Martinique
West of the harbor, this palm-and-cliff-backed beach has sand blacker than the darkest of chocolate that shelves gently into the warm sea.
Must-see attractions in Caribbean
José María Heredia y Heredia Statue
Santiago de Cuba
The traffic circle at the corner of Av Manduley and Calle 13 contains an impressive marble statue of poet José María Heredia y Heredia.
Habana Vieja
The Casa de África houses sacred objects relating to Santería, including Abakuá masks, collected by ethnographer Fernando Ortíz.
Habana Vieja
This museum contains antediluvian fire equipment dedicated to 19 Havana firefighters who lost their lives in an 1890 railway blaze.
Habana Vieja
An old gun shop (now museum) stormed by revolutionaries on the said date in 1958. Mercifully, the armaments are no longer for sale.
Port Antonio
Brightly whitewashed war memorial to Jamaicans of the British West India regiments who fought in the First and Second World Wars.
St Lucia
Just south of Dennery on the road to Vieux Fort, this lookout point is well worth stopping at for fantastic views over the town.
Montego Bay
This bronze monument, crafted by Jamaican sculptor Kay Sullivan, depicts Sam Sharpe, bible in hand, speaking to four admirers.
Puerto Rico
One of many secret sides to Mayagüez is this waterfront strip of rather lovely seafood restaurants, southwest of the center.
Bequia
Modest in size, this 1829 Anglican church sits primly by the waterfront. It's usually always open if you want to look inside.
Terre-de-Haut
The Pain de Sucre (Sugarloaf) is an imposing 53m-high basalt peninsula. You’ll find good snorkeling and a sandy beach here.
Anguilla
Buy tickets for the trip out to Sandy Island at this little office next to Johnno's.
Grande-Terre
Between Pointe-à-Pitre and Gosier, this marina has excellent facilities and a large number of restaurants, bars and cafes.
Holguín
The Iglesia de San José features a distinctive dome with a bell tower (1842), once used by the Independistas as a lookout.
Port of Spain
All pointy balconies and angular turrets, this 1980s concrete building houses Trinidad and Tobago's main criminal court.
Puerto Plata
In addition to dance and music workshops, the center often showcases work by Dominican artists in its 1st-floor gallery.
Haiti
The city's iron market sprawls over four city blocks and offers everything from vegetables and clothing to toiletries.
Bayamo
This is the one original section of Bayamo's main church to survive the 1869 fire. It sports a gilded wooden altar.
Santiago de Cuba
This crumbling three-nave, 18th-century ecclesiastical gem is situated three blocks north of Parque Céspedes.
Grenada
The best beach on the island for swimming – there's a reef here that forms a little pool of tranquil water.
Bermuda
This long crescent of white sand is particularly popular with local families due to its shallow, calm waters.
Bayamo
In 1868 Céspedes proclaimed Cuba's independence for the first time in front of the columned Ayuntamiento.
Viñales
A tiny art gallery next to the Casa de la Cultura in Viñales town center. Worth a stop on a rainy day!
Aruba
This shady refuge is a tribute to Queen Wilhelmina, the longest-reigning Dutch monarch (1890–1948).
Holguín
Situated in a colonial building, the Galería Holguín displays a revolving cache of good local art.
Ponce
A lovely fountain in the middle of the Plaza Las Delicias – a survivor from the 1939 World Fair.
Willemstad
An example of beautifully preserved art-deco architecture in the crumbling Scharloo district.
Eleuthera
Beyond Preacher’s Cave, this utterly secluded strip has pinkish sands and calm waters.
Habana Vieja
Casa de Asia exhibits a minor cache of paintings and sculpture from China and Japan.
Bayamo
Features pre-Colombian stone tools and objects such as shells, bones and ceramics.
Iglesia del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús
Viñales
This small cream-colored church anchors Viñales' equally diminutive main square.
Turks & Caicos
Just beyond the cruise terminal, this attractive stretch of sand is a pleasure.
Turks & Caicos
These scrubby wetlands are the best place on Grand Turk for bird-watching.
Ocho Rios, Port Antonio & the North Coast
The church was built by the British in grand late-Georgian style in 1827.
Ocho Rios, Port Antonio & the North Coast
St Ann's Bay market gets busy on Fridays and Saturdays.
