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This Barbados Hotel Is Exactly 267 Steps From One of the Island’s Best Beaches, With Sunbeds, Cocktails, and a Different Kind of Vacation

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It’s 267 steps from your room to the sand at The Rockley in Barbados. Maybe 268, depending on where you start walking. Maybe 265 if you cut across the pool deck. Either way, it’s the right amount. Enough distance to head back upstairs for another coffee or a colder drink. Close enough that you’re still hearing the water at […]

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Tortola’s Nanny Cay Hotel and Marina Making Progress

By Dana Niland CJ Contributor Nanny Cay, a resort marina and boatyard in Tortola, British Virgin Islands is making progress in repairing the damages caused by the passage of Hurricane Irma. Crucially, about 40 percent of Nanny Cay’s rooms are already available, though without Wi-Fi and cable, while the Nanny Cay Beach Bar is already […]

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Bimini Big Game Club Reopening Next Week

By the Caribbean Journal staff The Bahamas’ legendary Bimini Big Game Club resort and marina will be reopening Sept. 29 in the wake of Hurricane Irma, the property announced. The property, which already reopened its signature restaurant, the Bimini Big Game Club Bar & Grill, will be fully open and operational on the 29th. The […]

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Resorts World Bimini to Reopen Sept. 27

By the Caribbean Journal staff Resorts World Bimini “fared well” during Hurricane Irma and is slated to reopen on Sept. 27, the Bahamian property announced this week. There was no structural damage to the property, officials said, but heavy storm surge will mean additional repair work for the resort’s marina. “Clean up efforts are currently […]


Bimini Big Game Club Reopening Next Week

There’s no better way to appreciate the Caribbean than by actually getting out onto it. So if you’re sailing to the islands by boat (or planning to charter a craft when you get there), you’ll need to know where you can park your boat  – and that’s often at a marina hotel. Fortunately, we’ve rounded […]

The 11 Best Caribbean Islands for Sailing, Yachting and Boating

We have often said, to really understand an island you must go out in a boat and look back. Boating and Islands just go together — to really see a place and know a place you must get away from it. It gives perspective to size, topography and foliage, and when you go to land, […]

VIDEO: This Is Your Chair at the Bimini Sands

The Bimini Sands – it’s the best hotel on South Bimini and one of the better dive resorts in the Bahamas – home to a great marina and a robust dive operation. But it’s also home to a pair of white-sand beaches, often without a soul on them. This is what it’s like:

Why St Kitts Is Targeting This Kind of Visitor

A targeted approach By Dana Niland CJ Contributor St Kitts is looking to attract “lifestyle visitors,” and it has a major draw: the Christophe Harbour development and its marina. St Kitts and Nevis Tourism Minister Lindsay Grant said the “lifestyle visitor” was a key requisite for the tourism niche which the developments at Christophe Harbour […]

Grenada Marina to Get Major Upgrade

Grenada’s Secret Harbour Marina is poised for a major upgrade, the government said. The plans for the marina project include the creation of a French bakery, a new venue for private events and a new laundry targeting cruisers and students of St George’s University. The bakery will be using products imported directly from France and […]

A New Megayacht Marina is Coming to the Caribbean

By the Caribbean Journal staff A new megayacht marina is coming to the Caribbean. The Altamer Resort in Anguilla has announced plans to expand with a new megayacht marina complex and mixed-use development. New York-based development firm Time Equities is partnering on the venture with marine project companies Anaconda LTD/ and Cross Island Development. The […]

A New Port of Entry in the Bahamas

There’s a new official port of entry in the Bahamas: the marina at Palm Cay in New Providence. That means you can sail in to the marina and clear customs and immigration right at the marina. The marina, which first opened in 2013, is the largest marina serving mid-size boats and sportfish on the island. […]

A New Caribbean Superyacht Marina

Above: the new marina in St Kitts By the Caribbean Journal staff There’s a new superyacht marina in the Caribbean. St Kitts-based development Christophe Harbour debuted its new Marina at Christophe Harbour this week. The first phase of the marina includes 24 berths between 150 and 220 feet aimed at 85 to 300-foot transient vessels. […]

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