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One of the Caribbean’s Coolest Beach Bars Is On an Uncrowded Beach in Antigua With Endless Breezes, Swinging Chairs, and Perfect Surf 

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The sign on the side of the road got me. It was black, and hand-painted.  “Bar on the Beach.”  That’s not a sign I can easily refuse.  And, unsurprisingly, I was quickly rewarded, here on one of the most intriguingly-named beaches in the Caribbean.   For starters, it’s cool here. No, the mercury reads somewhere […]

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This Up-and-Coming Caribbean Island Has Sandals’ Newest All-Inclusive Overwater Bungalows

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It begins with the journey. Saint Vincent is not one of the big-name Caribbean islands, not the one with endless direct flights and resorts lined up shoulder to shoulder. It’s different, quieter, more remote. When you arrive, the mountains rise up sharply from the coast, the rainforest dripping into the sea. The roads wind slowly […]

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This Panama Resort Has Overwater Bungalows, Glass Floors, and a Price That Beats Bora Bora

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You wake up to the sound of water gently lapping beneath your feet. Through the glass floor at the foot of your bed, you watch rays drift silently across the shallows. A breeze carries the scent of salt and mango. Outside, your deck chair rests at the edge of the water, and breakfast is on […]

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Sunwing Just Added the Only Overwater Bungalow Resort in Cuba

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Cuba continues to be a top destination for Canadian travelers, known for its postcard-perfect beaches, rich culture, and wide selection of all-inclusive resorts. Now, Sunwing Vacations is expanding its Cuba offerings with the addition of two new properties — including the country’s first and only resort with overwater bungalows. The new Playa Luxury Cayo Guillermo, […]


This Panama Resort Has Overwater Bungalows, Glass Floors, and a Price That Beats Bora Bora

Overwater bungalows are relatively new to the Caribbean. But in the last decade, they have started to proliferate, both in islands like Jamaica and Antigua and their traditional stronghold in the Bocas del Toro archipelago on the Caribbean coast of Panama. (And there are more on the way, including the highly-anticipated new Four Seasons on […]

The Caribbean's Newest Overwater Suites Are At a Marriott All-Inclusive in Antigua 

They’ve been a standard in the South Pacific for decades: overwater bungalows, those standalone cottages perched right above the water with thatched roofs and glass floors. In the Caribbean, though, it wasn’t until 2016, when Sandals opened their first overwater villas in Montego Bay, that the concept really went mainstream. In recent years, more overwater […]

This Tiny Overwater Bungalow Resort Is in a Stunning, Crowd-Free Corner of the Caribbean 

We love overwater bungalows. So do you. Admit it. Every one does. It’s one of the great travel fantasy’s — you and yours all by yourselves, surrounded by nothing but water, waking up to the ocean and living under a thatched roof.  While they were always the purview of the South Pacific, in the last decade […]

The Best Overwater Bungalow Resorts in the Caribbean

There are so many reasons you should want to stay in an overwater bungalow in the Caribbean. The accommodations are unique, with standout features like glass floors to watch the fishies swim below. Stairs leading directly from your room into the warm waters of the Caribbean Sea. If you’re looking to impress someone or celebrate […]

How to Buy Your Own Caribbean Overwater Bungalow

A new Six Senses is set to come to the Caribbean, anchored by one of the hottest trend in the region: overwater bungalows.  In what would be the second Six Senses in the region (joining the in-construction Six Senses Grenada), the Six Senses Belize is slated to debut in 2025.  The residential will be set […]

Royalton Is Opening a New All-Inclusive in Grenada

Canadian all-inclusive brand Royalton is set to open a new resort in Grenada that will instantly become the largest property on the island.  The new Royalton Grenada is slated to open March 1, Grenada tourism officials confirmed at the recent CHTA Caribbean Travel Marketplace conference in Nassau.  The 269-room Royalton Grenada represents a dramatic transformation […]

Banyan Tree to Open Resort With Overwater Bungalows in The Bahamas

Luxury resort brand Banyan Tree Hotels and Resorts is coming to The Bahamas.  The Singapore-based company is partnering with Island Developers on the new Banyan Tree illa Bahamas on the island of Bimini.  The new project, designed by renowned architect Chad Oppenheim, will be the first-ever resort in The Bahamas to feature overwater bungalows.  The […]

Belize Has Quietly Become a Caribbean Hotspot

Long a well-kept secret for travelers in the know, Belize has quietly become a full-fledged Caribbean hotspot in recent years, buoyed by one of the region’s fastest rates of tourism growth.  And now it’s borne out by the data — Belize just set a new all-time record for tourism arrivals to the destination, Caribbean Journal has […]

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