Insight Guides Caribbean: The Lesser Antilles (Travel Guide eBook)

Insight Guides

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Let us guide you on every step of your travels.

From deciding when to go, to choosing what to see when you arrive, Insight Guides Caribbean: The Lesser Antilles, is all you need to plan your trip and experience the best of the Caribbean, with in-depth insider information on must-see, top attractions like Palm Beach, Mango Festival, dolphin watching, Bonaire Marine Park and Den Paradera, and hidden cultural gems like the beautiful island of Monserrat.

This book is ideal for travellers seeking immersive cultural experiences, from exploring Saint Lucia's Pitons, Martinique's Jardins de Balata and Guadeloupe's Reserve Cousteau, to discovering Tobago's dive sites and hiking Trinidad's northern coastline.

- In-depth on history and culture: explore the region's vibrant history and culture, and understand its modern-day life, people and politics 
- Excellent Editor's Choice: uncover the best of the Caribbean's Lesser Antilles, which highlights the most special places to visit around the region 
- Invaluable and practical maps: get around with ease thanks to detailed maps that pinpoint the key attractions featured in every chapter
- Informative tips: plan your travels easily with an A to Z of useful advice on everything from climate to tipping
- Inspirational colour photography: discover the best destinations, sights, and excursions, and be inspired by stunning imagery
- Inventive design makes for an engaging, easy-reading experience
- Covers: The US Virgin Islands, the British Virgin Islands, Anguilla, Sint Maarten, St-Barthélemy, Saba, St Eustatius, St Kitts and Nevis, Antigua and Barbuda, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Barbardos, Trinidad, Tobago, Curaçao, Aruba and Bonaire.

About Insight Guides: Insight Guides is a pioneer of full-colour guide books, with almost 50 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides with user-friendly, modern design. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps, as well as phrase books, picture-packed eBooks and apps to meet different travellers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure.

Sujets

• West Indies
• Travel
• Caribbean

Informations

• Publié par: APA
• Date de parution: 01 août 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 4
• EAN13: 9781839051340
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 7 Mo

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How To Use This E-Book

Getting around the e-book
This Insight Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration for your visit to Caribbean, as well as comprehensive planning advice to make sure you have the best travel experience. The guide begins with our selection of Top Attractions, as well as our Editor’s Choice categories of activities and experiences. Detailed features on history, people and culture paint a vivid portrait of contemporary life in Caribbean. The extensive Places chapters give a complete guide to all the sights and areas worth visiting. The Travel Tips provide full information on getting around, activities from culture to shopping to sport, plus a wealth of practical information to help you plan your trip.
In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.
Maps
All key attractions and sights in Caribbean are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map] just tap this to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.
Images
You’ll find hundreds of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Caribbean. Simply double-tap on an image to see it full-screen.
About Insight Guides
Insight Guides have more than 40 years’ experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce 400 full-colour titles, in both print and digital form, covering more than 200 destinations across the globe, in a variety of formats to meet your different needs.
Insight Guides are written by local authors, whose expertise is evident in the extensive historical and cultural background features. Each destination is carefully researched by regional experts to ensure our guides provide the very latest information. All the reviews in Insight Guides are independent; we strive to maintain an impartial view. Our reviews are carefully selected to guide you to the best places to eat, go out and shop, so you can be confident that when we say a place is special, we really mean it.

© 2019 Apa Digital (CH) AG and Apa Publications (UK) Ltd




Table of Contents
Caribbean’s Top 10 Attractions
Editor’s Choice
Introduction: Welcome
Islands in the Sun
Decisive Dates
The Colonial Period
Roads to Independence
Modern Times
A Caribbean Blend
Insight: Spectator Sports
And the Beat Goes On
Passion and Poetry
Art – Palette of Islands
Creole Cuisine
Insight: Gingerbread and Ballast Brick
Introduction: Places
The US Virgin Islands
The British Virgin Islands
Insight: Life on the Ocean Wave
Anguilla
Sint Maarten/St-Martin
St-Barthélemy
Saba
Insight: The Splendors of the Deep
St Eustatius
St Kitts And Nevis
Antigua and Barbuda
Montserrat
Guadeloupe
Dominica
Insight: Tropical Bounty of the Islands
Martinique
St Lucia
St Vincent and the Grenadines
Insight: Endangered Birds
Grenada
Barbados
Trinidad
Insight: The Greatest Street Party on Earth
Tobago
Curaçao
Aruba
Bonaire
Travel Tips: Transportation
Travel Tips: A–Z
Travel Tips: Further Reading


Caribbean’s Top 10 Attractions



Top Attraction 1



Pitons, St Lucia. The ultimate Caribbean landmark is spectacular from every angle. Twin volcanic peaks rise sheer out of the sea clad in a green mantle of forest with sparkling bays at their feet. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 2



Harrison’s Cave, Barbados. A huge, crystalized limestone cavern with passages, tunnels and massive chambers, filled with stalagmites and stalactites, pools, and streams, lit up for a spectacular tour on a little electric train. For more information, click here .
Barbados Tourism Authority


Top Attraction 3



Montserrat Volcano Observatory. Allows you a first-hand glimpse of nature’s devastating power, with views over the Exclusion Zone to the ash-covered former capital, Plymouth, and a fine scientific exhibition of the volcanic explosions. For more information, click here .
Monserrat Volcano Observatory


Top Attraction 4



Kurá Hulanda Museum, Curaçao. The region’s best museum, this private collection includes a moving permanent exhibition on the slave trade and African civilizations, housed in a courtyard where slave auctions were once held. For more information, click here .
Corbis


Top Attraction 5



Frigate Bird Sanctuary, Barbuda. Thousands of frigate birds nest on the tops of emerald green mangroves on Codrington Lagoon. The red pouches of the displaying males are a delightful contrast to their fluffy white chicks. For more information, click here .
iStock


Top Attraction 6



Waitukubuli Trail, Dominica. A project to integrate old trails into a network running from the south to the northern tip, touching east and west coasts, is now a shining example of community tourism. For more information, click here .
Alamy


Top Attraction 7



Nelson’s Dockyard, Antigua. The last surviving Georgian dockyard in the world is full of character, tucked into English Harbour, a safe haven for the British Navy in Nelson’s times and still popular with today’s sailors. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 8



Brimstone Hill Fortress, St Kitts & Nevis. This 17th-century British fort is the best preserved in the region, with stupendous views from its perch on a volcanic plug and cannon still facing out to sea. For more information, click here .
Pictures Colour Library


Top Attraction 9



The Baths, Virgin Gorda, BVI. Boulders the size of a house appear scattered like giants’ marbles on the beach, forming grottoes and pools for good swimming and snorkeling if not crowded with day-trippers. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 10



Night-time turtle watching. Many beaches attract hawksbill, green, and giant leatherbacks in the egg-laying season, particularly on the eastern, Atlantic coasts of islands such as Dominica and St Lucia, and on the north coast of Trinidad. For more information, click here .
Getty Images


Editor’s Choice



Best beaches

Englishman’s Bay, Tobago. Undeveloped, with an offshore reef, this half-moon beach is stunning and peaceful with the forest tumbling down to the sand. For more information, click here .
Palm Beach, Barbuda. Seemingly endless white sands, with stretches of shell pink, separate the ocean from the lobster-breeding area of Codrington lagoon. For more information, click here .
Colombier, St-Barthélemy . Empty of any trappings of human civilization – there’s not even a road – this beautiful beach is still a favorite with nesting turtles. For more information, click here .
Maracas Bay, Trinidad . Surrounded by forest-covered mountains, this fine spot draws a local crowd keen to party, while Atlantic surf ensures an invigorating swim. For more information, click here .



Grand Anse, Grenada.
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Events and festivals

Goat and crab races , Tobago. These Easter-time events are taken very seriously indeed, with large bets placed on the favored animals, and “jockeys.” For more information, click here .
Mango Festival , Antigua . July–Aug. A celebration of the region’s favorite fruit, with competitions for biggest produce and best “magic mango menu.” For more information, click here .
Flower festivals , St Lucia . “La Rose” in August and “La Marguerite” in October reach their climax in Micoud. For more information, click here .
Easterval . Union Island, the Grenadines, holds a weekend of music, culture and boat races at Easter. For more information, click here .



Goat-racing, Buccoo village, Tobago.
Trinidad & Tobago Tourism Development Company


Best outdoor adventures

Sailing tours in the Grenadines . Chains of tiny volcanic islands make this the most idyllic spot for sailing; the rugged and spectacular scenery was the backdrop for Pirates of the Caribbean . For more information, click here .
Hiking Trinidad’s northern coastline . This is one of the few remaining undeveloped coastlines. A long trail traverses cliffs, rainforest, stunning beaches, and lagoons. For more information, click here .
Canyoning , Dominica and Martinique . Rushing mountain rivers, waterfalls, pools, gorges, and ravines overhung with rainforest create the perfect environment for climbing and abseiling in the canyons. For more information, click here .
Whale and dolphin watching . Deep underwater trenches around the islands attract the world’s largest creatures, and boat trips to get closer to them are offered on several islands including Dominica, St Lucia, and Grenada. For more information, click here .