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The Best Caribbean Islands to Visit in 2024, From Tiny Beach Towns to Hidden Gems
Maybe you’ve been to the Caribbean a dozen times. Maybe you’re planning your first Caribbean vacation. The Caribbean continues to reinvent itself, to rewrite its story. The Caribbean just keeps getting better. As the region comes off what was a […]
Small Caribbean Hotel of the Week: A Hidden Gem in Saba
It’s just past twilight on the patio at the Queen’s Hotel, Bar and Kitchen, and the chef has prepared a half-shell Saban lobster with truffle potatoes. If you haven’t been to this lovely little island before, you may not know […]
Caribbean Moment: A Hidden Beach in The Bahamas
Maybe you’ve been to Staniel Cay before, as a jumping off point for exploring the Exuma chain, or for a stay at the Staniel Cay Yacht Club. But this little island has its secrets, including the spectacular Pirate Beach. The […]
From Jamaica to St Thomas, 7 Hidden Beaches in the Caribbean
Some are in far- off, remote islands that are secrets unto themselves. Others are in well-traveled destinations but still a bit off the beaten path. Some, well, require a little extra digging. But isn’t that what traveling to the Caribbean […]
A Taste of the Caribbean’s Hidden Sugarcane Mecca, Marie-Galante
It’s a quiet land of waving cane fields and serene beaches, ti’ punch and accras, shaped like a pancake and flat like one, too. And the casual observer might mistake this merely for a serene Caribbean paradise. But Marie Galante […]
In St Maarten, a Hidden Caribbean Beach Hotel
By Alexander Britell There’s almost always a corner of beginning in every Caribbean destination, one of the spots where tourism truly started on the island. In St Maarten you find it as you wind around the twisting streets adjacent to […]
At the Edge of the Caribbean, a Hidden Jewel in Panama
By Alexander Britell There’s a reason they put a canal here. Panama is the thinnest sliver of the Americas, the most logical place to put the world’s most important shipping route, the isthmic keyhole from the Caribbean Sea to the […]
VIDEO: Les Ilets de la Plage, St. Barth’s Hidden Gem Hotel
By Alexander Britell St. Barth is the luxury capital of the Caribbean, from neverending lunches at the Eden Rock to lazy afternoons at Tom Beach. But to experience the real St. Barth, to understand what makes this place so overwhelmingly […]
The Caribbean’s Hidden City
Above: Santo Domingo’s Colonial Zone (All photos by CJ) By Alexander Britell SANTO DOMINGO — Everything here is hidden. Inside these venerable old structures are great little hotels and restaurants. But you don’t notice them. You walk right by them. […]
Rum Journal: A Hidden Bar on the Caribbean’s Oldest Street
Above: the lobby bar at the Hostal Nicolas de Ovando in Santo Domingo (All photos by CJ) This bar isn’t very old. But the building is. It’s been aging for half a millennium, a place that was once home to […]
At Dominica’s Secret Bay, Finding the Hidden Caribbean
Above: Secret Bay in Dominica (All photos by CJ) By Alexander Britell DOMINICA — There’s mystery here. I arrive, not by airplane, which of course offers its own unique vantage points, but by ferry, from the neighbouring French department of […]
Eleuthera’s Best-Kept Secret Has The Coolest New Rooms in The Bahamas
“It’s one of those places where you just feel a connection,” he says. Past the old fairways, tucked beyond the casuarinas, is High Rock. It’s an outcropping of ironshore perched above the clearest blue water you’ll ever see. People come […]
American Airlines Is Launching Two More Nonstop Routes to Barbados
It’s no secret that Barbados has big designs on tapping the US travel market, and in recent months, the island’s efforts have been paying off. First, the island secured more flights from Miami for the holiday. Last week, Delta Air […]
New Life for the Landmark Queen’s Staircase in Nassau
It’s one of the most iconic spots in all of Nassau and Paradise Island in The Bahamas: the Queen’s Staircase, which was built in the mid-1830s and eventually named for Queen Victoria. The staircase in the heart of downtown Nassau […]
At These 13 Resorts, You Can Take the Perfect Adventure-Filled Vacation in Belize
Belize, a Caribbean travel destination full of natural wonders that also happens to have some of the coolest adventure resorts on the planet, from top-flight jungle hotels to luxurious river lodges and just about everything in between, whether you’re seeking […]
The Cool List: the Coolest Hotels in the Caribbean for 2024
They’re different. They’re fun, they’re colorful, they’re unique. They’re themselves. The Caribbean has no shortage of cool hotels and in this, Caribbean Journal’s 12th annual Cool List, we highlight the places that hit you in a different way, that do […]
The 25 Best Caribbean Beach Bars for 2024
What is the first thing you want to do after you land at an airport in the Caribbean? For many, it’s a pretty simple answer. Make your way, by car or boat, to your sandy chair, cocktail in hand, at […]
The 25 Best Beaches in the Caribbean to Visit in 2024
Let’s be frank. The best beach in the Caribbean is the one you’re on right now. That means choosing our favorite beaches in the Caribbean each year is an almost impossible task — and one that, we admit, is completely […]
The 20 Best All-Inclusive Resorts in Punta Cana for 2024
The Dominican Republic welcomed more visitors last year than any in the country’s history, with most travelers descending on one place: Punta Cana, the tourism hotspot on the country’s eastern coast. Punta Cana has always been the most popular place […]
The 50 Best Restaurants in the Caribbean – 2024
Don’t be fooled: there is a formula to creating a great restaurant. It’s the same formula we use to evaluate the region’s best places to eat. You see, every great restaurant is built on three core pillars: food, service and […]
A New Way to Get to This Spectacular Island in The Bahamas
There’s a new way to get to one of the most sought-after islands in the Out Islands of The Bahamas: the uncrowded, beach-filled, blue-hole covered Long Island. Fort Lauderdale-based Makers Air has launched new nonstop service between Fort Lauderdale and […]
Is This the Best All-Inclusive Resort in Cancun?
Live Aqua Beach Beach Resort is arguably the best all-inclusive in Cancun, Mexico. Here’s why, from the sparkling rooms to the service to some very cool touches you won’t often find at Cancun-area resorts. For starters, the rooms: 371 newly-remodeled […]
A Tiny Beach Resort to Discover in Turks and Caicos
Maybe you’ve been to the sand in Grace Bay, or taken a dive to the undersea wonders of Grand Turk. But hidden in the chain of Sister Islands that begin just across the water from the northeastern edge of Providenciales […]
Caribbean Moment: A Stairway to Serenity in St Barth
It’s tucked away on the other side of the airport, a beach-clad jewel hidden among the palm trees. This is Lets Ilets de la Plage, and it remains one of the best-kept secrets on an island that is the Caribbean […]
The 15 Best Spa Resorts in the Caribbean
Resort spas have become almost as common as fitness centers on amenity lists, but while it’s simple enough to carve out some space for a few treatment rooms, there are some spas that offer a true “experience” to go along […]
A New Way to Fly to Long Island in The Bahamas
Blue holes, white-sand beaches, boundless adventure. Long Island has always been one of the best-kept secrets in The Bahamas. This fall, Long Island is about to get major new service from the United States market. On Dec. 14, Makers Air […]
Royal Caribbean Opening Adults-Only Destination in The Bahamas
Royal Caribbean is opening a new adults-only “escape” at its CocoCay private-island destination in The Bahamas. The cruise giant has officially unveiled the new Hideaway Beach, a “beachfront paradise” that is slated to open in January 2024. Hideaway Beach will […]
It’s Getting Even Easier to Fly to Great Exuma in The Bahamas
They say the Exuma chain of The Bahamas has the most beautiful water on earth. When you get there and see its impossibly electric shade of turquoise for yourself, you can’t help but agree. And now it’s getting even easier […]
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