Must-see hotels in Caribbean

  • Blue Bay Hotel & Resort

    North Coast

    One of the few adults-only resorts on the north coast, Blue Bay styles itself as a boutique option for singles and couples looking for a holiday evocative…

  • Sunscape Puerto Plata

    North Coast

    Recently taken over by AM Resorts and turned from a Barceló into a Sunscape, this all-inclusive offers good value and has managed to remain vital at least…

  • Club Amigo Atlántico – Guardalavaca

    Holguín Province

    As cheap getaways go, this is Guardalavaca's bargain resort offering, but it's not for particular guests. Cleanliness is not always paramount in this 600…

  • Starfish Las Palmas

    Varadero

    This new-ish Starfish hotel is different from other 21st-century Varadero accommodations. It's not an all-inclusive, it's not a casa particular (private…

  • Windward Passage

    US Virgin Islands

    The four-story Windward Passage is primarily a business hotel. It’s useful for those seeking free in-room wi-fi, a fitness center, on-site eateries and…

  • Dennis’ Hideaway

    St Vincent & the Grenadines

    The eponymous Dennis seems to be related to half the island’s residents, many of whom work here. Rooms are on a hill with views west to Union Island and…

  • Finca Ma Dolores

    Trinidad

    Trinidad goes rustic with the out-of-town Finca Ma Dolores, 1.5km west on the road to Cienfuegos and Topes de Collantes. It's equipped with hotel-style…

  • Villa Tarará

    Habana del Este

    Villa Tarará is part of a planned resort town conceived and built in the 1940s that has gone through various incarnations since (Che Guevara once lived…

  • Hospedería El Cobre

    Santiago de Cuba Province

    This large building behind the basilica has a pleasant sitting room and 15 monk-standard rooms with one to three beds with bath. It's charged in moneda…

  • Meliá

    Ponce

    To the east of Plaza Las Delicias, this independent historical hotel isn't much to look at from the outside, but inside, you'll find a grand lobby. The…

  • Coconut Court Beach Resort

    Barbados

    A five-story, beachfront, 112-room hotel filled with package tourists that's fairly good for families. In the right light, the institutional green paint…

  • Villa Cayo Saetía

    Holguín Province

    This rustic key resort, on a 42-sq-km island at the entrance to Bahía de Nipe, is small, remote and more upmarket than the price suggests. The 12 rooms…

  • Club Amigo Carisol – Los Corales

    Santiago de Cuba Province

    There's the swim-up bar, umbrellas in the piña coladas, and the government-sponsored band knocking out 'Guantanamera' as you tuck into your lukewarm…

  • Paraiso Ecolodge

    North Coast

    This may be the only self-proclaimed ecolodge to also contain a VIP area with Miami-style lounge beds. And while the austere concrete structure set back…

  • Hotel los Delfines

    Varadero

    The Delfines is unusual for Varadero in that it's a cheap all-inclusive that inhabits the town itself rather than the spread-out hotel zone to the east…

  • Kite Beach Inn

    Cabarete

    Budget-minded kitesurfers should consider this relatively new, seafront place. Clean and simply furnished rooms with new flat-screen TVs are in a building…

  • Hotel Don Carlos

    Punta Cana & the Southeast

    Only a block west of the Basilica de Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia, Don Carlos is a maze of rooms. It’s friendly and professional for the most part, but…

  • Casa de Kathy

    Vieques

    This cheerful guesthouse has two apartments at the top of a hill, just a few minutes' walk from Esperanza's malecón. Both are wonderfully cozy and decked…

  • Hotel El Viejo y El Mar

    Havana

    Named for famous Hemingway novel The Old Man and the Sea, this concrete jungle sits at scruffy Marina Hemingway and has recently been refurbished after a…

  • Sheraton Santo Domingo

    Santo Domingo

    This aging, sky-high hotel is once again called Sheraton, though now under the Marriott umbrella. A decent option relatively close to the Zona Colonial,…

  • Tamarindo Estates

    Culebra

    The Tamarindo is Culebra to the core: rustic, isolated and with a lovely Caribbean vista over Cayo Luis Peña. Spread over 60 acres, the dozen apartments…

  • Moulin sur Mer

    Port-au-Prince & Around

    This large and charming complex has a nice selection of rooms, including ‘gingerbreadized’ rooms near the beach and more Spanish-hacienda-style ones…

  • Hotel Platino

    Santiago

    At the back of a strip mall a short drive from town, this is an excellent-value option. While standard rooms, especially the small basement rooms, lack…

  • Villa Bacuranao

    Habana del Este

    On the Vía Blanca, 18km east of Havana, this is the closest beach resort to the capital. There's a long, sandy (if rubbish-ridden) shore between the…

  • Hotel Pullman

    Varadero

    The turreted Pullman still stands defiantly in Varadero town, competing, not altogether successfully, with the surrounding casas particulares (rooms in…

  • Hotel Pasacaballo

    Cuba

    A strong contender for Cuba's 'ugliest hotel,' the Pasacaballo looks like it got catapulted over from a Moscow housing estate in the mid-1970s. Worn-out…

  • Shoal Bay Villas

    Anguilla

    Ease into the laid-back Caribbean lifestyle at this retreat with its front yard of white-sand perfection. Each of the 23 comfortable units comes with…

  • Bannister Hotel & Yacht Club

    Península de Samaná

    This massive complex, 6km west of Samaná, has generic but comfortable suites with full working kitchens and sea-facing balconies. The large multistory…

  • Cabañas Taíno

    Punta Cana & the Southeast

    A doable budget choice located in the center of the action in town. Pop your head in before making a decision. It has simple rooms and apartments with…

  • Ambia Villa

    Anguilla

    On a scrubby hillside, this Zen-like villa flanked by smooth wooden balusters and bursts of bamboo sleeps up to eight people. It's only rented in its…

  • Hotel Blue View

    Península de Samaná

    Located above a nice international-Chinese restaurant (mains RD$180 to RD$900) on top of a hill, Hotel Blue View has rooms with balconies offering…

  • Renaissance Aruba Resort

    Aruba

    The Renaissance Aruba Resort & Casino splits its 500-plus rooms between a large adults-only complex with casino and shopping mall in the heart of town,…

  • Hotel Lucía Beach

    El Yunque & East Coast

    This two-story hotel has 26 spacious rooms that open onto a small pool, a manicured lawn and, beyond that, popular Playa Lucía. Each has a minifridge,…

  • Hotel San Marco

    Santo Domingo

    Housed in an old colonial-style home, San Marco's pièce de résistance is the shady, inner courtyard pool area furnished with hammocks and lounge chairs…

  • Bora Bora Aparta Hotel

    Santiago

    A garishly designed couples hotel (aka cabaña turisticos or, more colloquially, 'love motel') that charges by the hour and is located along the highway…

  • Hodelpa Caribe Colonial

    Santo Domingo

    Only a block from Parque Colón, the Hodelpa Caribe is a convenient choice for those seeking modern comforts without the colonial vibe. The lobby and 45…

  • Sonesta Maho Beach Resort & Casino

    St-Martin & Sint Maarten

    Completely updated post-Irma, this 340-room all-inclusive airport-adjacent resort is like a village onto itself. Why leave if you can indulge in six…

  • Sandy Point Beach Club

    Tobago

    This timeshare resort has a range of comfortable, well-attended studios to 1- and 4-bed apartments. It's away from the action on a quiet road that winds…

  • Petrea Place

    Trinidad

    Run by the same team as the fantastic Freebird restaurant below the rooms, Petrea Place is named for the surrounding petrea trees, and offers a tranquil…

  • Ferryboat Inn

    Anguilla

    Owners Marjorie and Christian quickly make strangers feel like family at this inn steps from the ferry pier. Nicknamed 'FBI,' the Ferryboat Inn's quaint…

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