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ANTIGUA CRUISES

editor — Tue, 28 Mar 2017 15:24:00 +0000

Popular with the sailing and yachting crowd, Antigua is the largest of the British Leeward Islands (though it’s still only 23km/14 miles long and 18km/11 miles wide), and is much more laid back than some of the glitzier Southern Caribbean islands. Most cruise ships dock at Heritage Quay, Nevis Pier, or the more commercial Deepwater Harbour in St. John’s , the island’s easygoing capital and main town, full of cobblestone sidewalks and weather-beaten wooden houses. A handful of smaller vessels drop anchor at Falmouth Harbour, on the south side of the island, or the even smaller English Harbour next to

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ST. JOHN CRUISES

editor — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 04:05:00 +0000

The most tranquil and unspoiled of the U.S. Virgins, St. John is more than half national park, with miles of serpentine hiking trails, ruins of 18th-century Danish plantations, and panoramic ocean views. A few ships moor directly off St. John, but those that dock in neighboring St. Thomas usually offer excursions here as well, via ferry, to access St. John’s pristine white-sand beaches and ecotourist sensibilities. Surrey-style taxis take visitors around the small island. Top draw Founded in 1956 by the wealthy Rockefeller family, Virgin Islands National Park (www.nps.gov/viis ) includes over two-thirds of St. John’s landmass, plus submerged land

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