Forres Park Guest House & Farm
Kingston, Blue Mountains & the Southeast Coast
This guesthouse/resort is a top choice for birdwatchers. All rooms have balconies and the plushest sports a whirlpool tub. Excellent meals are cooked on…
Must-see hotels in Caribbean
Las Galeras
Living up to its 'All White' name, this whitewashed, well-established inn sits atop a small hillock a short walk from the end of the main drag. Rooms are…
Virgin Gorda
Located on the tranquil beach at Mahoe Bay, this lush and quiet resort is a compound of 12 Italian-style duplex villas. The most expensive are at the…
Bonaire
Long-time resident Bruce Bowker extends a warm and personable welcome at his waterside compound on the southern side of town. Surrounding a small pool,…
Cayman Islands
The largest resort on the island (which isn't saying much) is a perfect base for your diving vacation. Some 28 stylishly tropical rooms surround the pool,…
Habana Vieja
A fabulous Old Town casa run by Eugenio and Fabio, who have added superb design features to their huge colonial home. Check out the terrace fountain and…
Kingston
This 17-story property overlooking Emancipation Park is a long-established and trusted feature of Jamaica's business-travel scene, and there constantly…
St Croix
Christiansted's one-time budget option got a revamp in 2019 and came out the other end a smart-looking boutique hotel whose design elements play off the…
Playa Larga
OK, it's not abutting the beach, but the modernity, cleanliness and attention to detail at this bright orange house make up for the short walk. Three…
Península de Pedernales
A little oasis, Hostal Doña Chava offers clean, simple rooms with tidy bathrooms and cable TV. There’s a verdant courtyard that doubles as a lush hangout…
Barbados
Everything is discreet about this understated luxury resort, which has a hacienda motif, right on the beach at Paynes Bay. The 100 units are decked out in…
Port Antonio
This venerable Victorian guesthouse – built in 1881 – has a homey ambience that blends modern kitsch and antiques reminiscent of granny’s parlor, or some…
Ocho Rios, Port Antonio & the North Coast
Friendly Italian-run guesthouse just off the main road with a clutch of simple but cheery rooms decorated with old ska and reggae vinyl records. There's…
US Virgin Islands
Secret Harbour is a family favorite, with 48 suites filling four buildings right on the serene, palmy, same-named beach with water-sports opportunities…
White Bay Villas & Seaside Cottages
British Virgin Islands
Here you can choose from view-tastic beachfront villas ranging from one-bedroom cottages to three-bedroom spreads. All units have kitchen and wi-fi…
Ocho Rios, Port Antonio & the North Coast
These five rustic wooden cabins, a community tourism project of the Bowden Pen Farmers Association, have running water but no electricity. Staying here,…
Villa Clara Province
The favorite of many on the cayos, the Royalton lays on the romantic theme pretty strong with lots of lace-curtain four-poster sunbeds around a terraced…
Ocho Rios, Port Antonio & the North Coast
This guesthouse sits atop a ridge above the Rio Grande near the turnoff for Rafter’s Rest, 6km west of Port Antonio. The house, in gingerbread plantation…
Barbados
This fairly compact and traditional beachfront hotel wins plaudits for its ideal beachfront location. All 32 rooms have kitchen facilities, balconies and…
Cienfuegos
A classic, eclectic Cienfuegos building dating from the 1920s and stuffed with all the city's calling cards: columns, antique beds, tiled floors, vitrales…
St Lucia
Boasting the best location on the island, nestled in a coconut grove smack between the Pitons, this luxurious resort opens onto a perfect white-sand beach…
Matanzas
This lovely period hotel harks back to the early years of the Cuban Republic – the original 1902 fin-de-siècle style blends seamlessly with the horses,…
Cienfuegos
Opened in the 2010s, Perla del Mar takes the ‘historical boutique’ hotel theme of the nearby Palacio Azul and updates it to the 1950s. The nine rooms have…
Cienfuegos
A once tiny house in a Cienfuegos backstreet that has been radically refurbished to include six super-modern rooms and a rooftop terrace bar that might…
Cienfuegos
Location, location, location. Ángel and Isabel's place is one of many architecturally accomplished abodes on the coveted mansion-studded final stretch of…
Barbados
This fine hotel has 21 one- to three-bedroom villas in a little compound mostly across the road from the water. The decor combines wicker with linens in…
Barbados
This modern, four-story block sits right at the west entrance to the Gap. Excellent modern studios have kitchens and all the mod cons, but the best part…
Ocho Rios
This family-friendly resort has all the trappings of an all-inclusive, without being one. Rooms are spacious and fresh, and all face either the sea or the…
Eleuthera
This impressive luxury resort is regularly touted as one of the best in the Bahamas and has one and two-bedroom condos with full kitchens set in a…
Ponce & South Coast
The 25 comfortable rooms at La Parguera’s best hotel are set back along wide, quiet corridors and decked out in blue and white maritime hues. Its other…
Viñales
One of the few houses in Viñales with a front garden, this place gives you room to swing on a hammock as well as rock on a rocking chair on the front…
Santa Clara
The Jover is classic Santa Clara, hiding a minipalace behind a prosaic facade. Five large colonial rooms set well back from the road line a terrace…
St Lucia
An excellent alternative to the bigger resorts nearby, Ginger Lily Hotel is functional, intimate and blissfully quiet. Set in a peaceful garden, the 11…
St Vincent & the Grenadines
Not far from the main yacht dock, this French-accented hotel has lovely rooms divided among standard options, and apartments with kitchenettes and living…
Negril
About as far south as you can get in the West End without leaving Negril, the Westender Inn lets you play out your fantasy of romantic seclusion, with…
Holguín Province
Run by the Iberostar chain, this lovely colonial remodel infuses old-time glamour into staid old Parque Calixto García. There's an elegant three-seat…
Jamaica
Company running an exclusive list of villas and properties in Jamaica, including Goldeneye near Ocho Rios, Strawberry Hill in the Blue Mountains and Caves…
Bitter End Yacht Club & Resort
Virgin Gorda
This iconic resort at the east end of North Sound has a collection of well-appointed hillside villas and bountiful equipment for sailing, windsurfing,…
British Virgin Islands
It's not really a 'club' at all but a casual property where it's just fine to be barefoot. The 10 teak-furnished rooms each have four-poster bed, mini…
Grand Lucayan Lighthouse Pointe
Freeport & Lucaya
Only the Lighthouse Pointe wing of this large hotel complex and golf resort is presently open but it's still one of the most impressive stays on Grand…
