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Carribean Holidays
Hiya .. Mr C and I, are thinking of a Carribean Holiday next year to celebrate our 25 wedding anniversary... but know nothing about the carribean, so we've started looking at different places, but were wondering if any of you have been anywhere you can recommend! We'd like sun...lol.. white sand and WARM sea...not into nightlife .. we like a good restaurant.. nice beach bar..quiet bar for a drink... low key holiday!!... So far the maldives is looking good.. but any idea;s would bee gratefully recieved!.. ta everso.. Mrs C x
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Personally, I loved my holidays in St. Lucia and some of the smaller caribean islands, like Canuan. I also loved Cuba.
Mind you, I also loved my holidays in The Seychelles and the Maldives ;)
I am a sucker for beach holidays in tropical idylls, mostly because I love the scenery, the heat, the indolence and the diving.
Mind you, I also loved my holidays in The Seychelles and the Maldives ;)
I am a sucker for beach holidays in tropical idylls, mostly because I love the scenery, the heat, the indolence and the diving.
The Maldives is wonderful, but choose your island carefully, Cayo Coco just off the cost of Cuba is a really nice place, especially the Melia hotel that's on the island, also margarita, off the coast of Venezuela. We did not like st Lucia or the Dominican Republic, but that's not to say you wouldn't.
If you want some beach fun try this at St Martins. As for the Maldives I went last year and after looking at the bountiful fish for days I got pretty bored with the island.
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I love Barbados. St Lucia is OK although it`s not my favourite. Anse Chastenet is supposed to be very good. Don`t bother with Windjammer Landings as the beach is rubbish. Antigua is good but (don`t go to the Grand Pinapple as that is also rubbish). Friends of mine went to Aruba and loved it although I haven`t been there (it`s expensive). In the Maldives, I can recommend LUX Resort. It`s fantastic but it doesn`t have a house reef - you have to go out in a boat everyday to snorkel.
Be very careful before you settle on the Maldives.
I’ve been there a dozen times (because it is unsurpassed for snorkelling and scuba). However, that’s about all there is. Some of the islands are very small (you can walk round the perimeter of some of those I’ve been to in 20 minutes). The largest are no more than half a mile or so in length. There is nowhere to go during the day. You can visit other islands (but they are all much the same). Unless on an organised visit you cannot go to islands where Maldivians live. The locals and tourists do not mix (the only locals on the resort islands - with the exception of Gan - are the workers). There is nowhere to go at night (you cannot travel after dark) and many of the smaller resorts have just one restaurant and one bar. Transfers from Male (the only airport for international flights) can be arduous, involving either a lengthy and sometimes rough boat transfer or a seaplane “Air Taxi”). These are very exciting but you often have to wait a fair time for your transfer and this is none too clever after a flight of eleven hours or so. As well as this many of the islands are moving away from the “no shoes, no news” approach and are developing into luxury spa-type resorts. They suit some people but not all, hence my warning.
I’ve been to a few smaller Caribbean islands (Antigua, St Lucia, Martinique) but I’ve just had two weeks in Cuba. If you’re not in Havana (we were 650 miles away!) there’s little nightlife and few eateries outside the hotels, but we found a great hotel with a nice beach, lively but not rowdy bar, great food and a superb all-inclusive package. There are a few to choose from and Cuba is definitely different from the usual Caribbean destinations. Be prepared to share your hotel with lots of Canadians!
I’ve been there a dozen times (because it is unsurpassed for snorkelling and scuba). However, that’s about all there is. Some of the islands are very small (you can walk round the perimeter of some of those I’ve been to in 20 minutes). The largest are no more than half a mile or so in length. There is nowhere to go during the day. You can visit other islands (but they are all much the same). Unless on an organised visit you cannot go to islands where Maldivians live. The locals and tourists do not mix (the only locals on the resort islands - with the exception of Gan - are the workers). There is nowhere to go at night (you cannot travel after dark) and many of the smaller resorts have just one restaurant and one bar. Transfers from Male (the only airport for international flights) can be arduous, involving either a lengthy and sometimes rough boat transfer or a seaplane “Air Taxi”). These are very exciting but you often have to wait a fair time for your transfer and this is none too clever after a flight of eleven hours or so. As well as this many of the islands are moving away from the “no shoes, no news” approach and are developing into luxury spa-type resorts. They suit some people but not all, hence my warning.
I’ve been to a few smaller Caribbean islands (Antigua, St Lucia, Martinique) but I’ve just had two weeks in Cuba. If you’re not in Havana (we were 650 miles away!) there’s little nightlife and few eateries outside the hotels, but we found a great hotel with a nice beach, lively but not rowdy bar, great food and a superb all-inclusive package. There are a few to choose from and Cuba is definitely different from the usual Caribbean destinations. Be prepared to share your hotel with lots of Canadians!
I cannot recommend the Seychelles too highly, There is at least one beach hotel on Praslin Island that is wonderful. You stay in individual bungalows under palm trees, a stone's throw from the silver sandy beach, The temperature is about 30C all year, the water is warm, just avoid the season when the trade wind blows seaweed onto the beach. Need I say more. It is a bit further than the carib. though.
I am getting all sentimental for La Digue Island Lodge in the Seychelles now, with all this talk of beach holidays and the like ;) In fact, I might just break open the piggy bank, see how much i have available;
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Its ok, Eccles, but actually I found it slightly disappointing, especially in comparison to diving off the Great Barrier Reef,or Venezuela, or even the Red Sea, for that matter.
It is supposed to be 1 of the better dive sites around the globe though, so maybe I have just been ( fortunately) spoiled :)
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It is supposed to be 1 of the better dive sites around the globe though, so maybe I have just been ( fortunately) spoiled :)
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