Caribbean Cruises
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Caribbean Cruise
The Caribbean Islands have been captivating travellers for centuries. They are most famous for their beaches, stretches of palm backed sugar soft sand that rise from gin clear shadows in a striking blue sea. Although the Islands are often visible from one another over just a few miles of sea, they are surprisingly different. The Caribbean is full of life and rich in colour, the idyllic combination of white sands, azure seas and bright blue skies makes the Caribbean the ultimate destination.
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Bridgetown
This city (pop. 133,000) has a compact, walkable downtown that is surrounded by a sprawl of wooden gingerbread chattel houses. The city is small and there are many excellent walking tours. Places worth a visit include the Fairchild Market, St Michael's Cathedral, Belleville, Government House, the Barbados Museum, the Old Synagogue and the Garrison Savannah.
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Antigua
Whatever rugged Antigua may lack in tropical scenery the island more than makes up for with what are some of the best watersports conditions found anywhere in the Caribbean, and 365 beaches ('one for each day of the year say the Antiguans) to enjoy!
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St Thomas
St Thomas lies about 75 miles east of Puerto Rico, 40 miles north of St Croix. Thirteen miles long and less than 3 miles wide, St Thomas rises out of the sea to a range of hills that runs down its spine. Disembark at Charlotte Amalie, the capital of the U.S. Virgin Islands, opposite to a shopping mall and entrance to the cable car. You will need a taxi to reach the downtown area or beaches.
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Barbados
Barbados is the easternmost island of the West Indies, lying outside the curve of the Caribbean's Windward Islands chain. The island is rimmed by beaches. The eastern edge lies on the Atlantic Ocean and is rugged and hilly. The west coast is washed by the calmer leeward sea and has most of the resort hotels.
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Catalina Island
Catalina Island is located off the southeastern coast of the Dominican Republic opposite the port and resort town of La Romana. Beaches and watersports are the main features of the island itself
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St John
Antiguans claim to have a different beach for every day of the year and their island's many beautiful soft, sandy beaches and coves certainly constitute its main attraction. However, for more energetic visitors, there is plenty to see and do away from the beaches. The islands are rich in colourful bird and insect life; off-shore, beneath the waters of the Caribbean, are splendid tropical fish and coral and there are several sites of historic interest.
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Tortola
Tortola is one of the British Virgin Islands, part of the Leeward Islands, in the eastern Caribbean. Friendly little Road Town is the capital of Tortola (meaning 'Turtle Dove'), largest of this archipelago of over 50 beach-fringed islands and cays to the east of Puerto Rico.
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Curaco
Curacao lies just 35 miles north of the Venezuelan coast and is the largest of the Caribbean's six Dutch Antilles. Curacao's capital of Willemstad offers some of the best shopping in all the Caribbean. The curving gables and orange roof tiles of Willemstad's colourful Handelskade and the Dutch road-signs may remind you momentarily of Amsterdam, but then you'll hear the local Creole language of Papiamento.
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St Maarten
St Maarten is the Dutch version of one of the Leeward Islands in the eastern Caribbean. The world's smallest island shared between two nations - its 16 miles square (and more developed) southern part is Dutch and the northern part French.
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| Grenada
Granada is located inland of Spain's Mediterranean coast in the region of Andalusia. The city lies on the northwestern slopes of the Sierra Nevada, at about 2,000ft above sea level and is a very popular tourist spot. The city's most noted period in history was the occupation of the Moors, who fled to Granada from Cordoba and ruled Spain under the Nasrid dynasty.
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| Grand Cayman
Famed for its stunning Seven-Mile beach and an encircling coral reef that offers unrivalled diving and snorkelling, Grand Cayman is the largest (22 miles by 8 miles) and most populated of the three Cayman Islands and lies 150 miles south of Cuba and 480 miles south of Miami.
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Tobago
Tobago is some 32 km (20 miles) north-east of Trinidad and bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on its eastern coast and the Caribbean Sea on the north and west. Tobago is of volcanic origin and is a single mountain mass rising to 576 m (1,890 ft). The coastline is broken by inlets and sheltered beaches. From rustic little Plymouth it's a short drive to Pigeon Point for a glass-bottom boat journey to the amazing coral gardens of Buccoo Reef - or to Speyside, from where you can visit the famous Bird of Paradise sanctuary on Little Tobago island.
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Aruba
Step ashore at Oranjestad, in the friendly little capital of this former island of the Dutch West Indies and you'll be struck by its intriguing mood of Holland-in-the-Caribbean! Along the rock-bound shores are coves with stunning white sand beaches, caves with prehistoric drawings, sand dunes, and black pebble beaches. The seas are excellent for diving.
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Martinique
Today Fort de France is the scenic capital of Martinique, resting along the aqua blue waters of the Caribbean with a backdrop of verdant mountains in the distance. There's also Central Park, with its flowering gardens and fountains, historic Fort Saint Louis, the Cathedral and Library. Elsewhere on the island are the Paul Gauguin Memorial, the Museum of Empress Josephine, wife of Napoleon and the Museum of Seashell Art. For a scenic tour of Martinique, visit the Regional Natural Park. Hikers can climb Mount Pelee, site of the 1902 volcano eruption which killed nearly 30,000 inhabitants.
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Dominica
The 290 square mile island of Dominica lies between Martinique and Guadeloupe in the eastern Caribbean and is the largest and most mountainous of the English speaking Windward Islands. Discovered by Columbus on a Sunday (hence its name), Dominica was once inhabited by fierce Carib Indians and is still home to 3,000 of their descendants.
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Monetego Bay
Montego Bay, Jamaica's busy little second city on the northwest coast. Montego Bay is a cruise visitor's delight, offering a host of activities and attractions, and providing a perfect day off the ship. Other activities visits to Croydon in the Mountains working plantation, Rocklands Bird Feeding Station in Anchovy, Appleton Estate Tour, the Hilton High Day Tour located in St Leonards and the Accompong Maroon Tour taking in vistas of a time past. Montego Bay also boasts many championship golf courses, including Ironshore Golf and Country Club, Half Moon Golf, Tennis and Beach Club, Wyndham Rose Hall Country Club and the new White Witch Golf Course at the Ritz Carlton Rose Hall. River rafting down the Martha Brae, and mountain valley rafting, can also be included and a walk along the Hip Strip where Jamaica comes alive day and night with food, music, souvenir shops, watersports and a casino-like gambling lounge is a must for many visitors.
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St Lucia
St Lucia is an independent island in the south-eastern Caribbean Sea, one of the Windward Islands close to Barbados, Martinique and St Vincent. Wander amid the lively street market with its fresh fruit, pottery and baskets. Further sights are to be seen at Diamond Falls and Mineral Baths where you can walk the gardens and take a dip in the pool under the waterfalls.
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St Kitts
Like no other island in the Caribbean, St. Kitts seems to embody a kind of lush tropical paradise usually associated with the South Pacific. The atmosphere here is palpably luxuriant. It is an intoxicating blend of sunlight, sea, air and fantastically abundant vegetation.
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San Juan
Cruise ships stop at the bottom of the old part of the city, which was founded in 1521 and is now officially declared a National Historic Zone. From the cruise pier, it is just a short walk into the city via uneven, cobblestone streets. Alternatively, taxis can be hailed in the street to take visitors into the capital. The city also boasts several museums including one devoted to the legendary cellist, Pablo Casals and the famous San Juan Cathedral.
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Ocho Rios
Tropical splendour is the best way to describe Ocho Rios. Ocho Rios is a cruise visitor's paradise with so much to see and do. Sun-kissed white sand beaches are a short walk from the cruise terminal, including Turtle Beach and the Island Village Beach Club.
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