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The Best All-Inclusive Resort on Paradise Island Has a Huge Pool, Harbor Views, and It’s Just for Adults

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A cold Kalik by the pool, a few hours at Cabbage Beach, a walk through Marina Village, then back to the hotel for cocktails before dinner. Paradise Island is one of those places where you can pack a lot into a few days, and the best trips here still leave plenty of room to do very little. At the Warwick […]

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The Caribbean’s Newest Floating Hotel Is in Martinique

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Le Carbet: that little corner of Martinique’s northwestern coast near Saint Pierre, a quaint fishing village that’s turned into one of the Caribbean’s coolest beach towns.  And the place that largely kicked off Le Carbet’s renaissance was Guy Ferdinand’s Le Petibonum, a Mecca for beach bar lovers, a constantly-evolving destination for food, rum and French […]

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Martinique’s Must-Visit Sailing Festival

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By the Caribbean Journal staff One of the Caribbean’s greatest racing events is back for its 35th edition this year with Martinique’s one-of-a-kind Tour de Yoles sailing festival. The week-long event is a nautical competition unique to Martinique — and one of the French Caribbean department’s cultural emblems. The racing series is unique in using the […]

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VIDEO: Le Carbet, a Must-Visit Beach Hotspot in Martinique

By Alexander Britell Martinique has no shortage of must-visit beach towns, from historic Saint Pierre to the up-and-coming destination of Le Diamant. But if there’s one beach town that exemplifies French Caribbean cool on this island, it’s Le Carbet, the tiny hotspot a short ride away from Saint Pierre. It’s most famous as the home […]


Martinique’s Must-Visit Sailing Festival

Charming architecture; beautiful vistas; vibrant communities. There are some picturesque towns scattered across the Caribbean, the sort of places that seem to instagram themselves. These are the Caribbeans postcard-perfect towns, perfect for a very different kind of vacation or a wonderful day trip, from the far reaches of the Bahamas to the some of the region’s still largely […]

Afternoon in a Saint-Pierre Café

Above: Saint-Pierre, Martinique (all photos by CJ) By Alexander Britell SAINT-PIERRE — IN THE shadow of the volcano, St Pierre is silent. It is 3 o’clock in this corner of Martinique, once a bright cosmopolitan light of the West Indies. The storefronts and snacks are closed; few walk the streets. The sun is strong. It […]

Norwegian Launching New Routes to Martinique

Getting to one of the Caribbean’s most fascinating destinations is getting easier — and cheaper. Low-cost carrier Norwegian is launching two new routes to the French Caribbean island of Martinique, and they’ll be among the region’s lowest fares. Beginning Oct. 30, Norwegian will operate flights from both Fort Lauderdale and Providence, Rhode Island to Martinique. […]

Caribbean Postcard: Dreams of Paris in Saint Pierre, Martinique

It was once the “Little Paris of the Caribbean.” Saint Pierre, Martinique, at the end of the 19th century, was arguably the most cosmpolitan of all the cities of the Caribbean. That all changed, however, in 1902, when Martinique’s Mount Pelee volcano erupted, destroying 30,000 lives and almost the entire city. There are some ruins […]