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The Rough Guide to Antigua &Barbuda
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COPY LINK: https://pdf.bookcenterapp.com/yumpu/1858287154 INTRODUCTION Famous for its
beaches and its cricket players, tiny Antigua is rapidly becoming one of the CaribbeanÂ’s most
popular destinations. Quiet, unvisited and little- known just a generation ago, the country has
taken full advantage of the publicity gained from its independence in 1981 – and the remarkable
success of its cricketers since then – to push its name into the big league of West Indian tourism
alongside Barbados and Jamaica. AntiguaÂ’s early European settlers came from Britain in the
sixteenth century. They brought African slaves to clear the native vegetation and plant sugarcane:
for centuries, the island was little more than a giant sugar factory, producing sugar and rum to
send home to an increasingly sweet-toothed mother country. Around Antigua, the tall brick
chimneys of a hundred deserted and decaying sugar mills bear witness to that long colonial era.
Today, though, it is tourism that drives the countryÂ’s economy dozens of hotels and restaurants
have sprung up around the coastline, thereÂ’s a smart new airport, and people offer boat and
catamaran cruises and scuba diving and snorkelling trips to the islandÂ’s fabulous coral reefs. If all
you want to do is crash out on a beach for a week or two, youÂ’ll find Antigua hard to beat. The
island is dotted with superb patches of sand - look out for Dickenson Bay in the northwest, Half
Moon Bay in the east and Rendezvous Beach in the south - and, while the nightlife is generally
pretty quiet, there are plenty of great places to eat and drink. But however lazy youÂ’re feeling,
itÂ’s worth making the effort to get out and see some of the country. The superbly restored naval
dockyard and the crumbling forts around English Harbour and Shirley Heights are as impressive
as any historic site in the West Indies, and there are lots of other little nuggets to explore, including
the capital, St JohnÂ’s, with its tiny museum and colourful quayside, and the old sugar estate at
BettyÂ’s Hope. And, if youÂ’re prepared to do a bit of walking, youÂ’ll find some superb hikes that
will take you out to completely deserted parts of the island. AntiguaÂ’s sister island Barbuda feels
a world apart from its increasingly developed neighbour, even though itÂ’s just fifteen minutes
away by plane. Despite its spectacular beaches and coral reefs, tourism is very low-key for the
islandÂ’s tiny population, the pace of life seems to have changed little over the generations, and
fishing is still the main occupation. Even if you can only manage a day-trip, youÂ’ll find it
thoroughly repays the effort involved in organizing a tour.