Antiguans like to boast they have a different beach for every day of the year. Without doubt, porcelain, palm-fringed sands and still turquoise waters are the star of this island show. But that’s not all Antigua’s got to boast about. Get ready for towns in a rainbow riot of colours. Quiet countryside that slumbers in the sunshine. And cuisine as sublime as those moon-white shores.
Sink your toes into soft sand and wade through waters too blue to be true. A good place to head is Runway Beach, where you'll find a long list of watersports and a lively beach bar.
Hit the shops in St John’s, Antigua’s bright and breezy capital. Plump for island crafts or up the spending in the duty-free complexes.
Get up close to the stingrays at the Stingray City Antigua. More than 30 rays call this place home, and you'll be able to climb into the water to touch, feed and play with the animals.
Head out to Great Bird Island - it's great snorkelling territory. In particular, keep an eye out for the starfish and stingrays that call this place home. |
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Antigua is the largest of the British Leeward Islands. Antigua is 14 miles long and 11 miles wide and about 108 square miles in total. It's highest point is Boggy Peak (1,319 feet) in the south western corner of Antigua; the finest views can be seen from the famous lookout at Shirley Heights. The population of Antigua and Barbuda is is around 68,000 and its capital is St. John's.
Antigua has an amazing 365 beaches - one for each day of the year! Most of the beaches are located inside the protected waters of the island's Caribbean side such as Curtain Bluff, Rendezvous Bay, Windwood Beach and Mamora Bay (home of the St James Club). The tourist beaches of Dickenson Bay (common misspelling of Dickinson Bay) and Runaway Bay are located along Antigua's more developed north western coast which is the place to visit for the main resorts. Antigua's beaches).
The beaches and bays of the west and south western corner ofAntigua are less developed than those around St John's. Worth exploring are Half Moon Bay, Darkwood and Nonsuch Bay.
The main sights not to miss in Antigua (not necessarily the major tourist attractions) are St John's, Sandy Cove in Nonsuch Bay, Nelson's Dockyard at English Harbour, the spectacular views fromShirley Heights, Falmouth Harbour, the wild and remote Devil's Bridge on the north eastern point and Half Moon Bay (possibly the most beautiful of all |
