BARBADOS

New Year’s Eve in the Caribbean can mean fireworks over the water, dinner at a beach club, midnight on a yacht, or champagne back at the villa with everyone gathered around the pool. For villa travelers, December 31 comes with a different set of decisions than a normal Caribbean ...

Destinations

Choosing where to stay in Barbados is not always as simple as picking the West Coast or South Coast. The island is divided into 11 parishes, but its strongest luxury villa areas are concentrated along the western shoreline in St. James and St. Peter, with a smaller selection in s...

Destinations

The best Caribbean islands for families depend on the kind of trip you are planning. Turks and Caicos is particularly well suited to younger children and easy beach days. Jamaica stands out for fully staffed multigenerational villas, while Grand Cayman combines straightforward lo...

Destinations

When you think of the Caribbean’s most sophisticated destinations, Barbados rises to the top, and nowhere more so than along its legendary West Coast. If you’re wondering what to do in Barbados beyond the postcard-perfect beaches, the answer lies in transforming every moment into...

Destinations

Stretching from the charming Speighstown in the north to the historic Holetown in the middle and the capital of Bridgetown to the south, Barbados’s sheltered western coastline is home to some of the calmest waters and best beaches in the Caribbean. That’s why it’s called the Barb...

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Golf is a beautiful game, and one of the things that make it so great are the landscapes, features, and layouts of the courses themselves. Tropical golf destinations, for their part, benefit from amazing weather, lush greenery, unique formation and, of course, the sounds and sigh...

Beaches

If you’re planning a trip to Barbados, chances are you’re ready to hit the beach. Barbados is a tropical island located on the east of the Caribbean so it’s naturally loaded with incredible beaches. The great thing about Barbados is that each coastline offers different styles of ...

Gastronomy

Barbados is often thought of as a Caribbean Island, and though this is certainly true in a cultural sense, the island itself sits on the easternmost edge of the Lesser Antilles, placing it mostly in the Atlantic Ocean, rather than the Caribbean Sea. But, with the Caribbean Sea so...

Destinations

Planning a family vacation isn’t always easy, especially when there’s young children involved. The Caribbean is widely considered a family favorite for vacations because of the variety of destinations to choose from. Each Caribbean island offers different landscapes, cuisine, and...