send us your feedback our readers author...

888 Behind the Scenes

OUR READERS Many thanks to the travelers who used the last edition and wrote to us with help-ful hints, useful advice and interesting anecdotes: Silje Abelsen, Scott Adams, Dean Alexander, Gunilla Bewert, Steve Brosnan, Brandon Bruce, Susan Burton, John Condon, Jerry Coyd, Sergio De Sousa, Amelie A Gagnon, Holly Hill, Darlene James, Martin Jennett, Jessica Johnson, Philip Johnston, Niels Juul, Megan Kelly, Kevin Krol, Jeff Mahler, Ignacio Morejon, Odell Prior, Trish Reid, Michael Ryan, Vic Sofras, Ivo Sotorp, Prammantioti Stavroula, Stanley Urban, Phil Vass

AUTHOR THANKS Ryan Ver Berkmoes Huge thanks go to the amazing team of authors who worked on this book. That we were able to produce this level of work when forced to travel to the Caribbean from our cold winter homes is extraordinary. Thanks to the in-house team, including Cat Crad-dock, Bruce Evans, Alison Lyall and Laura Crawford. On the road, big thanks to the island of Bequia for being so cool that it’s my new favorite small island. And to old pals everywhere: humble thanks.

Jean-Bernard Carillet Heaps of thanks to Catherine Craddock for her trust and to the editorial and cartography teams. Ryan, coordinating-author extraordi-naire, deserves the thumbs up for his humor and support – a few beers await! In St Lucia, special thanks to Genevieve, Janique, Rhonda, Charkar, Jacques, Zaka and the staff at the St Lucia tourism board. In Paris, a heartfelt désolé to Celine L, who (unwillingly) shared my ups and downs while I was on the road. On the home-front, well-deserved bisous to my daughter Eva and Christine, who shared some of my Caribbean adventures a long time ago.

Nate Cavalieri Thanks to the ‘Dream Team’ for the lengthy and heated discussion about desserts of the world and to my excellent colleagues at Lonely Planet. Thanks especially to Florence Chien, my favorite person.

Paul Clammer Travel in Haiti is always an amazing experi-ence, but my trips in 2010 were particu-larly humbling, seeing the aftermath of the earthquake and the fortitude of the Haitians. Special thanks to Michael, Walnes and the St Joe’s family. Thanks also to Jacqualine Labrom, Emily Troutman, Landon Yarrington, Bette Gebrian, Tessa Lewis, Nat Segaren, Leah Page, Gabie Vincent and Thor Burnham.

SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK We love to hear from travel ers – your comments keep us on our toes and help make our books better. Our well- travel ed team reads every word on what you loved or loathed about this book. Although we cannot reply individually to postal submissions, we always guarantee that your feedback goes straight to the appropriate authors, in time for the next edition. Each person who sends us information is thanked in the next edition – and the most useful submissions are rewarded with a free book.

Visit lonelyplanet.com/contact to submit your updates and suggestions or to ask for help. Our award-winning website also features inspirational travel stories, news and discussions.

Note: We may edit, reproduce and incorporate your comments in Lonely Planet products such as guidebooks, websites and digital products, so let us know if you don’t want your comments reproduced or your name acknowledged. For a copy of our privacy policy visit lonelyplanet.com/privacy.

889

BEHIN

D THE SCEN

ES Michael Grosberg Rebecca Tessler, my heart, is always with me. Gracias to Isabel Rosario, Oscar Jr and his father and Pinky Rodriguez in Jarabacoa; Mark Fernandez and Tim Hall for their help in Puerto Plata; mountain biker Maximo Gomez; Mariam Matías and her brother David from Constanza; Steve McKenney from Luperon; chef Rafael Vasquez; Martin Pantallon in San-to Domingo. To Carly Neidorf for her support and presence. And of course to my co-author Kevin Raub, coordinating author Paul Clam-mer and commissioning editor Catherine Craddock and managing editor Bruce Evans.

Adam Karlin Thanks: Julian and Alex for friendship, laughs and perspective, Steve and Roger for tons of valuable advice, Rachel for her companion-ship and constant support, every Jamaican who passed along a genuine smile and warmth, Ryan for heading this mammoth book – and big ups to Anna Kaminski for helping make this Jamaica chapter what it is.

Tom Masters Many thanks to Rosemary Masters, who accompanied me on much of my travels for this book, and retained her good humor as I defected to research hotels or drove her down dirt tracks looking for obscure beaches: you’re the best mother in the world, and I couldn’t have hoped for a more inspirational parent. Many thanks also to all the folks who helped me along the way, to my Lonely Planet colleagues and the wonderful people of the Caribbean Islands.

Emily Matchar Thanks to Robbin Whachell, Lyndah Wells, Lanelle Phillips, Harry Bahama, Kaybel Taylor and Erika and Ed Gates for their excellent Grand Bahama info. Thanks to Eugene at the Pineville Motel in Andros for sharing his vast local knowledge. Thanks to Katie and Grant at the Bimini Sands, for their great Bimini and Andros tips. Thanks to Laurie Costanza, my Loyalist Cays partner in crime. And thanks as always to Jamin Asay for being my compan-ion in travel and life.

Brandon Presser Once again too many names, too little space. Sincere thanks to Lynn Costenaro, Andries Bonnema, Grant Gilmore, Trudy Nixon, Sue Ricketts, Jean-Philippe, travel pal Greg and St Joanne. At Lonely Planet, thanks to Cat, RVB, and the rest of the exceptional publish-ing team.

Brendan Sainsbury Thanks to all the untold bus drivers, weather forecasters, paladar owners, wandering troubadours and innocent bystanders who

helped me during my research, In Cuba spe-cial thanks to Julio Muñoz, Rafael Requejo, Nilson Guilaré, Angel Rodríguez, Victor in Trinidad, Maité and Idolka in Morón, Norberto Hernández in Havana and the bloke at Ecotur in Bayamo. On the work-front, muchas gra-cias to co-author Luke Waterson and com-missioning editor Catherine Craddock. On the home-front, well-deserved besos to wife, Liz and son, Kieran.

Andrea Schulte-Peevers A heartfelt thank you to all those whose advice, support and insights were invaluable during the research of this book, particularly the irrepressible Carolanne Watson, the gra-cious Simonetta Di Barbora and fi lm-maker par excellence David Lea. Special thanks to my colleague Ryan Ver Berkmoes for so generously sharing his expertise, to Cat Craddock for entrusting me with this gig and to Suki Gear for her many years of trust and support. Last but not least, a giant thank you to my Nascar-quality husband David for white-knuckling the islands’ often hellish roads.

Polly Thomas Huge thanks to Dexter Lewis for support beyond the call of duty; and to Skye Her-nandez, Bess Hernandez and Dwayne Lewis for love, support and Aaron-related backup. Thanks also to Lucille Sylvester for coming up trumps where the Tourist Board didn’t; to Brandon Presser for guiding lights; and Bruce Evans and Cat Craddock for their patience and editorial wisdom.

Karla Zimmerman Mega-thanks to Lisa Beran and Tamara Beran Robinson for helping research the Painkill-ers and piña coladas. Thanks the following people for sharing their local knowledge: Don Near, Mr Frett, Dmitri at Magens Bay, Mat-thew Telesford and Bailey at Udder Delight. Extreme gratefulness to Lonely Planet’s Ryan Ver Berkmoes, Cat Craddock and Bruce Evans for advice and patience. Thanks most of all to Eric Markowitz, the world’s best partner-for-life, for ecocamping.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Climate map data adapted from Peel MC, Finlayson BL & McMahon TA (2007) ‘Updated World Map of the Köppen-Geiger Climate Classifi cation’, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 11, 1633 44. Cover photograph: Boat in the Caribbean Sea, Corbis/Photolibrary. Many of the images in this guide are available for licensing from Lonely Planet Images: www.lonelyplanetimages.com.

890

BEHIN

D THE SCEN

ES

THIS BOOK This 6th edition of Lonely Planet’s Caribbean Islands guidebook was researched and written by Ryan Ver Berkmoes (coordinating author), Jean-Bernard Carillet, Nate Cavalieri, Paul Clammer, Michael Grosberg, Anna Kaminski, Beth Kohn, Adam Karlin, Tom Masters, Bran-don Presser, Kevin Raub, Emily Matchar, Tom Masters, Brendan Sainsbury, Andrea Schulte-Peevers, Polly Thomas, Luke Waterson and Karla Zimmerman. The 5th edition was researched and written by Ryan Ver Berk-moes (coordinating author), Amy C Balfour, Paul Clammer, Michael Grosberg, Scott Kennedy, Richard Koss, Josh Krist, Tom

Masters, Jens Porup, Brandon Presser, Brendan Sainsbury, Ellee Thalheimer and Karla Zimmerman. This guidebook was commissioned in Lonely Planet’s Oakland office, and produced by the following: Commissioning Editors Kathleen Munnelly, Suki Gear, Catherine Craddock-Carrillo Coordinating Editor Laura Crawford Coordinating Cartogra-pher Mark Griffiths Coordinating Layout De-signer Kerrianne Southway Managing Editors Bruce Evans, Annelies Mertens Managing Cartographer Alison Lyall

Managing Layout De-signer Chris Girdler Assisting Editors Andrew Bain, Carolyn Boicos, Jessica Crouch, Kim Hutchins, Asha Ioculari, Sarah Koel, Bella Li, Alan Murphy, Catherine Naghten, Di-anne Schallmeiner, Matty Soccio, Gina Tsarouhas, Jeanette Wall Assisting Cartographers Ildiko Bogdanovits, Valeska Canas, Julie Dodkins, Joelene Kowalski, Andy Rojas Cover Research Naomi Parker Internal Image Research Sabrina Dalbesio Thanks to Helen Christinis, Ryan Evans, Trent Paton, Martine Power, Averil Robertson, Gerard Walker, Juan Wanita

NO

TES

891

892

000 Map pages000 Photo pages

AAbacos 173-6accommodations 868-9, see also

individual islandschildren, travel with 79-80language 882, 884

activities 22, 46-9, see also individual activities

air travel 50-2, 875-6, 876Albert Lowe Museum 177amusement & theme parks

Aquasol Theme Park 545Aquaventure Waterpark 154Isla de Coco 303Mystic Mountain 539

Andros 186-9Anegada 255-7, 380Anguilla 16, 82, 90-104, 92, 16, 366

accommodations 90, 101-2activities 102beaches 16, 90, 366, 16, 366business hours 102culture 101diving & snorkeling 94, 99, 102festivals & events 102-3food 91, 103heritage trail 100highlights 92history 100-1itineraries 36, 91money 73, 91, 103planning 90-1public holidays 103tourist information 91travel seasons 90travel to/from 91, 103-4travel within 104visas 91, 103weather 90websites 91wildlife 101

animals, see wildlife

Anse Bertrand 486Anse Céron 576Anse d’Arlet 583Anse de Colombier 664Anse de Gouverneur 666Anse de Grande Saline 666-7Anse La Raye 708Anse La Roche 464Anse Marcel 729Anse Maurice 485Antigua & Barbuda 82, 105-29,

108-9, 17accommodations 105, 126beaches 105, 123business hours 126cruise-ship travel 112, 128culture 125diving & snorkeling 39-40, 115,

118drinks 106food 106, 126highlights 108-9history 123-4itineraries 106money 73, 106, 127planning 105-6public holidays 127safety 127tourist information 106tours 129travel seasons 105travel to/from 106, 127-8travel within 128-9visas 106weather 105websites 106wildlife 125-6

Antigua 17, 107-20, 108-9, 17aquariums

Acuario Nacional (Dominican Republic) 414

Acuario Nacional (Havana) 303Bahamas, the 157Curaçao Sea Aquarium 360

Aquaventure Waterpark 154Archers Bay 212Arecibo Observatory 616Arikok National Wildlife Park 142Arnos Vale Rd (Tobago) 793-4Arthur’s Town 187Aruba 16, 82, 130-45, 132, 136, 16

accommodations 130, 143activities 136-8beaches 130, 16business hours 143-4children, travel with 144cruise-ship travel 135culture 143

diving & snorkeling 40-1, 136-7drinks 131, 140environment 143festivals & events 133food 131, 144highlights 132history 143itineraries 35, 131money 73, 131, 144planning 130-1public holidays 144shopping 68-9tourist information 131, 144tours 138travel seasons 130travel to/from 131, 144-5travel within 145visas 131weather 130websites 131wildlife 143

Asa Wright Nature Centre 779Atlantis (Bahamas) 160Atlantis Submarine 138ATMs 871-2Aux Cayes (Les Cayes) 515-16

BBahamas, the 83, 146-95, 148-9,

152-3, 6, 58accommodations 146, 191activities 191beaches 6, 146, 161, 167-8, 177, 6boat trips 155, 169, 175business hours 191children, travel with 155, 191cruise-ship travel 162, 169, 193,

58culture 189-90diving & snorkeling 41, 155, 168,

174-5, 176, 177-8, 179, 181, 184, 187

drinks 147environment 190festivals & events 164, 169, 378food 147, 191highlights 148history 189itineraries 147money 73, 147, 192planning 146-7public holidays 192shopping 69tourist information 147tours 155, 157, 169travel seasons 146travel to/from 147, 192-3travel within 193-5

893

INDEX B

visas 147, 192websites 147wildlife 190

Bahía de Las Águilas 419Baie aux Prunes (Plum Bay) 726-7Baie de Pont Pierre 494-504Baie du Marigot 494Baie Longue (Long Bay) 726Baie Nettlé (Nettle Bay) 727Baie Rouge 727Baracoa 337-40Barbados 9, 83, 196-223, 198,

9, 58accommodations 196, 219beaches 196boat trips 206books 218business hours 219children, travel with 220cruise-ship travel 202, 58culture 217-18diving & snorkeling 41, 210, 211drinks 197environment 219festivals & events 220, 378food 197, 209, 220highlights 198history 217itineraries 197money 73, 197, 221planning 196-7public holidays 221safety 220shopping 69surfing 216tourist information 197, 221tours 203, 206, 223travel seasons 196travel to/from 197, 221-2travel within 222-3visas 197weather 196websites 197wildlife 218-19

Barbuda 120-9, 380, 121bargaining 71baseball 315, 323, 417, 442Basse-Pointe 577-8Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe) 14, 486-92,

491, 14Basseterre (St Kitts) 675-80, 678Bathsheba 215-16Bathway Beach 462batik 187Batista, Fulgencio 341Bávaro 420-4, 422Bay of Pigs 320, 341-2Bayahibe 425

beaches 6, 8, 16, 20, 25, 366, 380, 6, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 366, 367, see also individual beaches, individual islands

Anse La Roche 464Bahía de Las Águilas 419Bathway Beach 462Cabarete 14, 433, 14Cable Beach 159, 161Crane Beach 209-10Dover Beach 206-7Eagle Beach 16, 135, 16Grace Bay Beach 366, 812, 366Grand Anse (Grenada) 456-8Grande Anse (Deshaies) 487-8Heywoods Beach 212-13Les Salines 366, 586Long Bay (Negril) 551Lucaya Beach 167Magens Bay 840Marigot Bay 366, 706-8, 367Meads Bay 96-7, 16Orient Beach (La Baie Orientale)

729-30Pinney’s Beach 687, 10Playa Bonita 432-3Playa Lagún 361Playa Limón 420Playa Luquillo 617Playa Pilar 329Playa Rincón 427Playas del Este 317Reduit Beach 702, 13Rendezvous Bay (Antigua) 117Seven Mile Beach 366, 270-8, 367 Shoal Bay East 99, 366, 366Taino Beach 167Treasure Beach 11, 554, 11Treasure Cay Beach 174

beaches, nudistAntigua & Barbuda 115Guadeloupe 484, 495St-Barthélemy 666St-Martin/Sint Maarten 729

Beauséjour 499Bequia 746-50bicycle travel, see cyclingBiminis 188bird-watching

Adventure Farm and Nature Reserve 793

Asa Wright Nature Centre 779Caroni Bird Sanctuary 782Cayman Islands 282, 284Cuba 344Frigate Bird Sanctuary 122Great Bird Island 114Millet Bird Sanctuary 707

Pointe-a-Pierre Wildfowl Trust 782St Lucia 714Trinidad & Tobago 784, 792, 793,

795, 797, 798, 803US Virgin Islands 846

Black River 555-6Blanchisseuse 780Blowing Point 96blue beads 653Blue Lagoon 537-8Blue Mountain Peak 534Blue Mountains 534-5boat travel 877, see also boat trips,

cruise-ship travel, sailing & yachting

within the Caribbean islands 50-1, 52

boat trips, see also cruise-ship travelBahamas, the 155, 169, 175Barbados 206Bonaire 227British Virgin Islands 240, 250Dominica 394Guadeloupe 483Jamaica 551, 556Martinique 581St Lucia 703, 710St-Martin/Sint Maarten 721,

723, 727St Vincent & the Grenadines

747, 753Turks & Caicos 813US Virgin Islands 853, 857

Bocas, the 777Bodden Town 279-80Boeri Lake 391Boiling Lake 390Bomba’s Surfside Shack 246Bonaire 12, 83, 224-35, 226, 12, 370

accommodations 224, 233beaches 224boat trips 227business hours 233-4diving & snorkeling 12, 41, 231,

12, 370festivals & events 27food 225, 234highlights 226history 233itineraries 35, 225money 73, 225, 234planning 224-5public holidays 234tourist information 225tours 227travel seasons 224travel to/from 225, 234travel within 234-5visas 225

894


INDEX B

-C

Bonaire continuedweather 224websites 225wildlife 233

Bonaire National Marine Park 231books 19

Barbados 218diving & snorkeling 41

Bosque Estatal de Guánica 626Boston Bay 538botanical gardens, see gardens &

parksBottom, the 641Bourg des Saintes 494-504Brasso Seco 781Bridgetown 199-203, 200Brighton Farmers Market 215Brimstone Hill Fortress 376, 683, 376British Virgin Islands 7, 83, 236-64,

238, 7, 370accommodations 236, 259-60beaches 236boat trips 240, 250business hours 260children, travel with 260cruise-ship travel 242, 262culture 258diving & snorkeling 41, 240, 249,

250, 251, 256, 260, 370drinks 237environment 259festivals & events 31, 240, 250highlights 238food 237, 257, 260history 257-8itineraries 32, 237money 73, 237, 261planning 236-7public holidays 261tourist information 237travel seasons 236travel to/from 237, 261-3travel within 264visas 237, 261weather 236websites 237wildlife 259

Buccoo 791-2budgeting 18, 72-4

accommodations 868cruises 55-9diving & snorkeling 40weddings 67

bus travel 877business hours, see individual islands

CCabarete 14, 433-8, 14Cable Beach (Bahamas) 159, 161Caicos Islands 812-22Caledonia Rain Forest 858Calibishie 396-7California Lighthouse 141calypso music 372, 801Camagüey 327-9Cane Garden Bay 243-6Canouan 751-2canyoning

Dominica 391Dominican Republic 438Guadeloupe 492

Capesterre 498-9Capesterre-Belle-Eau 489Cap-Haïtien 516-18car travel 877-8Caracas Bay Island 360Carapichaima 781-2Carbet 575Carenage, the 7, 452Carib Territory 398-9Carnival 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 13, 378

Anguilla 102Antigua 29Aruba 133Cuba 29Curaçao 27, 363Dominica 27Dominican Republic 26, 414, 443Grenada 29Guadeloupe 477-8Haiti 27Jamaica 531Martinique 27, 572Puerto Rico 27, 28Saba 644Sint Eustatius 647St-Barthélemy 669St Kitts & Nevis 679St Lucia 699St-Martin/Sint Maarten 732St Vincent & the Grenadines 741Trinidad 378, 770-1, 775, 13, 378US Virgin Islands 839, 847

Carriacou 463-6Cascada El Limón 424, 429-30Case-Pilote 574-5cash 872, see also moneycasinos

Hotel Santo Domingo 418US Virgin Islands 856

Castara 794Castillo de la Real Fuerza 294Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca del

Morro 333

Castries 699-701, 702, 700Castro, Fidel 332, 341, 342Castro, Raúl 342Cat Island 187caves

Andros 187Bahamas, the 172, 181Barbuda 123Cayman Islands 279Cuba 318Puerto Rico 616

Cayman Brac 281-3, 284Cayman Islands 10, 83, 265-90, 267,

10, 367, 380accommodations 265, 288beaches 265, 271, 284, 366, 367business hours 288children, travel with 288-9cruise-ship travel 271culture 287diving & snorkeling 41-2, 271-3,

282, 285, 380drinks 266festivals & events 31, 378food 266, 289highlights 267history 287itineraries 33, 266money 73, 266, 289planning 265-6public holidays 289tourist information 266tours 274-5travel seasons 265travel to/from 266, 289-90travel within 290visas 266weather 265websites 266wildlife 280, 288

Cayo Guillermo 329Cayo Levantado 424Cays, the (Turks & Caicos) 818-19cell phones 872cemeteries

Cementerio Santa Ifigenia 333Jewish cemetery (Nevis) 686Jewish cemetery (Sint Eustatius)

649Necrópolis Cristóbal Colón 302

Chaguanas 781Chaguaramas 776-8Champagne Beach 392Charlestown 685-7Charlotte Amalie 836-42, 838Charlotteville 798-9charters (yachting) 53, 263Chaudiere Pool 396

895

INDEX C

-Dchildren, travel with 20, 79-81

Aruba 144Bahamas, the 155, 191Barbados 220British Virgin Islands 260Cayman Islands 288-9Cuba 303Dominican Republic 414Grenada 470Guadeloupe 502Jamaica 561Martinique 588Puerto Rico 611, 630St Lucia 715St Vincent & the Grenadines 757Trinidad & Tobago 803Turks & Caicos 829US Virgin Islands 862

Choiseul 712Christiansted 852-6churches & cathedrals, see also con-

vents & monasteriesCamagüey 328Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la

Asunción 333, 338Catedral de San Cristóbal de La

Habana 294Catedral de San Juan 607Catedral Primada de América 409Cathedral of the Immaculate

Conception 699Cathédrale de St-Pierre et St-Paul

477Chapel of Alto Vista 141Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de las

Mercedes 411St George’s Anglican Church 384St John’s Cathedral (Antigua) 110St Michael’s Cathedral (Barba-

dos) 199St Patrick’s Catholic Cathedral 385St Paul’s Anglican Church (Anti-

gua) 117Chutes du Carbet 489-90chutney music 801cigars

Dominican Republic 418Fábrica de Tabacos Constantino

Pérez Carrodegua 322Graycliff Cigar Co 152Real Fábrica de Tabacos Partagás

299circuses 303Citadelle, the 518climate 18, 18, 870, see also indi-

vidual islandsCocal, the 783Cockburn Town 10, 822-5, 10Codrington 122conch 77

Concord Falls 463consulates 869-70convents & monasteries

Convento de la Orden de los Predicadores 409-11

Monasterio de San Francisco 412Mt St Benedict 778

Cooper Island 248Coral Bay 851-2Corossol 13, 663, 13courses, see also individual activities

diving 43glass-blowing 636sailing 263yoga 163, 552, 788

Crane Beach 209-10credit cards 871-2Creole (language) 885cricket

Antigua & Barbuda 113, 125Barbados 218Montserrat 598Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Ground

113St Kitts 677Trinidad & Tobago 801-2

Croix des Bouquets 513-14Crop-Over Festival 220, 378, 378Crown Point 786-91cruise-ship travel 54-64, 58, 61, 62,

see also individual islandscosts 55-9cruise lines 60-4environmental issues 63ports of call 55, 56-7theme cruises 64websites 59, 63

Cruz Bay 17, 846-9, 17Cuba 9, 83, 291-350, 293, 9

accommodations 291, 343-4activities 344beaches 291, 317, 318business hours 344children, travel with 303culture 9, 342-3diving & snorkeling 42, 320, 344drinks 292, 368embassies 345festivals & events 26food 292, 345highlights 293history 340-2itineraries 33, 292money 73, 292, 346music 343planning 291-2public holidays 346safety 344-5

shopping 69tourist information 347tours 325, 344travel seasons 291travel to/from 292, 348travel within 348-50visas 292, 347-8weather 291websites 292wildlife 343

Culebra 620-3Culebrita 621Cupecoy 725Curaçao 12, 84, 351-64, 353, 12

accommodations 351, 363beaches 351business hours 363cruise-ship travel 355, 364culture 362-3diving & snorkeling 42, 361drinks 352environment 363festivals & events 27, 363food 352, 363highlights 353history 362itineraries 35, 352money 73, 352, 363planning 351public holidays 363-4tourist information 352tours 355travel seasons 351travel to/from 352, 364travel within 364visas 352weather 351websites 352wildlife 363

currency 19, 871, see also moneycustoms regulations 869cycling 877

Bonaire 227Grenada 457Jamaica 535, 540Puerto Rico 610, 619St Kitts & Nevis 687St Lucia 709, 712St-Martin/Sint Maarten 734Tour de la Martinique 589Trinidad & Tobago 777, 786, 792

DDamajagua 434dancehall music 559-60dangers, see safetydengue fever 880

Puerto Rico 630

896


INDEX D

-E

Dennery 712Deshaies 14, 487-9, 14Dessalines, Jean-Jacques 518-19Diamant 583-4Dickenson Bay 113-14Dieppe Bay Town 682disabilities, travelers with 873

Antigua & Barbuda 127Bahamas, the 192Puerto Rico 631Saba 645St Kitts & Nevis 693St Lucia 716St-Martin/Sint Maarten 733St Vincent & the Grenadines 758Trinidad & Tobago 805Turks & Caicos 830US Virgin Islands 864

diving & snorkeling 20, 22, 39-45, 12, 17, 380

Anguilla 94, 99, 102Antigua & Barbuda 39-40, 115, 118Aruba 40-1, 136-7Bahamas, the 41, 155, 168, 174-5,

176, 177-8, 179, 181, 184, 187Barbados 41, 210, 211Bonaire 12, 41, 231, 12books 41British Virgin Islands 41, 240, 249,

250, 251, 256, 260Cayman Islands 41-2, 271-3, 282,

285, 380costs 40courses 43Cuba 42, 320, 344Curaçao 42, 361Dominica 42, 386, 392, 393, 395Dominican Republic 42, 421, 427-8,

430-1, 432, 435Grenada 42-3, 456, 459, 460, 464Guadeloupe 43, 483, 491-2, 495Haiti 521Jamaica 43, 539-40, 546, 551, 561Martinique 43, 576, 581, 582, 584-5Montserrat 596Puerto Rico 44, 609, 618, 621,

626, 629Saba 44, 637-8safety 42, 44, 881Sint Eustatius 44, 646, 650-1St-Barthélemy 661, 664, 666,

668-9St Kitts & Nevis 44, 677-8, 680,

687-8St Lucia 45, 703, 705, 707, 710

St-Martin/Sint Maarten 721St Vincent & the Grenadines 45,

741, 747, 751, 753, 754Trinidad & Tobago 45, 786, 790,

798Turks & Caicos 45, 813, 820, 826Underwater Explorers Society

(UNEXSO) 168US Virgin Islands 17, 45, 843-4,

846, 847, 850, 854, 856, 17Dogs, the 248dolphins 374, 375

British Virgin Islands 243Cayman Islands 278Guadeloupe 491St Lucia 699Turks & Caicos 817

Dominica 8, 84, 381-405, 383, 8accommodations 381, 401-2beaches 381boat trips 394business hours 402cruise-ship travel 387, 404, 413culture 400-1diving & snorkeling 42, 386, 392,

393, 395drinks 382ecotourism passes 403environment 401food 382, 402highlights 383history 399-400itineraries 38, 382money 73, 382, 403planning 381-2public holidays 403sustainable travel 78tourist information 382tours 386travel seaons 381travel to/from 382, 403travel within 404-5visas 382weather 381websites 382wildlife 401

Dominican Republic 84, 406-48, 408accommodations 406, 443-4beaches 406, 419, 420, 433business hours 444children, travel with 414culture 441-2diving & snorkeling 42, 421, 427-8,

430-1, 432, 435drinks 407environment 443festivals & events 414, 435, 443,

444food 407, 444

highlights 408history 440-1itineraries 407money 73, 407, 445planning 406-7public holidays 445shopping 69tourist information 407tours 421, 428, 431, 435, 438travel seasons 406travel to/from 407, 446-7travel within 447-8visas 446weather 406websites 407wildlife 443

donkeysAntigua Donkey Sanctuary 119Donkey Sanctuary (Aruba) 141-2Donkey Sanctuary (Bonaire) 233US Virgin Islands 851

Dover Beach 206-7drinks 368, 369, see also rum,

individual islandsdriving, see car travelDunmore Town 179Dutch (language) 885Duvalier, François 519

EEagle Beach 16, 135, 16earthquake (Haiti) 511, 523-5East Caicos 821East End (St Thomas) 842-6East End (Tortola) 246-7El Morro 376, 604-5El Yunque (Cuba) 338El Yunque (Puerto Rico) 617Elbow Cay 176-7Eleuthera 179-83embassies 869-70Emerald Pool 399emergencies

language 883, 884English Harbour 116-19Englishman’s Bay 794-5entertainment 23, 25, see also

individual locationsenvironmental issues 75-6, see also

sustainable travelAruba 143Bahamas, the 190Barbados 219British Virgin Islands 259climate change 875cruise-ship travel 63Curaçao 363Dominica 401

897

INDEX E-G

Dominican Republic 443Haiti 521Saba 643St Vincent & the Grenadines 756-7Trinidad & Tobago 802US Virgin Islands 861-2

exchange rates 871Exuma Cays 184Exumas 183-6

FFalmouth 550ferry travel 50-1, 52, 877festivals & events 26-31, 378, 13, 30,

378, see also Carnival, music festivals, regattas, sporting events

Anguilla Summer Festival 102BVI Emancipation Festival 240Calabash International Literary

Festival 562Caribbean Heritagefest 532Crop-Over Festival 220, 378, 378Festival of St-Barth 669Festival San Sebastián 610, 30Foxy’s New Year’s Eve Party 31Holetown Festival 220International Sand Castle Competi-

tion 435Journées du Patrimoine (Heritage

Days) 29-30Junkanoo 164, 169, 378, 378National Independence Festival of

Creative Arts 220Oistins Fish Festival 27, 220Pirates Week 31, 378St Patrick’s Week 27Semana Santa 444Séu Parade 27, 363Simadan 27SoFo Culinary Festival 610Statia Day 647St-Barth Film Festival 669Trinidad Carnival 13, 378, 770-1,

775, 13, 378Triumph of the Revolution 26Vincy Mas 741Virgin Gorda Easter Festival 250

Fig Tree Drive (Antigua) 116films 19

St-Barth Film Festival 669fishing 47

Bahamas, the 155-7, 168, 173, 174, 175, 187

British Virgin Islands 256Cayman Islands 273-4Cuba 329, 344Dominican Republic 421Grand Turk Game Fishing

Tournament 829

Jamaica 561St-Barthélemy 661St Lucia 699Trinidad & Tobago 777, 798Turks & Caicos 813, 824US Virgin Islands 844

Five Islands Peninsula 114-15Flamands 663-4flamingos 374, 2, 374

Bahamas, the 153Bonaire 230, 231, 232British Virgin Islands 256Haiti 521Turks & Caicos 819-20

Flat Point 635-6flowers

Flower Forest of Barbados 214Martinique 583Valombreuse Floral Park 489

food 368, see also individual locations

language 883, 884sustainable travel 75, 76

Fort Bay 642Fort Berkley 117Fort Charlotte (Bahamas) 153Fort Charlotte (St Vincent) 741Fort Fincastle 151Fort James 112-13Fort Oranje (Bonaire) 227Fort-de-France 570-4, 570forts & ruins 23, 376, 376, 377, see

also historic buildings & sitesBrimstone Hill Fortress 376, 683,

376Castillo de la Real Fuerza 294Castillo de los Tres Santos Reyes

Magnos del Morro 299Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca

del Morro 333El Morro 376, 604-5Fort Amsterdam 354Fort Barrington 115Fort Bennett 792Fort Berkley 117Fort Charles 533, 376Fort Charlotte (Bahamas) 153Fort Charlotte (St Lucia) 699For Charlotte (St Vincent) 741Fort Christian 837Fort Christiansvaern 853Fort de Windt 653Fort Fincastle 151Fort Frederick 453-4Fort Frederik 858Fort George (Grenada) 452Fort George (Jamaica) 536Fort Gustave 661Fort James 112-13

Fort King George 795Fort Louis 725Fort Louis Delgrès 491Fort Napoléon 494Fort Oranje (Bonaire) 227Fort Oranje (Sint Eustatius) 648-9Fort Shirley (Antigua) 117Fort Shirley (Dominica) 394-5Fort St-Louis 571Fort Zoutman 133Fortaleza de San Carlos de la

Cabaña 299Fortaleza Ozama 411Fuerte Matachín 337-8Fuerte San Cristóbal 376, 605, 377Fuerte San Felipe del Morro (El

Morro) 376, 604-5Mural de la Prehistoria 318Pigeon Island National Landmark

705Ruinas del Hospital San Nicolás

de Barí 412Sint Eustatius 649

Frederiksted 836, 857-8Freeport 166-72, 168French (language) 882-3French Cul-de-Sac 729Frenchman’s Cove 537Freshwater Lake 391Friar’s Bay 727Friendship Bay 749Frigate Bay 680-1Frigate Bird Sanctuary 122Fuerte San Cristóbal 376, 605, 377Fuerte San Felipe del Morro (El

Morro) 376, 604-5full-moon parties 246, 247fungi music 258, 861Fustic 213

Ggalleries, see also museums

Museo de Arte de Ponce 624Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico 607Museo de Arte Moderno (Domini-

can Republic) 414Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes

301Museum of Haitian Art 510National Art Gallery of the Baha-

mas 152National Gallery of Jamaica 529National Gallery of the Cayman

Islands 271National Museum & Art Gallery

(Trinidad) 770Underwater Sculpture Park 457Willemstad 359

Garden of the Groves 167

898


INDEX G

-H

gardens & parksAndromeda Botanic Gardens 215Ardastra Gardens, Zoo &

Conservation Center 153Botanical Gardens (Port of Spain)

769-70Botanical Gardens (Tobago) 795Botanical Gardens of Nevis 689Diamond Mineral Baths & Botanical

Gardens 709Emancipation Garden 837Garden of the Groves 167Jardín Botánico Nacional (Santo

Domingo) 413Jardin Botanique du Carbet 575Jardin de Balata 577JR O’Neal Botanic Gardens 239Mamiku Gardens 712Miriam C Schmidt Botanical

Gardens 653Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park

(Grand Cayman) 280Queen’s Park Savannah 769Roseau 384St George Village Botanical Garden

859St Vincent Botanic Gardens 741Valombreuse Floral Park 489Woodford Square 771

gay & lesbian travelers 870Antigua & Barbuda 126Bahamas, the 191Barbados 220British Virgin Islands 260Cayman Islands 289cruises 64Cuba 345Dominica 402Grenada 470Guadeloupe 502Haiti 522-3Jamaica 562-3Martinique 589Puerto Rico 630Saba 644St-Barthélemy 669St Kitts & Nevis 692St Lucia 715St Vincent & the Grenadines 757Trinidad & Tobago 804Turks & Caicos 829US Virgin Islands 863

geography 51George Town (Bahamas) 183George Town (Cayman Islands)

270-8, 272

Glistening Waters 551golf 47

Anguilla 97Antigua 114Bahamas, the 47, 168Barbados 47, 208Cayman Islands 47, 274Dominican Republic 47, 421Guadeloupe 47, 483St Kitts & Nevis 47, 681, 688St Lucia 47, 706St-Martin/Sint Maarten 724

Gosier 480-1Gouyave 462-3Governor’s Harbour 182-3Grace Bay Beach 366, 812, 366Grand Anse (Grenada) 456-8Grand Bahama 165-73, 166Grand Bay 393Grand Case 727-9Grand Cayman 268-81, 268Grand Cul-de-Sac 666Grand Étang 489-90Grand Riviere 784-5Grand Turk 822-5, 823Grand-Bourg 497Grande Anse (Deshaies) 487-8Grande Anse (Martinique) 582-3Grande-Terre (Guadeloupe) 477-86Grand-Rivière 578Graycliff Cigar Co 152Great Abaco Barrier Reef 178Great Guana Cay 178Great Harbour (Jost Van Dyke)

253-4Greater Antilles 51Green Turtle Cay 177-8Gregory Town 181-2Grenada 7, 84, 449-73, 451, 453,

7, 380accommodations 449, 469-70beaches 380, 449, 380business hours 470children, travel with 470cruise-ship travel 456, 472culture 469diving & snorkeling 42-3, 456, 459,

460, 464drinks 450food 450, 470highlights 451history 467-9itineraries 38, 450money 73, 450, 471planning 449-50public holidays 471safety 470shopping 69

tourist information 450tours 471-2travel seasons 449travel to/from 450, 472travel within 451, 472-3visas 450weather 449websites 450wildlife 469

Grenadines, the 9, 746-55, 738, 9Grenville 461Gros Islet 702-5Gros Piton 710grouper 77Guadeloupe 14, 84, 474-506, 476, 14

accommodations 474, 501beaches 474, 484, 14boat trips 483business hours 501-2children, travel with 502cruise-ship travel 480, 504culture 500-1diving & snorkeling 43, 483,

491-2, 495drinks 475festivals & events 477-8food 475highlights 476history 499-500itineraries 475money 73, 475, 503planning 474-5public holidays 503safety 477tourist information 475travel seasons 474travel to/from 475, 503-4travel within 504-6visas 475, 503weather 474websites 475wildlife 501

Guavate 623guesthouses 868Guevara, Ernesto ‘Che’ 321, 322, 341Gun Hill 214Gustavia 661-3

HHabana Vieja 294-8, 296-7Haiti 17, 84, 507-25, 509, 17

accommodations 507, 521activities 521beaches 507, 517business hours 521culture 520diving & snorkeling 521drinks 508

899

INDEX H

-Iearthquake 511, 523-5embassies 522environment 521food 508, 522health 523, 880highlights 509history 518-20itineraries 508language 885money 74, 508, 523planning 507-8public holidays 523safety 510, 522tourist information 508tours 525travel seasons 507travel to/from 508, 524travel within 524-5visas 508weather 507websites 508wildlife 521

Half Moon Bay 119Happy Bay 726Harbour Island 179-81Hastings 204Havana 294-317, 300, 304-5, 9

accommodations 303-10attractions 294-302cruise-ship travel 295drinking 312-13entertainment 313-15food 310-12money 316shopping 315tours 302-3, 316-17travel to/from 316travel within 316-17

Hawksbill Bay 115health 879-81Hell 278Hell’s Gate 636hepatitis A 880-1Heywoods Beach 212-13hiking & walking 48

Antigua & Barbuda 48, 116, 118Aruba 48, 137, 142Bahamas, the 48Barbados 48, 214Bonaire 48British Virgin Islands 48Cayman Islands 48, 280, 282Cuba 48, 318-19, 325, 338, 340,

344Dominica 48, 390, 391, 392, 394,

399Dominican Republic 48, 438Grenada 48, 461

Guadeloupe 48, 486, 490-1, 492

Haiti 48, 514, 521Jamaica 48, 534, 534-5, 537Martinique 48, 576, 578Montserrat 48, 596-7Nevis Heritage Trail 685Pico Duarte 437Puerto Rico 48, 621-2, 630Saba 15, 48, 638, 640-1Sint Eustatius 48, 651, 653St-Barthélemy 48St Kitts & Nevis 48, 685, 689St Lucia 48, 709-10, 710, 712St Vincent & the Grenadines 48,

745, 747Trinidad & Tobago 48, 779, 780,

781, 784, 792, 795US Virgin Islands 48, 846, 849,

851, 853Hillsborough 463-5historic buildings & sites 22, 376, see

also forts & ruins, plantations, World Heritage sites

Annaberg Sugar Mill Ruins 849Bath Hotel & Spring House 686Bibliothèque Schoelcher 570Blackbeard’s Castle 837Bloody Point 683Brimstone Hill Fortress 376, 683,

376Camagüey 327-9Capitolio Nacional 298-9Casa Blanca 607Casa de Diego Velázquez 332Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca

del Morro 333Christiansted National Historic

Site 853Citadelle, the 518Cuartel Moncada 333Devon House 531Elbow Cay Lighthouse 176Faro a Colón 413Garrison Savannah Area 203George Washington House 202-3Government House (Bahamas)

152Greenwood Great House 550Habana Vieja 294-8, 296-7Hamilton Estate 686La Fortaleza 605Loyalist Cottage 179Magnificent Seven 769Mission House (Grand Cayman)

279Mt Alvernia Hermitage 187Nelson’s Dockyard 117, 17Old San Juan 14, 376, 604-7,

606, 14

Parc Archéologique des Roches Gravées 490

Parque de Bombas 624Parque Histórico Militar

Morro-Cabaña 299Paseo de la Princesa 605Pedro St James 279Pigeon Island National Landmark

705Plaza de la Revolución 302Port Royal 376, 533, 376Public Library (Roseau) 384Romney Manor 683Rose Hall Great House 549-50Salt River Bay National Historic

Park 856Sans Souci 518Shirley Heights 117, 119St Nicholas Abbey 213Zona Colonial 409-13, 410

history, see individual islandshitchhiking 878HIV/AIDS 881Holetown 210-11holidays 872honeymoons 65-7Hope Town 176horse racing

Beaumont Park 684Indian Castle Race Track 689

horseback ridingAruba 137-8Barbados 208Cayman Islands 274Cuba 325Dominican Republic 421, 428, 438Jamaica 540St-Barthélemy 663St Kitts & Nevis 688St Lucia 706St-Martin/Sint Maarten 730Trinidad & Tobago 786Turks & Caicos 824

hotels 868Hurricane Dean 587Hurricane Hugo 598Hurricane Ivan 468

Iiguanas 374, 34, 374Île-à-Vache 376, 516Îlet Pinel 728immigration 875insurance 870-1, 879internet access 871Isla Culebrita 621itineraries 32-8, 32, 33, 35, 36, 38,

see also individual locations

900


INDEX J-M

JJacmel 514-15Jamaica 11, 85, 526-66, 528, 11,

379, 368accommodations 526, 560activities 561beaches 11, 526, 539, 545, 554, 11boat trips 551, 556business hours 561children, travel with 561cruise-ship travel 540, 564culture 557-60diving & snorkeling 43, 539-40,

546, 551, 561drinks 527embassies 562festivals & events 378, 531-2, 546,

562, 379food 527, 562, 368highlights 528history 556-7itineraries 527language 563money 74, 527, 563planning 526-7public holidays 563-4safety 533, 542, 549, 553, 561-2shopping 69tourist information 527tours 540travel seasons 526travel to/from 527, 564travel within 564-6visas 564weather 526websites 527wildlife 560

Jarabacoa 438-40Jérémie 516Jolly Harbour 115-16Josephine 580-1Jost Van Dyke 253-5, 7Junkanoo 164, 169, 378, 379

Kkayaking 48-9

Antigua & Barbuda 48Aruba 49, 137Bahamas, the 49, 181Bonaire 49, 232British Virgin Islands 49, 256Cayman Islands 49, 273Dominica 49

Grenada 49Jamaica 556Montserrat 49Puerto Rico 49, 618St-Barthélemy 664St Kitts & Nevis 687St Lucia 706, 707, 713St-Martin/Sint Maarten 730Turks & Caicos 813US Virgin Islands 49, 843, 847, 856

Kingston 529-34, 530, 531Kingstown 739-44, 742kitesurfing 49, 14

Antigua & Barbuda 114Aruba 137Bahamas, the 184Barbados 208Cayman Islands 279Dominican Republic 14, 430-1,

433-4, 14Master of the Ocean 26St Lucia 706, 712Turks & Caicos 818

Kleine St Michiel 360Kralendijk 227-30, 228

LLa Désirade 498-9La Soufrière 490-1La Vega 443Lac Bay 232Ladder Bay 642Lance aux Épines 459-60language 882-7

Creole (Haiti) 885Dutch 885French 882-3patois (Jamaica) 563Spanish 883-5Trinidad & Tobago 769

Las Cuevas 780Las Galeras 427-9Las Terrazas 317Las Terrenas 429-32, 430Latin Music Festival 29, 414Le Chameau 495Le Galion 730Le Moule 484-5Leeward Hwy 745-6Leeward Islands 51Leeward Rd (Tobago) 792-3Les Cayes (Aux Cayes) 515-16Les Saintes 492-6Les Salines 366, 586lesbian travelers, see gay & lesbian

travelersLesser Antilles 51Levera Beach 462

Little Cayman 283-7, 380, 284Little Harbour (Jost Van Dyke) 255Long Bay (Antigua) 120Long Bay (Jamaica) 538Long Bay (Negril) 551Long Island 188Lorient 665-6Lower Bay 749Lucaya 166-72, 170Lucaya Beach 167Lucayan National Park 172-3Luquillo 617

MMaho 724-5, 11Major Cay 185Man O’ War Cay 178manatees 374manchineel trees 873Manzanilla 783Maracas Bay 779-80María la Gorda 320Marie-Galante 496-8Marigot 398, 723, 725-6Marigot Bay 366, 706-8, 367marine parks, see also national parks

& nature reservesBarbados Marine Reserve 210Bloody Bay Marine Park 285Bonaire National Marine Park 231Buck Island Reef National

Monument 857Coral World Ocean Park 842-3National Underwater Park

(Curaçao) 361Réserve Cousteau 491-2Virgin Islands National Park 846-7

Marley, Bobevents 26Marley Resort 159museums 530-1, 543, 373Trench Town Culture Yard 529-30

Marsh Harbour 174-6Martha Brae 550-1Martí, José 298, 299, 302, 341Martinique 8, 85, 567-92, 569, 8

accommodations 567, 588beaches 366, 567, 8boat trips 581business hours 588children, travel with 588cruise-ship travel 572culture 587-8diving & snorkeling 43, 576, 581,

582, 584-5drinks 568festivals & events 29-30, 572, 589flora 583

901

INDEX M

food 568, 589highlights 569history 586-7itineraries 38, 568money 74, 568, 589planning 567-8public holidays 589-90safety 590shopping 69tourist information 568, 590tours 572, 581travel seasons 567travel to/from 568, 590travel within 591-2visas 568, 590weather 567websites 568wildlife 588

Mary’s Point 642Matura 784Mayaro 783Mayreau 380, 752, 380McLean’s Town 173Meads Bay 96-7, 16measures 874medical services 880merengue 372, 414, 442Mero 393-4Micoud 712Middle Caicos 821-2Miriam C Schmidt Botanical Gar-

dens 653 mobile phones 872monasteries, see convents &

monasteriesmoney 18, 19, 871-2, see also

budgeting, individual islandsmongooses 851monkeys 374Mont Pelée 577, 578, 587Montbars, Daniel 664Montego Bay 540, 543-9, 544

accommodations 546-7activities 546attractions 545-6drinking 548food 547-8safety 549shopping 548-9travel to/from 549travel within 549

Montserrat 85, 593-600, 595accommodations 593, 597, 598beaches 593business hours 599culture 598diving & snorkeling 596drinks 594

festivals & events 27food 594, 597, 599highlights 595history 597-8itineraries 594money 74, 594, 599planning 593-4public holidays 599safety 599tourist information 594tours 600travel seasons 593travel to/from 594, 599-600travel within 600visas 594weather 593websites 594wildlife 598

Morne Diablotin National Park 394Morne Diablotin Trail 394Morne Fortune 699Morne Rouge 458Morne Trois Pitons National Park

390-2mosquitoes 881motorcycle travel 877-8movies 19Mt Alvernia 187Mt Scenery 640-1Mt St Benedict 778-9Mt Standfast 211Mullet Bay 724-5Mullins Beach 212museums, see also galleries

Albert Lowe Museum 177Alexander Hamilton Museum 685Amerindian Museum 779Aruba Archaeological Museum

133Aruba Historical Museum 133Barbados Museum 202Bob Marley Museum 530-1, 373Bonaire Museum 227Carriacou Museum 463-4Cayman Brac Museum 282Cayman National Museum 270Centre de Découverte des Sciences

de la Terre 575Chaguaramas Military History &

Aerospace Museum 776Cuartel Moncada 333Curaçao Maritime Museum 355Curaçao Museum 354Devon House 531Dockyard Museum (Nelson’s

Dockyard) 117Dominica Museum 384Dows Hill Interpretation Centre

(Antigua) 117

Edgar Clerc Archeological Museum 485

Firefly 543George Washington House 202-3Government House (British Virgin

Islands) 239Grenada National Museum 452Heritage Museum (Anguilla) 100Iglesia y Monasterio de San

Francisco de Asís 295Indian Caribbean Museum 781-2Indigenous Rastafarian Village 546Institute of Jamaica 529Jewish Cultural-Historical Museum

354Larimar Museum 409Little Cayman Museum 284Mangazina di Rei 231Maqueta de La Habana Vieja 295Memorial a José Martí 302Monumento a la Toma del Tren

Blindado 322Monumento Ernesto Che Guevara

321Musée de la Banane 579Musée Départemental

d’Archéologie (Martinique) 571Musée du Panthéon National 510Musée du Rhum (Guadeloupe) 489Musée Volcanologique 575Museo Alcázar de Colón 409Museo Arqueológico ‘La Cueva del

Paraíso’ 337Museo Casa Natal de Ignacio

Agramonte 328Museo de Ambiente Histórico

Cubano 332Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico 607Museo de Comandancia del Che

299Museo de la Ciudad 294Museo de la Revolución 301Museo de las Américas 605Museo de las Casas Reales 409Museo de Naipes 298Museo de Navegación 294-5Museo de Piratería 333Museo de San Juan 605Museo de San Juan de Dios 327-8Museo del Hombre Dominicano 413Museo del Niño 605-7Museo del Ron 295Museo Histórico Municipal

(Trinidad, Cuba) 324Museo Mundo de Ambar 409Museo Municipal (Baracoa) 337-8Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes

301Museo Nacional de la Lucha Contra

Bandidos 324

902


INDEX M

-P

museums continuedMuseo Romántico 324Museo Tula 361Museo-Casa Natal de José Martí

298Museum Kura Hulanda 354Museum of Antigua & Barbuda 107National Museum (St Kitts) 675National Museum & Art Gallery

(Trinidad) 770Nelson Museum 685-6Nevisian Heritage Village 689Nidhe Israel Museum (Barbados)

199Nine Mile Museum 543North Shore Shell Museum 244Pirates of Nassau 151Sint Eustatius Museum 649Sint Maarten Museum 721St-Martin Archaeological Museum

725Tobago Museum 795Trench Town Museum 529Wyannie Malone Museum 176

music 21, 372, see also music festivals, individual music styles

music festivalsAnnual Music & Cultural Festival

(Turks & Caicos) 829Aruba Music Festival 133BVI Music Festival 244Dominican Jazz Festival 435Easterval (Union Island) 748Guitar Festival 572Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival

26, 546Jazz Festival (Barbados) 220Junkanoo 164, 169, 378, 378Latin Music Festival 29, 414Maroon & String Band Festival 28Martinique Jazz Festival 572Moonsplash 102Red Stripe Reggae Sumfest 546Reggae Sumfest 29, 378Santo Domingo Merengue Festival

29, 414St-Barth Music Festival 669St John Blues Festival 847St Kitts Music Festival 28, 679St Lucia Jazz Festival 699Sting 532Tranquility Jazz Festival (Anguilla)

103World Creole Music Festival 30

Mustique 750

NNassau 150-66, 156, 158

accommodations 157-61attractions 151-5cruise-ship travel 162drinking 163entertainment 163-4food 161-3Paradise Island 154-5, 162-3safety 165shopping 164-5

Nassau Public Library 151National Art Gallery of the Bahamas

152National Museum (St Kitts) 675national parks & nature reserves,

see also marine parks, wildlife sanctuaries & zoos

Arikok National Wildlife Park 142Bahía Mosquito 617Barkers National Park 279Baths, the 249Bosque Estatal de Guánica 626Buccoo Reef 790Cabrits National Park 394-5Chalk Sound National Park 812Codrington Lagoon National

Park 122Columbus Landfall National Park

823Copper Mine National Park 249-50Devil’s Bay National Park 249El Yunque (Cuba) 338El Yunque (Puerto Rico) 617Farley Hill National Park 213Flower Forest of Barbados 214Gorda Peak National Park 252Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary 205Grand Etang National Park 461Indian River 394La Sagesse Nature Centre 460Little Tobago 797Lucayan National Park 172-3Morne Diablotin National Park 394Morne Trois Pitons National Park

390-2Nariva Swamp 783-4North Sound National Park 114Parc Archéologique des Roches

Gravées 490Parc National de la Guadeloupe

486-7Parc National La Visite 514Parc National Macaya 516Parque Ecológico Puntacana 420-1Parque El Cubano 325Parque Nacional Alejandro de

Humboldt 340Parque Nacional Los Haitises 425

Parque Nacional Viñales 318-21Pigeon Pond & Frenchman’s Creek

Nature Reserve 813Réserve Cousteau 491-2Sage Mountain National Park

243-4Tobago Forest Reserve 795Topes de Collantes 325Tucker Valley National Park 777Virgin Islands National Park 846-7Washington-Slagbaai National

Park 231-2Welchman Hall Gully 214

Natural Pool 142Necker Island 248Negril 551-4Nelson’s Dockyard 117, 17Nevis 10, 685-90, 10New Providence 150-65, 152-3Nicholl’s Town 187Nine Mile 543Nipper’s Beach Bar & Grill 178Nonsuch Bay 119-20Norman Island 248North Caicos 819-20North Shore (St John, US Virgin

Islands) 849-51North Sound 252-3

OOcho Rios 538-43Oistins 207-8, 209, 220Old San Juan 14, 367, 604-7, 606,

14opening hours, see individual

locationsOranjestad (Aruba) 133-5, 134Oranjestad (Sint Eustatius) 15,

648-52, 650, 15Orient Beach (La Baie Orientale)

729-30Our Lucaya Beach & Golf Resort 170-1Out Islands (Bahamas) 173-89Out Islands (British Virgin Islands)

248Oyster Pond 730

PPagua Bay 398Palm Island 755panyards 775Paradise Island 154-5, 162-3parang 802parasailing

Bahamas, the 154, 167Cayman Islands 273Dominican Republic 420

Parlatuvier 795

903

INDEX P

-RParque Histórico Militar

Morro-Cabaña 299Parque Nacional Alejandro de

Humboldt 340Parrot Cay 819parrots 374passports 875patois (Jamaica) 563Paynes Bay 210Península de Samaná 424-33perfume 167Peter Island 248Petit Martinique 380, 466-7, 380Petit Piton 710Petit St Vincent 755Petit-Canal 486Petite Rivière Salée 579Philipsburg 721-2, 723, 61, 62phonecards 872Pic Paradis 727Pico Duarte 437, 438Pigeon Island 491-2Pigeon Island National Landmark 705pigs 185, 851Pinar del Río Province 317-21pirates 23, 376

Blackbeard’s Castle 837Cayman Islands 279Montbars, Daniel 664Museo de Piratería 333Pirates of Nassau 151Pirates Week 31, 378websites 19

Pirates of the Caribbean 397, 745Pirates Week 31, 378Pitch Lake 783Pitons, the 708-11Plage de Malendure 491-2planetariums 298planning 18-19, see also individual

islandsactivities 46-9budgeting 18, 72-4calendar of events 26-31children, travel with 79-81cruise-ship travel 54-64diving & snorkeling 39-45health 879islands overview 82-7itineraries 32-8, 52shopping 68-71transportation 50-3travel seasons 18websites 19weddings & honeymoons 65-7

plantationsAnnaberg Sugar Mill Ruins 849Betty’s Hope 120

Château Dubuc 579Cheshire Hall 812Eden Brown Estate 689Estate Whim Plantation Museum

859Landhuis Kenepa 361-4Morne Coubaril Estate 709Plantation Mont Vernon 729St Nicholas Abbey 213Sunbury Plantation House 216-17Wades Green Plantation 819

Playa Bonita 432-3Playa Lagún 361Playa Limón 420Playa Pilar 329Playas del Este 317Point Salines 458-9Point Udall 856Pointe de la Grande Vigie 486Pointe des Châteaux 484Pointe du Bout 581-2Pointe-à-Pitre 477-80, 478Pointe-Noire 487Ponce 623-6, 624, 28Port Antonio 536-7Port Elizabeth 746-9Port of Spain 765-76, 766-7

accommodations 772-3attractions 769-72drinking 775entertainment 775-6food 773-5safety 768-9shopping 776

Port Royal 376, 533, 376Port Salut 516Port-au-Prince 510-13, 512Porte d’Enfer 485-6Portsmouth 387, 394-6Presqu’île de Caravelle 579-80Prickly Pear 94Providenciales 812-18, 814public holidays 872, see also

individual islandsPuerto Rico 14, 85, 601-32, 603, 14,

28, 30accommodations 601, 629beaches 601, 608-9, 618, 621business hours 630children, travel with 611, 630cruise-ship travel 605, 632culture 628diving & snorkeling 44, 609, 618,

621, 626, 629drinks 602embassies 630festivals & events 26, 27, 610,

28, 30

food 602, 623, 630highlights 603history 627-8itineraries 602money 74, 602planning 601-2public holidays 631safety 630shopping 70tourist information 602tours 610travel seasons 601travel to/from 602, 631-2travel within 632visas 602, 631weather 601websites 602wildlife 629

Punta Cana 420-4, 422

Qquelbe music 861Quill, the 653, 654-5

Rrabies 881rafting

Dominican Republic 438Jamaica 537, 550

Rastafarianism 559Indigenous Rastafarian Village 546

Red Hook 842-6Red Stripe Reggae Sumfest 546Reduit Beach 702, 13regattas

Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta 125, 28

Antigua Sailing Week 27, 105, 125, 25

Big South Regatta 821BVI Spring Regatta 240Canouan Regatta 748Easter Regatta (Bequia) 27, 748Family Island Regatta 184Golden Rock Regatta 647Heineken Regatta 732International Rolex Cup Regatta

839reggae 372, 559

Bob Marley Museum 530Reggae Sumfest 29, 378, 546Trench Town Culture Yard 529-30

Rendezvous Bay (Antigua) 117rental accommodations 869Réserve Cousteau 491-2resorts 13, 23, 24, 868-9, 13Rincon (Bonaire) 230-1Rincón (Puerto Rico) 626-7

904


INDEX R

-S

Rio Grande Valley 537Río Toa 338RMS Rhone 251Road Town 239-43, 240rock climbing

Aruba 141Bonaire 227Cuba 317, 319

Rockley 204Rodney Bay 702-5Roseau 384-9, 385Roseau Valley 389-92Route de la Trace 576-7Route de la Traversée 486-7ruins, see forts & ruinsrum 70, 140, 315

museums 295, 489, 579rum distilleries 70

Bacardí Rum Factory 616Callwood Rum Distillery 244Captain Morgan Distillery 859Cruzan Rum Distillery 859Damoiseau Distillery 485Distillerie Bielle 498Distillerie Poisson 498Domaine de Bellevue 498Macoucherie Distillery 393Malibu Beach Club & Visitor

Centre 203Mount Gay Rum Visitors Centre

203Musée du Rhum St James 579Reimonenq Distillery (Musée du

Rhum) 489River Antoine Rum Distillery 461-2St Lucia Rum Distillery 707Trois-Rivières Distillery 584

Rum Point 281Runaway Bay 113

SSaba 15, 85, 633-45, 635, 15, 371

accommodations 633, 643-4business hours 644culture 643diving & snorkeling 44, 370,

637-8, 371drinks 634environment 643festivals & events 644food 633, 644highlights 635history 642-3itineraries 36, 634

money 74, 634, 644planning 633-4public holidays 644shopping 70tourist information 634, 645tours 639travel seasons 633travel to/from 634, 645travel within 645visas 634, 645weather 633websites 634wildlife 643, 371

safety 872, see also individual locations

diving & snorkeling 42, 44, 881hitchhiking 878road 877, 878water 881

sailing & yachting 24, 46-7, 52-3, see also regattas

charters 53, 263courses 263

Salisbury 393-4Salt Cay 825-6Salt Island 248Samaná 413, 424-7San Fernando 782-3San Juan 376, 604-16, 606, 608, 14

accommodations 610-12activities 609-10attractions 604-8beaches 608-9drinking 614entertainment 614festivals & events 610food 612-14shopping 614tourist information 615tours 604, 610travel to/from 615travel within 615-16

San Nicolas 142-3Sandy Ground (Anguilla) 94-6Sandy Ground (St-Martin) 727Sandy Island 466Sans Souci (Haiti) 518Sans Souci (Trinidad) 784Santa Clara 321-4Santiago 443Santiago de Cuba 329-37, 330Santo Domingo 409-20, 410

accommodations 415-16attractions 409-14cruise-ship travel 413drinking 417entertainment 417-18festivals & events 414

food 416-17money 418shopping 418tours 414travel to/from 419travel within 419-20

Sauteurs 462Scarborough 773, 795-6scenic railways 683-4schistosomiasis 881Scotts Head 392-3Settlement 257Seven Mile Beach 366, 270-8, 367Shermans 213Shirley Heights 117, 119Shoal Bay East 99, 366, 366shopping 24, 68-71, see also

individual locationsSilver Sands 208-9Simpson Bay 723-4Sint Eustatius 15, 85, 646-57, 648, 15

accommodations 646, 651-2, 654, 655

activities 650-1business hours 655culture 654diving & snorkeling 44, 646, 650-1festivals & events 29, 30, 647food 652, 655highlights 648history 654itineraries 647money 74, 647, 655planning 646-7public holidays 656travel seasons 646travel to/from 647, 656travel within 656-7visas 656weather 646websites 647wildlife 654-5

Sint Maarten 11, 721-5, 720, 11, 61, 62

Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Ground 113snorkeling, see diving & snorkelingsoca 801-2Sonido del Yaque 439Soufriere (Dominica) 392Soufrière (St Lucia) 702, 708-11Soup Bowl 215South Caicos 821Spanish (language) 883-5Spanish Town 249-52Speightstown 212Speyside 797-8sporting events, see also regattas

8 Tuff MilesAtlantic Rally for Cruisers 699

905

INDEX S

Grand Turk Game Fishing Tournament 829

Master of the Ocean 26, 435Route du Rhum 31St Croix Half-Ironman Triathlon

854Semi-marathon (Martinique) 572Tour de la Martinique 589Tour des Yoles Rondes 589

sports, see individual sportsSpring Bay 750St-Barthélemy 13, 86, 658-71, 660

accommodations 658, 668activities 668-9beaches 658business hours 669culture 667-8diving & snorkeling 661, 664, 666,

668-9festivals & events 669food 659, 669highlights 660history 667itineraries 36, 659money 74, 659, 670planning 658-9public holidays 670tours 662travel seasons 658travel to/from 659, 670-1travel within 671visas 659, 670weather 658websites 659wildlife 668

St Croix 852-9St-François 483-4St George’s 7, 452-6, 454, 7St-Jean 664-5St John (US Virgin Islands) 17,

845-52, 17St John’s (Antigua) 107-12, 110St John’s (Saba) 641St Kitts 674-85, 674, 676St Kitts & Nevis 86, 672-95, 674,

676, 10accommodations 672, 692beaches 672, 682, 687, 10business hours 692cruise-ship travel 680, 686, 694culture 687, 691diving & snorkeling 44, 677-8,

680, 687-8drinks 673festivals & events 679, 686food 673, 692highlights 674history 690-1itineraries 673

money 74, 673, 693planning 672-3public holidays 693safety 693tourist information 673tours 678-9, 695travel seasons 672travel to/from 673, 693-4travel within 694-5visas 673weather 672websites 673wildlife 691-2

St Lawrence Gap 206-7St-Louis 497-8St Lucia 13, 86, 696-717, 698,

13, 367accommodations 696, 714-15beaches 366, 696, 701-2, 708-9,

13, 367boat trips 703, 710business hours 715children, travel with 715cruise-ship travel 702, 716culture 713-14diving & snorkeling 45, 703, 705,

707, 710drinks 697festivals & events 699food 697, 715highlights 698history 713itineraries 38, 697money 74, 697, 715planning 696-7public holidays 715-16shopping 71tours 702travel seasons 696travel to/from 697, 716-17travel within 717visas 697, 716weather 696websites 697wildlife 714

St-Martin 725-30, 720St-Martin/Sint Maarten 11, 86,

718-35, 720, 11, 61, 62accommodations 718, 732activities 732beaches 718, 11boat trips 721, 723, 727business hours 732cruise-ship travel 723, 734,

61, 62culture 731diving & snorkeling 721drinks 719

festivals & events 732food 719, 732highlights 720history 731itineraries 36, 719money 74, 719, 732planning 718-19public holidays 732-3safety 733tourist information 719travel seasons 718travel to/from 719, 733-4travel within 734-5visas 719, 733weather 718websites 719wildlife 731-2

St-Pierre 575-6St Thomas 836-45St Vincent 376, 739-46, 740St Vincent & the Grenadines 86,

736-60, 738, 380accommodations 736, 757-8beaches 380, 736, 751, 380boat trips 747, 753business hours 757children, travel with 757cruise-ship travel 743culture 756diving & snorkeling 45, 741, 747,

751, 753, 754drinks 737environment 756-7festivals & events 741, 748food 737, 757highlights 738history 755-6itineraries 38, 737money 73, 737, 758planning 736-7public holidays 758safety 757tours 744travel seasons 736travel to/from 737, 758-9travel within 759-60visas 737weather 736websites 737wildlife 756

Statia, see Sint EustatiusSte-Anne 481-2, 585-6Ste-Luce 584-5Ste-Rose 489steel pan 372, 802, 372stingrays

Stingray City (Cayman Islands) 10, 274, 10

Stingray City Antigua 120

906


INDEX S

-U

Stocking Island 184submarines 155, 274Sunset Beach Bar 11surfing 49, 9

Bahamas, the 176-7, 181, 182Barbados 9, 49, 208, 215,

216, 9British Virgin Islands 49, 246Dominican Republic 49, 433,

434Guadeloupe 49, 483Jamaica 49, 538, 561Martinique 579Master of the Ocean 26, 435Puerto Rico 49, 609-10, 626,

629Soup Bowl 215St-Barthélemy 661, 664Trinidad & Tobago 49, 780US Virgin Islands 49, 840

sustainable travel 75-8cruise-ship travel 63diving & snorkeling 44food 75, 76

synagoguesBarbados Synagogue 199Honen Dalim 649St Thomas Synagogue 837-8synagogue ruins (Sint Eustatius)

649

TTaino Beach 167telephone services 872temples

Hanuman Murti and Davenna Yoga Centre 782

Waterloo Temple 781Terre-de-Bas 496-7, 493Terre-de-Haut 492-6, 493Terres Basses 726-7theme parks, see amusement &

theme parkstime 869, 872-3tipping 872Titou Gorge 391Tobago 785-99, 787Tobago Cays 754-5, 2Toco 784Tortola 239-47tourist information 873Trafalgar Falls 389transportation 18-19, 50-3, 875-8

language 883, 884-5travel seasons 868

travel to/from the Caribbean islands 875-6

travel within the Caribbean islands 50-3, 876-8

traveler’s checks 872Treasure Beach 11, 554-5, 11Treasure Cay Beach 174Trellis Bay Full Moon Party 247Trench Town Culture Yard 529-30Trinidad 13, 378, 763-85, 764, 13,

378Trinidad Carnival 13, 378, 770-1, 775,

13, 378Trinidad (Cuba) 324-7Trinidad & Tobago 13, 86, 761-807,

763, 13, 378accommodations 761, 802-3activities 803beaches 761business hours 803children, travel wtih 803cruise-ship travel 773, 805culture 800-2diving & snorkeling 45, 786, 790,

798drinks 762embassies 803environment 802festivals & events 13, 378, 770-1,

791, 13, 378food 762, 803-4highlights 763history 799-800itineraries 762language 769money 74, 762, 804music 801-2planning 761-2public holidays 804safety 803shopping 71tours 807travel seasons 761travel to/from 762, 805travel within 806-7visas 762, 805weather 761websites 762wildlife 802

Trois-Îlets 580-1Trois-Rivières 490Tropicana Nightclub (Cuba) 314, 9True Blue 458-9Trujillo, Rafael Leonidas 440Tubagua Plantation Eco-Village 435Turks & Caicos 10, 87, 808-32, 810-

11, 10, 366accommodations 828activities 828-9

beaches 366, 808, 366boat trips 813business hours 829children, travel with 829cruise-ship travel 824culture 827diving & snorkeling 45, 813, 820,

826drinks 809festivals & events 829food 808, 809, 829highlights 810-11history 826-7itineraries 809money 74, 809, 830planning 808-9public holidays 830travel seasons 808travel to/from 809, 831travel within 831-2visas 809, 830-1weather 808websites 809wildlife 828

Turks Islands 822-6turtles 371

Barbados 219Cayman Islands 278Cuba 343Grenada 469Haiti 521Montserrat 598Puerto Rico 629St Lucia 703St Vincent & the Grenadines

750, 754Trinidad & Tobago 784US Virgin Islands 856

Tyrrel Bay 466

UUnderwater Explorers Society

(UNEXSO) 168Union Island 752-4Universidad de la Habana 302US Virgin Islands 17, 87, 833-66, 835,

17, 61accommodations 833, 862activities 862beaches 833, 840, 843, 849-50boat trips 853, 857business hours 862children, travel with 862cruise-ship travel 836, 837, 865,

61culture 860-1diving & snorkeling 17, 45, 843-4,

846, 847, 850, 854, 856, 17

907

INDEX U

-Wdrinks 834environment 861-2festivals & events 839, 847, 854food 834, 863highlights 835history 859-60itineraries 32, 834money 74, 834, 863planning 833-4public holidays 863-4sustainable travel 853tours 854travel seasons 833travel to/from 834, 864-5travel within 866visas 834, 864weather 833websites 834wildlife 861

USS Kittiwake 271

Vvacations 872vaccinations 879Valley, the (Anguilla) 93-4Valley, the (Virgin Gorda) 249-52Versailles Gardens 154Vieques 617-20Vieux Fort 712Viñales 318-21Virgin Gorda 247-53Virgin Islands, see British Virgin

Islands, US Virgin Islandsvisas 19, 873, see also individual

islandsvolcanoes

La Soufrière 490-1, 745Mont Pelée 577, 587Montserrat 596Quill, the 653, 654-5websites 594

volunteering 873-4Haiti 523Sint Eustatius 656US Virgin Islands 864

WWaitkubuli National Trail 392Wallilabou 376, 745Washington, George 203water 881Water Island 843waterfalls

Argyle Falls 797Cascada El Limón 424,

429-30Cascade aux Écrevisses 486-7Concord Falls 463

Damajagua 434Dominica 8, 8Dunn’s River Falls 539La Tille Waterfalls 712Middleham Falls 391Paria Falls 780Pitons Waterfall 709Reach Falls 538Salto de Baiguate 438Salto de Jimenoa Dos 438Salto Jimenoa Uno 438Seven Sisters Falls 461Trafalgar Falls 389Wallilabou Falls 746YS Falls 556

weather 18, 870, see also individual islands

websites 19, see also individual destinations

accommodations 869air tickets 876cruise-ship travel 59, 63health 879, 880

weddings 65-7weights 874Well’s Bay 641-2Wesley 397-8West Bay 278-9West End (Anegada) 256-7West End (Tortola) 243Weston 211Westpunt 361-2whale-watching

Dominican Republic 425, 431St Lucia 699, 710Turks & Caicos 824, 826

White Bay 254-5White Island 466wildlife 25, 374, 3, 11, 22, 34, 374,

375, see also individual animals, individual islands

wildlife sanctuaries & zoosAdventure Farm and Nature

Reserve 793Antigua Donkey Sanctuary

119Ardastra Gardens, Zoo &

Conservation Center 153Arikok National Wildlife Park

142Asa Wright Nature Centre 779Barbados Wildlife Reserve 213Booby Pond Nature Reserve 284Butterfly Farm 730Caroni Bird Sanctuary 782Donkey Sanctuary (Aruba) 141-2Donkey Sanctuary (Bonaire) 233Emperor Valley Zoo 769Frigate Bird Sanctuary 122

Grafton Caledonia Wildlife Sanctuary 792

Little Tobago 797Millet Bird Sanctuary 707Old Hegg Turtle Sanctuary

750Pointe-a-Pierre Wildfowl Trust

782Rock Iguana Nursery (BVI)

257Sint Maarten Park 721St Vincent Parrot Reserve

745Syndicate Parrot Reserve

394Union Nature Trail & Zoo

707Willemstad 12, 354-9, 356, 358,

12windsurfing 49

Antigua 114Aruba 137Barbados 208Bonaire 232British Virgin Islands 246Curaçao 360Dominican Republic 430,

434Martinique 581Master of the Ocean 26St-Barthélemy 666St Kitts & Nevis 687St Lucia 706, 712St-Martin/Sint Maarten 730Turks & Caicos 813

Windward Hwy (St Vincent) 744-5

Windward Islands 51Windward Rd (Tobago) 797Windwardside 636-40, 636women travelers 874

Antigua & Barbuda 127Bahamas, the 192British Virgin Islands 261Grenada 472Puerto Rico 631Trinidad & Tobago 805

work 874World Heritage sites

Bonaire National Marine Park231

Brimstone Hill Fortress 376, 683, 376

Camagüey 327-9Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca

del Morro 333Citadelle, the 518El Morro 376, 604-5Fuerte San Cristóbal 376, 605,

377

908


INDEX W

-Z

World Heritage sites continuedFuerte San Felipe del Morro (El

Morro) 376, 604-5Habana Vieja (Old Havana) 294-8,

296-7Old San Juan 14, 376, 604-7, 606, 14Parque Nacional Alejandro de

Humboldt 340Trinidad (Cuba) 324-7Valle de los Ingenios 325Viñales 318-21

Willemstad 12, 354-9, 356, 358, 12

Zona Colonial 409-13, 410Worthing 205Wotten Waven 389-90

Yyachting, see sailing & yachtingyoga 163, 552, 788YS Falls 556

Zzip-lining

Antigua 116Jamaica 540Puerto Rico 609St Kitts & Nevis 684St Lucia 707, 709, 712

Zona Colonial 409-13, 410zoos, see wildlife sanctuaries

& zoos

Beach

Diving/Snorkelling

Sleeping

Eating

Camping

Canoeing/KayakingSkiingSurfingSwimming/PoolWalkingWindsurfingOther Activity/Course/Tour

BuddhistCastleChristianHinduIslamicJewishMonumentMuseum/GalleryRuinWinery/VineyardZooOther Sight

Entertainment

Shopping

DrinkingCafe

Post OfficeTourist Information

AirportBorder CrossingBus

CyclingFerryMetroMonorailParking

TaxiS-Bahn

Train/RailwayTramTube StationU-BahnOther Transport

Cable Car/Funicular

Walking TourDetour

Walking Tour

Path

LaneTertiary

TollwayFreewayPrimary

StepsPlaza/Mall

PedestrianOverpass

Secondary

Unsealed Road

Tunnel

International

DisputedRegional/SuburbMarine ParkCliffWall

State/Province

Capital (National)Capital(State/Province)City/Large TownTown/Village

Beach/DesertCemetery(Christian)Cemetery (Other)Park/ForestSportsgroundSight (Building)Top Sight(Building)

River/CreekIntermittent RiverSwamp/MangroveReefCanalWaterDry/Salt/Intermittent LakeGlacier

LighthouseHut/Shelter

LookoutMountain/VolcanoOasisParkPassPicnic AreaWaterfall

Sights

Activities, Courses& Tours

Sleeping

Eating

Entertainment

Shopping

Drinking

Information

Transport

Geographic

Hydrography

Areas

Boundaries

Population

RoutesMap Legend

These symbols will help you find the listings you want:

z Festivals & Events

4 Sleeping

5 Eating

6 Drinking1 Sights

2 Activities

r Beaches

C Courses

T Tours

3 Entertainment

7 Shopping

8 Information/

Transport

Reviews are organised by author preference.

% Telephone Numbersh Opening Hoursp Parkingn Nonsmokinga Air-Conditioningi Internet Access

W Wi-Fi Accesss Swimming Poolv Vegetarian SelectionE English-Language Menuc Family-Friendly# Pet-Friendly

g Busf Ferrym Metrob Subwayt London Tubej Tramd Train

These symbols give you the vital information for each listing: Our authors have nominated these places as demonstrating a strong commitment to sustainability – for example by supporting local communities and producers, operating in an environmentally friendly way, or supporting conservation projects.

o Our author’s

recommendation

F No payment required

S A green or sustainable option

Look out for these icons:

909

send us your feedback our readers author...

Documents