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BARBADOS
WHAT’S HOT? Grab your swimsuit and chill at one of
the island’s newest beach bars – Sea Shed, La Cabane,
Blue Pineapple or One Eleven East SIZE: 166 sq miles CURRENCY:
Barbadian dollar POPULATION: 275,000 MAIN CITY: Bridgetown
LOCAL BEER: Banks DISH OF THE DAY: Flying fish and cou cou
North Point
Speightstown
Holetown
Bridgetown
Gun Hill
Bathsheba
Grantley
Adams Airport
INSIDER TIP:
“I always love Oistins. Going there
for the fish fry, it’s great –
the live music, grilled fish all
cooked to order, a few rum
cocktails. I think it just really
shows the perfect side of
Barbados and what
it’s all about.”
Ragged Point
TOM AIKENS,
ENGLISH MICHELIN
STAR CHEF, OWNER
OF TOM’S KITCHEN
WWW.VISITBARBADOS.ORG
Elizabeth Bay
Jost Van Dyke
Cane Garden Bay
Terrance B
Road Town Lettsome Airport
Long Bay Sage Mountain
Soper's Hole
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
WHAT’S HOT? Feast on Anegada spiny lobster – curried,
barbecued, grilled, as ceviche or in fritters SIZE: 60 islands
CURRENCY: US dollar POPULATION: 32,800 LANGUAGE: English MAIN
CITY: Road Town LOCAL RUMS: Arundel, Soggy Dollar DISH OF THE
DAY: Fish and fungi DESTINATION HIGHLIGHT: Sailing! BVI is a sailor’s
paradise, with consistent trade winds, clear blue water and sunny days.
CARIBBEAN CHALLENGE: Book a catamaran with your very own captain
onboard or go bareboat. Be spontaneous and have breakfast on Tortola,
lunch on Jost Van Dyke, dinner on Virgin Gorda…the choice is yours!
WWW.BVITOURISM.COM
Peter
Norman
Anegada
Virgin Gorda
Spanish Town
GRENADA
WHAT’S HOT? Snorkel the world’s
first Underwater Sculpture Park
SIZE: 133 sq miles CURRENCY: EC dollar
POPULATION: 109,000 LANGUAGE: English
MAIN CITY: St George’s LOCAL BEER: Carib
DISH OF THE DAY: Oil down – a one-pot
dish of breadfruit, dumplings,
RONDE
salted meat and vegetables
stewed in coconut milk
Concord
Maurice
Bishop
Airport
St George s
Sauteurs
ictoria
Paradise
Grand Etang Lake
La Sagesse
Nature
Reserve
CARRIACOU
PETIT MARTINIQUE
INSIDER TIP:
“Take a few lungfuls of air:
you can smell the spices
in the breeze. Stop at the
Spice Market in St George’s
then walk along the
Carenage waterfront before
a seafood lunch. Drive into
the rainforest and walk to a
waterfall, then head to the
beach for sunset.”
JOHNSON BEHARRY VC
WWW.PUREGRENADA.COM
Deshaies
BASSE-
TERRE
Port Louis
GRANDE-
TERRE
La Soufriere Volcano
Marigot
Basse Terre
LES
SAINTES
GUADELOUPE ISLANDS
WHAT’S HOT? Explore the fascinating Mémorial ACTe,
a cultural centre dedicated to the memory and history
of the slave trade in the Caribbean SIZE: 660 sq miles CURRENCY:
Euro POPULATION: 451,000 LANGUAGE: French, English and Creole
are widely spoken MAIN CITY: Basse-Terre LOCAL BEER: Gwada Gold
DISH OF THE DAY: Queen conch fricassee DESTINATION
HIGHLIGHT: Climb La Soufrière volcano, highest peak in the Lesser
Antilles, and hike in Guadeloupe National Park, stopping at
La Cascade aux Écrevisses for a refreshing splash.
WWW.LESILESDEGUADELOUPE.COM
Le Raizet Airport
Pointe-a-Pitre
MARIE-
GALANTE
Saint Francois
LA DÉSIRADE
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