Habana Vieja
An old gun shop (now museum) stormed by revolutionaries on the said date in 1958. Mercifully, the armaments are no longer for sale.
Must-see attractions in Caribbean
North Coast
Playa El Bréton, within Monumento Natural Cabo Francés Viejo, has excellent snorkeling.
Port Antonio
Brightly whitewashed war memorial to Jamaicans of the British West India regiments who fought in the First and Second World Wars.
Statue of Alexander Bustamante
Kingston
The south entrance to Parade is watched over by a statue of a wild-looking Alexander Bustamante, Jamaica's first prime minister.
St Lucia
Just south of Dennery on the road to Vieux Fort, this lookout point is well worth stopping at for fantastic views over the town.
Montego Bay
This bronze monument, crafted by Jamaican sculptor Kay Sullivan, depicts Sam Sharpe, bible in hand, speaking to four admirers.
Terre-de-Haut
The Pain de Sucre (Sugarloaf) is an imposing 53m-high basalt peninsula. You’ll find good snorkeling and a sandy beach here.
Grande-Terre
Between Pointe-à-Pitre and Gosier, this marina has excellent facilities and a large number of restaurants, bars and cafes.
Holguín
The Iglesia de San José features a distinctive dome with a bell tower (1842), once used by the Independistas as a lookout.
Puerto Plata
In addition to dance and music workshops, the center often showcases work by Dominican artists in its 1st-floor gallery.
Haiti
The city's iron market sprawls over four city blocks and offers everything from vegetables and clothing to toiletries.
Bayamo
This is the one original section of Bayamo's main church to survive the 1869 fire. It sports a gilded wooden altar.
New Providence
East of Cabbage Beach, this beach is favored by day-trippers on picnicking and snorkeling excursions from Nassau.
Grenada
The best beach on the island for swimming – there's a reef here that forms a little pool of tranquil water.
Viñales
A tiny art gallery next to the Casa de la Cultura in Viñales town center. Worth a stop on a rainy day!
Holguín
Situated in a colonial building, the Galería Holguín displays a revolving cache of good local art.
Ponce
A lovely fountain in the middle of the Plaza Las Delicias – a survivor from the 1939 World Fair.
Eleuthera
Beyond Preacher’s Cave, this utterly secluded strip has pinkish sands and calm waters.
Habana Vieja
Casa de Asia exhibits a minor cache of paintings and sculpture from China and Japan.
Kingston
A statue of national hero Norman Manley stands at the northern entrance of Parade.
Bayamo
Features pre-Colombian stone tools and objects such as shells, bones and ceramics.
Iglesia del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús
Viñales
This small cream-colored church anchors Viñales' equally diminutive main square.
Turks & Caicos
Just beyond the cruise terminal, this attractive stretch of sand is a pleasure.
Turks & Caicos
These scrubby wetlands are the best place on Grand Turk for bird-watching.
Ocho Rios, Port Antonio & the North Coast
St Ann's Bay market gets busy on Fridays and Saturdays.
San Juan
On the southern end of Calle del Cristo, the pigeon-filled Parque de las Palomas is in a tree-shaded cobblestone courtyard on the top of the city wall,…
San Juan
One of the three remaining gates into the old city, the lofty red portal known as the Puerta de San Juan is a popular photo stop. Spanish ships once…
Aruba
The capital's newest museum is housed in the beautifully restored colonial-era Ecury Complex, home to a successful merchant family throughout the 20th…
Escuela de Artes Plásticas y Diseño
San Juan
The grand edifice with a red-roofed dome, arches and porticos across from El Morro was an insane asylum during the 19th century; now it's a prestigious…
North Coast
Notable for the 50m clock tower designed by French engineer Alexandre Gustave Eiffel. Imported from France in 1895, the tower deteriorated until 1997 when…
San Juan
Built in 1812, this tropical pink villa first served as barracks for Spanish troops. In 1881, it was converted into officers’ quarters. The building has…
Hombre de Puerto Ferro Archaeological Site
Vieques
Big boulders identify the grave from which a 4000-year-old skeleton of a pre-Arawak known as the ‘Hombre de Puerto Ferro’ was exhumed. Little is known…
San Juan
A two-story Baroque building dating from 1792, Palacio Rojo once served as the living quarters for Spanish commanding officers. Today it houses…
Barbados
This abandoned Georgian mansion overlooking Long Bay was built by buccaneer Samuel Hall Lord in 1820. It's said he amassed a fortune by hanging lanterns…
Barbados
Barbados Wildlife Reserve is a walk-through zoo opposite Farley Hill, with short paths that meander through a mahogany forest containing green monkeys and…
Wolmer’s School & Mico Teachers’ College
Kingston
At the northern end of National Heroes Park, you’ll find Wolmer’s School, a venerable educational establishment founded in 1729 that has produced many…
Santo Domingo
Said to be not only one of the first European residences in the Americas, but also one of the first residences in the Western hemisphere with two floors,…
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