A table at The Cliff. A week at Sandy Lane. A villa in Paynes Bay with the whole family coming in for Christmas. Barbados has long had its own version of the Caribbean festive season, one defined by packed hotels, hard-to-get restaurant reservations and repeat visitors who return every December. This year, United Airlines is putting considerably more seats […]
The cactus rises from the ocher-colored earth. The hills of Arikok National Park stretch across the horizon. A few white-painted casitas appear amid the open countryside, far from the resort towers, beach clubs and busy hotel districts most visitors associate with Aruba. This is another side of the island, a place of desert trails, rock formations and long […]
Some Caribbean hotels arrive with a reputation already attached. You have seen the pool, studied the restaurant menu and watched the room tour before your plane leaves the ground. The places on this list ask for a little more curiosity. A few are on islands many travelers have yet to visit. Others occupy quiet corners […]
You see it from breakfast, from the pool, from the path back to your room. By the second day, you stop thinking about the hotel as a collection of buildings and start thinking about where you want to spend the next few hours: under a sea grape tree, at the beach club or back on […]
