Must-see attractions in Caribbean

  • El Cañonazo

    Holguín Province

    There's nothing else quite like this in Cuba. Known as the patriot, Miguel Flores has a quirky collection of homemade satire memorabilia featuring the…

  • Anse Laborde

    Grande-Terre

    Make a beeline for this oft-overlooked white-sand beach about 1.5km north of Anse Bertrand. Strong riptides make it quite dangerous for swimming, but the…

  • Museo del Ron

    Santiago de Cuba

    Now housed at the Bacardí Rum Factory, this modern little museum has well-presented exhibits and multilingual guides explaining the history and…

  • Parish Church of St John the Evangelist

    Jamaica

    There has been a church on this spot since the early 1700s, though its current incarnation, built from yellow bricks shipped from England, was completed…

  • Wells Bay

    Saba

    Backed by sheer cliffs, this rocky little bay has a small, coarse sand beach that comes and goes depending on the northerly swell – ask locally to find…

  • Mémorial Cap 110

    Martinique

    This haunting memorial on a grassy headland overlooking the sea is made up of 15 formless Easter Island–esque figures in stone, heads hung in mourning. It…

  • Wallblake House

    Anguilla

    Behind a white picket fence, Wallblake House dates to 1787. It's considered the oldest structure on Anguilla and is the only remaining plantation house on…

  • Fishermen’s Beach

    Ocho Rios

    Immediately west of Island Village Beach is the tiny public Fishermen’s Beach, with colorful fishing boats and several eateries serving fresh fish and…

  • Jewish Cultural-Historical Museum

    Willemstad

    The 1651 Mikvé Israel Emanuel Synagogue has the oldest continuously operating Jewish congregation in the western hemisphere. Its small but fascinating…

  • Isla Caja de Muertos

    Ponce

    The name for this island off shore from Ponce translates as 'coffin island' – at one point it was supposedly thought that its silhouette resembled a…

  • Pointe des Châteaux

    Grande-Terre

    This long peninsula right at the eastern tip of Grande-Terre is a beautiful stretch of landscape. With some good beaches on both sides, it's popular with…

  • Concord Falls

    Grenada Island

    There are a couple of scenic waterfalls along the Concord River. The lowest, a picturesque 100ft cascade, can be viewed by driving to the end of Concord…

  • Finca Agroecológica El Olivo

    Viñales

    Go directly to the source. Viñales' celebrated farm-to-table restaurant, Olivo, gets most of its ingredients from this farm in nearby Valle del Silencio…

  • Distillerie JM

    Martinique

    This well-known distillery nestled in a valley south of the Basse Pointe–Macouba road has a great visitor experience in the shape of a self-guided tour…

  • Devil's Bridge

    Antigua

    Just before reaching Long Bay, a rough 1-mile dirt road veers off the main highway toward this windswept bluff ringed by rugged cliffs shaped by the…

  • Point Udall

    St Croix

    Point Udall is the easternmost geographic point in US territory. As you face into a 25-knot trade wind, the vista from the promontory high above the surf…

  • 1780 Lower Estate Sugar Works Museum

    Tortola

    There are no bells and whistles here, but if you're keen to take time and read about the area's history, this museum in an old sugar mill is a worthy stop…

  • Casa del Cacao

    Baracoa

    Baracoa, you will quickly ascertain (via your nose), is the center of Cuba's chocolate industry; cacao is grown hereabouts and subsequently chocolate-ized…

  • Glass Window Bridge

    Eleuthera

    Here Eleuthera narrows dramatically to a thin span straddling the divide between pounding deep blue Atlantic and the tranquil turquoise shoals of the…

  • Pitons Waterfall

    St Lucia

    In the mood for a dip in tepid waters? Make a beeline for this picturesque cascade surrounded by lush forest and fed by a mix of natural streams and…

  • Asociación Cultural Yoruba de Cuba

    Havana

    To untangle the mysteries of the Santería religion, its saints and their powers, decamp to this museum–cultural center. Aside from sculpted effigies of…

  • Public Market

    Antigua

    Forage for exotic local produce such as sorrel, black pineapple and sugar apple alongside more familiar bananas, limes, mangoes and eggplants at St John's…

  • Yerette

    Trinidad

    As well as a detailed and quite lengthy presentation on Trinidad's hummingbirds and the chance to watch the birds as they gather at sugar-water feeders,…

  • Curaçao Maritime Museum

    Willemstad

    Engaging displays trace the island’s history, including exhibits on the Dutch West India Co, the growth of Willemstad, the slave trade and more. A…

  • Seaford Town Historical Museum

    Montego Bay & Northwest Coast

    In a grassy space below the church, this museum tells the tale of Seaford’s German origins. There are maps and photographs of the early settlement, plus…

  • Puente Calixto García

    Matanzas

    If you've only got time to see one bridge (there are 21 in total) in Cuba's celebrated 'city of bridges,' gravitate toward this impressive steel structure…

  • Catedral San Felipe Apostol

    North Coast

    Said to be Puerto Rico's second-largest church, Arecibo's eye-pleasingly symmetrical neoclassical cathedral is a 19th-century replacement for an 18th…

  • Balneario Morrillos

    North Coast

    If you follow the road past the Faro de los Morrillos lighthouse for less than a mile, you come to the Balneario Morrillos. There is a big parking lot…

  • Headland

    Negril & West Coast

    On the headland beyond the parish church is Rusea High School, a venerable Georgian-style redbrick building constructed in 1843 as an army barracks. The…

  • Yaaman Adventure Park

    Ocho Rios, Port Antonio & the North Coast

    Formerly the more sedately named Prospect Plantation, this beautiful old hilltop great house and 405-hectare property has rebranded as an active adventure…

  • Fábrica de Órganos

    Holguín

    Visitors can tour the only mechanical music-organ factory in Cuba. This small factory produces about six organs a year, as well as guitars and other…

  • South Friar’s Bay

    St Kitts & Nevis

    There are excellent tanning and snorkeling possibilities along this long sandy beach backed by palm trees and sea grapes, and bookended by two restaurants…

  • Musée Colonial Ogier-Fombrun

    Port-au-Prince & Around

    On the grounds of hotel Moulin sur Mer, Musée Colonial Ogier-Fombrun and its old sugar mill are housed in a restored colonial plantation. It’s definitely…

  • Matura Beach

    Trinidad

    This wild, undeveloped beach with its coarse gray sand offers perfect conditions for leatherback turtles to lay their eggs, but it's far too rugged and…

  • Anse Marcel

    St-Martin & Sint Maarten

    Protected by two large headlands, this gorgeous and wide white-sand beach with clear sapphire waters is calm and popular with families. Snorkeling is…

  • Half Way Tree

    Kingston

    This neighborhood, road junction and major bus terminal is named for a venerable silk-cotton (kapok) tree that stood here until the 1870s. Today, the…

  • Plaza de la Vigía

    Matanzas

    The original Plaza de Armas still remains as Plaza de la Vigía (literally 'lookout place'), a reference to the threat from piracy and smuggling that…

  • Curaçao Museum

    Willemstad

    Small but worthwhile, this museum touches on art, history and society in its eclectic collections. In an unlikely residential location 1.6km west of…

  • Wallilabou Falls

    St Vincent & the Grenadines

    An inviting waterfall that splits into two streams over three large boulders before filling a large swimming hole surrounded by trees and birdlife…

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