Sapphire Beach Condominium Resort
US Virgin Islands
The draw at this condo resort is that it's on attractive Sapphire Beach. It’s also handily close to Red Hook – a five-minute drive or 15-minute walk away …
Sapphire Beach Condominium Resort
US Virgin Islands
The draw at this condo resort is that it's on attractive Sapphire Beach. It’s also handily close to Red Hook – a five-minute drive or 15-minute walk away …
St Croix
The bright-blue Inn sits right downtown. Four floors are built around a courtyard, and many rooms have patios overlooking the pier. The 32 units each have…
Pointe-à-Pitre
This option is totally unexciting, but it's perfectly located between the harbor and the Gare Maritime and extremely convenient if you’re catching an…
Havana
Imagine staying at London's Abbey Road recording studios. Well, this is the Cuban equivalent. The EGREM studios – working space for Cuba's top musical…
Santo Domingo
A solid budget choice with an exterior that blends in with the facades of the neighboring colonial-era buildings. However, once past an attractive high…
Hostal Las Terrazas Casa Nilson
Baracoa
With elaborate woodwork, imagery and symbolism of Santería and Baracoan culture, this super-clean house has three quirky rooms over several floors. Ideal…
Virgin Gorda
Fischer’s Cove took a beating in the 2017 hurricanes and, while open, was still a work in progress at research time. There were eight beachfront…
Montserrat
About the only real hotel on Montserrat, Tropical Mansion is popular with business travelers, but is also a perfectly good choice for independent tourists…
Negril
This attractive property offers simple yet elegant one-bedroom octagonal units, and an excellent four-bedroom, four-bathroom villa that sleeps eight…
El Yunque & East Coast
A pebble's throw from the ocean, this simple, family-run hotel comes with its own small swimming pool and strip of beach, with a pool table and wide…
Negril
A hearkening back to hippie days of yore, these rustic yet atmospheric rooms and cottages surround an open-air, wood-floored, thatched yoga center set in…
Península de Samaná
Rooms are bare bones, but clean, at this six-room hilltop hotel and there's a nice communal kitchen. The real highlight, though – and the reward for…
Deshaies
This sprawling resort enjoys almost exclusive access to two fabulous stretches of beach either side of it, and also has a large pool, a full water-sports…
San Juan
With an enviable beachside location, this whitewashed guesthouse is quiet, intimate and unmistakably Caribbean. There’s no pool, but there is a good…
Punta Cana & the Southeast
Under Italian-Dutch ownership, this 10-room backpacker-friendly hotel offers rooms on the simple but well-kept side (with re-tiled if small bathrooms), to…
Vieques
Five airy apartments are housed in a three-story building on a rise above Esperanza’s beachside strip. Units are simply decorated but all have comfortable…
Negril
This peaceful modern place is run by a charming Canadian-Jamaican couple. Pretty tiled rooms offset by tastefully frilly decor characterize the interior;…
Negril
Firstly, if you want peace and quiet, look elsewhere. On the other hand, if you need a party – well, stick around, mon. This complex of cottages and…
Punta Cana & the Southeast
Lonely and forlorn, even more so at night, this beachfront hotel does however offer affordability and quiet (less so on weekend nights when locals rent…
Vieques
Set in a whitewashed three-story building that resembles an old plantation house, 12 one- and two-bedroom apartments and the one-bedroom cabana come with…
Santiago de Cuba
Opened in 2016, this remake of a classic downtown hotel falls slightly short. The 42 rooms are generally large, and there's a pleasant roof terrace and…
Tortola
At the southern end of town, this family-run property has 19 budget rooms and apartments (the latter have balcony and kitchen but aren't worth the price)…
Royal Decameron Montego Beach Resort
Montego Bay
The Hip Strip's only all-inclusive is low-key, where rooms with eye-catching orange or purple color schemes enjoy a private stretch of beach overlooked by…
Antigua
Set amid tropical gardens, this all-inclusive adults-only resort is a bit long in the tooth but provides easy access to four lovely beaches, including the…
Habana del Este
Despite numerous renovations, rebrandings and paint jobs, the architecturally unlovely Marazul can't escape its grim shell, strive as it may to resemble a…
San Juan
This old-school inn is one of the best budget deals on the beach. Rooms may be dated but they're spotlessly clean with good beds, strong air-con and…
Trinidad
The smartest and easily the most appealing of several laid-back hotels on this stretch of beach, with two pools, hot tub/sauna and a restaurant serving…
Negril
This well-run option is a sequestered beachside place in a garden of bamboo and hibiscus. You can choose from rooms with verandas, fully equipped but…
Vieques
Esperanza’s original budget guesthouse and restaurant and its five rooms have a casual nautical feel. Rooms have air-con and screened-in private terrace…
Tobago
The arrangement of these spacious studios and apartments around the courtyard garden creates a community feel. The upstairs lofts can sleep up to six…
North Coast
Not too far out of town from Río San Juan (but a world away, in the mountains), this cute collection of seven villas offers striking views of the…
Bermuda
More a beachfront hotel than a resort, Coco Reef has a prime spot just above Elbow Beach, one of Bermuda's best. Pastel-colored rooms are either ocean…
Port of Spain
Within walking distance of Queen’s Park Oval, the Savannah, and the restaurants and bars of Newtown and Woodbrook, it's a convenient location, but this…
San Juan
The 24 rooms in this boutique hotel are set in two 18th-century buildings combined into one. Most have gorgeous talavera tile floors, impressive high…
El Yunque & East Coast
Like its sister paradors, Costa del Mar fits the midrange bracket. It's distinguished by its position on a grassy bluff overlooking the ocean and by its…
Negril
Not to be mixed up with the Noël Coward estate, Firefly Negril is a more modest affair, where little wooden cabins and a pretty pink house shelter simple,…
St Vincent & the Grenadines
At the end of Villa Beach, this comfortable hotel has straightforward rooms with vaulted wooden ceilings available with both garden and sea views. The…
Playa Girón
On a beach imbued with historical significance lies this pretty mediocre hotel. The preserve of divers and holidaying Cubans these days, the villa has…
Havana
It's marketed as a boutique hotel, but this château ain't no Loire Valley retreat. Built in an era when Cuba's architects seem to have been on hiatus, it…
San Juan
Within striking distance of Ocean Park’s restaurants and beaches, this comfortable guesthouse makes you feel like you’re part of the neighborhood. Its 11…
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