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Island Shop: Caribbean Jellyfish Lamps

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor Strolling down Playa Del Carmen’s main drag, Fifth Avenue, you’re guaranteed to encounter two things: souvenir stalls selling tacky souvenirs and, if you’re female, countless offers from shifty guys offering to “be your Mexican […]

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The Best Beach Bars in the Caribbean 2022

For most travelers, it’s the number one destination-within-a-destination: the beach bar.  As travel trends ebb and flow, it’s a constant, somehow managing to survive as the manifestation of our most romantic Caribbean travel fantasies.  Because there’s just something about a cocktail […]

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Montego Bay, Jamaica’s Stylish and Serene S Hotel

Jamaica’s S Hotel brings South Beach swag to Montego Bay with a stylish rooftop bar, see-and-be-seen pool area fringed with cabanas and day beds, and a vibrant lounge scene with a DJ spinning tropical club tunes for a scene-y young […]

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The 50 Best Restaurants in the Caribbean – 2021

Restaurants are about more than just food.  When we go out to eat, we aren’t doing so because we have to — we do it because we want to.  Because restaurants make our lives more interesting. They break up the […]

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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 […]

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Seven Fun Things to Do in Playa Del Carmen

Touch down at Cancun International Airport and within 40 minutes you can be on the beach at Playa Del Carmen. In the heart of Mexico’s Riviera Maya between Cancun and Tulum, the fishing village that 30 years ago had only […]

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 […]

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The 50 Best Caribbean Restaurants – 2015

We travel to understand places. And so often the best way to understand a place is through food. Indeed, meals are such an integral part of travel, and that’s particularly true in the Caribbean, home to some of the most […]

The 50 Best Caribbean Beach Bars

It may seem like a list of 50 beach bars is a lot. But when we finished compiling this momentous list, we weren’t even breathing hard. That’s because the Caribbean is the beach bar capital of Planet Earth, and we […]

The Best Caribbean Islands For Shopping

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor You might not be a black-belt shopper like me but I bet you buy at least one souvenir when you visit the Caribbean. So make it count! Whether you’re looking for rum or a […]

20 Must-Shop Caribbean Boutiques

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor Souvenir shopping in the Caribbean? For the love of God, put down that fridge magnet, shot glass or oversize sombrero. And don’t get me started on those knitted hats with the faux dreadlocks! I’ve […]

10 Gourmet Caribbean Beach Bars

A rum punch and a magret de canard? Yes, you can find them together in the Caribbean. Sure, there are great beach bars all across the Caribbean. But at certain sandy outposts in the Caribbean, you can find something more: […]

Rum Journal: The Signature Cocktail at the Atlantis Resort’s Moon Club

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor In the Bahamas, the Atlantis resort’s Moon Club has a signature cocktail, appropriately named the Moon Club Mojito. The libation isn’t lunar-themed, however; it’s a reference to the Moon jellyfish that float dreamily in […]

8 Great Beach Bars in Punta Cana

Plainly, the beaches of the Punta Cana area of the Dominican Republic are among the most beautiful in the Caribbean. And when you come upon great beaches, great beach bars almost always follow. That’s definitely the case in Punta Cana, […]

7 Great Places to Kayak in the Caribbean

If you love the water like we do, then kayaking in the Caribbean Sea is a joy. There are some places that are a bit extra special for a paddle, from the glowing waters of Vieques to the rivers of […]

Eight Special Small Inns in Jamaica

Far away from the large resorts and expansive all-inclusives, there is another Jamaica. It’s quiet, laid back and unique in the Caribbean. The best way to experience it is as some of the island’s charming small hotels, which are spread […]

Diana Nyad Completes 103-Mile Swim From Cuba to Key West

Above: Diana Nyad By the Caribbean Journal staff Diana Nyad became the first person to ever swim from Cuba to Florida without the help of a shark cage on Monday. The 64-year-old Nyad arrived at Smathers Beach in Key West […]

Five Fun Things to Do In (or On) the Water in Bonaire

Bonaire is a Caribbean oasis — small, calm and charming. Just a bit north of Venezuela, the Dutch Caribbean island has far more things to do than you’d expect on an island of just about 16,000 people. Of course, here, the […]

The 10 Best Caribbean Adventures – 2013

We all have different reasons for visiting the Caribbean, whether it’s about finding that great jerk chicken, or searching for a deserted beach. But sometimes we are just looking for a little thrill — even if we’re just visiting an […]

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