needs an escape. That’s when you go smaller. Not just small — tiny. Because tucked between the dots on the map are some of the most magical places in the […]
There’s nothing like a Caribbean beach in summer. The crowds thin out, the winds relax, and the islands start breathing in a different way. The beaches you thought you knew feel new again— stretches of sand once packed with winter crowds now stretch wide open, waiting just for you. It’s the time when the Caribbean […]
You may know the tiny fishing village of Deshaies in Guadeloupe for its alter ego: Saint Marie, the fictional island in the popular BBC series “Death in Paradise,” in which a series of UK-based detectives are sent to solve crimes in the heart of the Caribbean. But the real Deshaies is one of my favorite […]
It’s small, intimate, as much a library as a bar. The shelves are filled with rare bottling of the Caribbean’s greatest rums. There’s a walk-in humidor around the corner. A small bar counter. Beautiful leather chairs. If you dreamed up a rum bar in the depths of your imagination, it would look exactly like this. Here, […]
You walk along one beach and feel like you’ve stumbled onto a movie set. On another, you sip ti’ punch in the shadow of a volcano. On another one, you’re surrounded by imposing cliffs. No, these aren’t the beaches you first think of when you think of the Caribbean, where sugary, powdery coastlines are all […]
The rainforests of Basse-Terre. The sugarcane fields of Marie-Galante. The beaches of Grande-Terre. The seafood in Deshaies. Guadeloupe is a layered, fascinating Caribbean destination, and it’s about to hit the travel map in a new way. Air Canada is kicking off new nonstop routes between Toronto and Guadeloupe’s Pointe-a-Pitre, Caribbean Journal has learned. The new […]
They call them Les Saintes, or the “islands of the saints.” They’re set just a short ferry ride from Guadeloupe, the French Caribbean department that’s deliciously far off the standard travel radar. And within Les Saintes, there’s really just one island people visit: Terre de Haut, the tiny, two-square mile island that’s lovable, dreamy and […]
Martinique. Cuba. Guyana. Guadeloupe. Barbados. Puerto Rico. When you think of legendary Caribbean rum-making markets, these are some of the first names that come to mind. But hidden away in the southeastern Caribbean is another one that should be on your radar: Grenada. The lush, fertile island has long been a haven for great rums […]
The Caribbean has no shortage of headline-making beaches — Seven Mile, Grace Bay, Eagle Beach — and they deserve the spotlight, too. But tucked away across the region are lesser-known gems, quiet strands with local charm, raw beauty, and the feeling that, when you arrive, you’ve made your own personal discovery. These are the kinds […]
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