Resort
The main tourist centre of southern Antigua is the small resort of English Harbour, sometimes also known as Falmouth Harbour. However, it is always one and the same town. [btn "Find the cheapest hotel in English Harbour" https://booking.com/city/ag/english-harbour-town.en-gb.html?aid=2380460&label=p-antigua-english] With its beautiful setting of two enclosed bays and photogenic hills, English Harbour is one of the most popular anchorages for…
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Lookout
The unforgettable viewpoint, from which photos appear on all promotional material and postcards, towers over the popular resort of English Harbour in the southern part of Antigua. [btn "Find the cheapest hotel in English Harbour" https://booking.com/city/ag/english-harbour-town.en-gb.html?aid=2380460&label=p-antigua-shirley] The best time to visit is throughout the day. The viewpoint offers breathtaking sunrises in the morning and sunsets in…
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Fortress, Historic building
The shipyard, named after Admiral Nelson, belongs to the national park, which includes a historic fortress with a nice hiking trail leading to it. Nelson's Dockyard, along with the national park, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is the most visited landmark in all of Antigua and Barbuda. [btn "Find the cheapest hotel in English Harbour" https://booking.com/city/ag/english-harbour-town.en-gb.html?aid=2380460&label=p-antigua-nelsons] You'll…
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Sandy beach
This idyllic little beach in the quiet bay of Falmouth Harbour is close to the popular resort of English Harbour and is one of the most accessible beaches on the island. [btn "Find the cheapest hotel in English Harbour" https://booking.com/city/ag/english-harbour-town.en-gb.html?aid=2380460&label=p-antigua-pigeon-point] Pigeon Point Beach is a popular spot for watching the breathtaking sunsets, which here set almost exactly over the horizon…
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National Park
One of Antigua's biggest attractions can be found in the town of Seatons on the east of the island. The area's small islands and shallow, clear waters create ideal conditions for stingrays and other marine life. The cheapest accommodation on Antigua Car rental in Antigua The private company Stingray City organises snorkelling trips here, specialising in swimming with stingrays, feeding them, as well as visiting coral reefs with other…
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Sandy beach
Jolly Harbour, with its namesake beach, is considered the most luxurious resort in Antigua and Barbuda and bears comparison with resorts in the USA. The gated community includes several hotel resorts and hundreds of cottages for longer-term rentals to tourists. [btn "Jolly Beach - discount beachfront apartments" https://booking.com/city/ag/jolly-harbour.en-gb.html?aid=2380460&label=p-antigua-jolly] There is also a marina full of luxury yachts…
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Sandy beach, Fortress
A relatively wide yet protected bay with calm waters, a beautiful beach, great conditions for snorkelling and a historic fortress. This is Deep Bay, one of the best swimming spots on Antigua. [btn "Book Antigua accommodation on booking.com" https://www.booking.com/country/ag.html?label=p-antigua-deep&aid=2380460] While the southern part of the beach is busier due to the adjacent hotel resort, the northern part is extra quiet, plus plenty of…
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Sandy beach
The beach at Long Bay is one of the most popular in the east of Antigua and also one of the liveliest, with ample facilities, good conditions for water sports and snorkelling. [btn "Antigua - 10 cheapest hotels on booking.com" https://www.booking.com/country/ag.html?label=p-antigua-deep&aid=2380460] Long Bay is partly surrounded by resorts, but as the only beach in this part of the island it is also easily accessible to the general public. …
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Sandy beach
The beach in the wide Half Moon Bay, which, as the name suggests, resembles a crescent shape, is one of the most famous in Antigua and Barbuda. It is located in a remote part of eastern Antigua away from the cities and is one of the few beaches that is not surrounded by any resorts. [btn "Antigua - 10 cheapest hotels on booking.com" https://www.booking.com/country/ag.html?label=p-antigua-half-moon&aid=2380460] Half Moon Bay Beach is often…
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City
The capital of Antigua and Barbuda is called St. John's and is practically the only real city in the entire country. St. John's has a population of just under 25,000 and is made up of mostly low, stuccoed wooden houses, with only the narrowest centre containing brick office buildings or shops. [btn "Book a cheap hotel in St. John's at booking.com" https://booking.com/city/ag/saint-john-s.en-gb.html?aid=2380460&label=p-antigua-stjohns] Overall,…
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Cliff, Coast
If you get tired of swimming and snorkelling in the sea, see the Caribbean from a different perspective and head to Devil's Bridge Natural Monument. The small rocky peninsula is made up of jagged limestone cliffs and the sea shows its power by pounding the rocks. [btn "Antigua - 10 of the cheapest hotels on booking.com" https://www.booking.com/country/ag.html?label=p-antigua-devils-bridge&aid=2380460] The peninsula itself is completely bare…
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Sandy beach
The northwest coast of Antigua is dominated by the lively and well-known Dickenson Bay beach, which is crowded at times when ocean cruise ships come to Antigua. In that case, head just a few kilometres south to the long, straight beach of Runaway Bay. [btn "Antigua - 10 cheapest hotels on booking.com" https://www.booking.com/country/ag.html?label=p-antigua-runaway&aid=2380460] Runaway Bay is orphaned most of the time and frequented more by…
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Sandy beach
Dickenson Bay is the place for travelers who want the full comfort of beach resort services and facilities. The beach at Dickenson Bay is the most well-equipped in all of Antigua. It's alive day and night, and even though most of it is taken up by hotel resorts, the general public can access the entire length of it without restriction. [btn "Antigua - 10 cheapest hotels on booking.com" https://www.booking.com/country/ag.html?label=p-antigua…
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Sandy beach
The popular beach in the south of the island stretches along the English Harbour bay, but it is somewhat away from the town of the same name and therefore tends to be quiet and uncrowded. [btn "Find the cheapest hotel in English Harbour" https://booking.com/city/ag/english-harbour-town.en-gb.html?aid=2380460&label=p-antigua-galleon] Galleon Beach is ideal for a relaxing swim in calm waters and a great spot for snorkelling. Just a few metres…
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Sandy beach
Pink Sand Beach is the most famous beach on the little-visited island of Barbuda. It stretches along an 8-mile stretch of the southern coastline and although it is the most visited of the entire island, it rarely sees more than a few dozen people at a time. [btn "View available accommodation - Barbuda" https://www.booking.com/region/ag/barbuda.cs.html?aid=2380460;label=p-antigua-pink-sand] As the name suggests, the beach is particularly…
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National Park
In the hard-to-reach lagoons of northwest Barbuda, you'll find the second largest colony (after the Galapagos) of frigatebirds, photogenic birds with a distinctive red throat pouch that always inflates when the males are courting. There are regularly 5,000 frigatebirds nesting here year-round. Male courtship runs from September to April, with the best chance of seeing the red and black birds during December and January. [btn "View available…
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Sandy beach
The smaller beach in the west of Antigua offers a relaxed atmosphere, few people, beautiful views and calm turquoise sea. Coco Beach is not a well-known beach, so most of the time you'll enjoy the tranquillity. [btn "Antigua - 10 cheapest hotels on booking.com" https://www.booking.com/country/ag.html?label=p-antigua-coco&aid=2380460] Straw parasols are installed on the north side of Coco Beach, to which you can rent sunbeds from the attendant…
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Sandy beach
The lesser-known beach at Ffryes Bay is the perfect place for a relaxing swim without the big resorts at your back and the crowds of cruise ship tourists that flood the more well-known beaches from time to time. [btn "Antigua - 10 cheapest hotels on booking.com" https://www.booking.com/country/ag.html?label=p-antigua-ffryes&aid=2380460] Popular with locals and tourists alike, Ffryes Beach is lively yet has a quiet relaxed atmosphere. Like…
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Sandy beach
Dakrwood Beach is a smaller beach just off the main Valley Road and is also one of the few beaches on the island where buses stop in close proximity. [btn "Antigua - 10 cheapest hotels on booking.com" https://www.booking.com/country/ag.html?label=p-antigua-darkwood&aid=2380460] The surface of the beach is fine white sand and the entrance to the water is gradual and safe. The sea here is calm most of the time with gentle waves, but as Darkwood…
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Amusement park
The Antigua Rainforest Zipline Tours company will prepare you for an experiential trip in the footsteps of Tarzan in the rainforest, where you will move on footbridges and ziplines in the treetops. [btn "Antigua - 10 cheapest hotels on booking.com" https://www.booking.com/country/ag.html?label=p-antigua-canopy&aid=2380460] In the densely forested southwestern interior of the island, you'll find a veritable maze of ziplines and rope attractions…
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