Favourite Caribbean Ports??

[bup1224]

Our absolute favorite port is Curacao! Followed by Aruba, St. Maarten and Bonaire

 

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[John&LaLa]

I would prefer to use the word "liberated" rather than "invaded".

:D

My doctor was one of the med students liberated. That's not the way he sees it.

 

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[OCruisers]

St. Maarten - Tortola - Bonaire - Costa Maya :D

[RADICALBURN]

Sorry to say i love all of the southern islands. Would like to live down there someday. Someone give me the right six numbers............................lol RADICAL

[tiptopz]

St. Lucia

 

Antigua

 

Barbados

 

Saying that.... we've never travelled with our kids and are in Feb. suggestions for excursions in St Kitts (we've never been) and St Marteen?

 

 

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[renjrusa]

Favorites Barbados and St Maarten and anywhere in Bermuda. Least favorite and will never visit again.. Ocho Rios... Don't enjoy pushy touchy vendors .

[navybankerteacher]

Favorites Barbados and St Maarten and anywhere in Bermuda. Least favorite and will never visit again.. Ocho Rios... Don't enjoy pushy touchy vendors .

 

While Bermuda is probably my favorite island, it is not an entrant in this race.

 

St. Maarten is favorite - so much that we now go for two weeks every January

San Juan - lovely old Spanish colonial city

Aruba and Curaçao for Dutch colonial flavor

St. John for great beach

at the bottom of my list are Jamaica for pushy locals, Nassau and St. Thomas for over-crowded commercialism and private islands generally.

[easyboy]

Bonaire

St. Maarten

San Juan

St. Thomas

 

 

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[zqvol]

St. Barths

Jost van Dyke (yes some lines actually stop there)

Virgin Gorda (yes some lines actually stop there)

Saba

St. Thomas

Iles des Saintes

[biker@sea]

Sorry!

 

My favorite Caribbean port isn't in the Caribbean

It's in BERMUDA. :) :D

 

 

We have been to a few Caribbean/Bahamas ports now and definitely have our favourites. Our list includes:

 

Labadee

Coco Cay

St. Maarten

St. Thomas

St. Kitts

Cozumel

Falmouth

Nassau

San Juan

Curacao

 

I would say our favourite Ports with things to do close by are Labadee and St. Maarten. Our favourite excursions were Island tours on St. Kitts and St. Maarten.

 

What are your favourite ports for walking distance things to do? and excursions?

 

I'm especially interested in ports I've not been to, but welcome all responses.

[vamartha]

Aruba

Curacao

Tortola

Grand Cayman

Roatan

[57redbird]

On St. Kitts -- Thenford Grey Tours is fantastic! You won't be sorry if you do a tour with him.

[navybankerteacher]

Sorry!

 

My favorite Caribbean port isn't in the Caribbean

It's in BERMUDA. :) :D

 

Well, if answering the question setting the theme of this thread does not apply, I would say Venice, Civita Vecchia (for Rome), Malta and Istanbul.

[Bonnie J.]

Without a doubt, the San Blas Islands off the coast of Panama. The only way to get there is by ship or a 4 passenger plane. The Kuna Indians live here. There are no phones here and electricity is by generators. They come out to the ship in their hand dug canoes and you throw Quarters for them. They dive for the quarters or whatever you toss- mugs, apples, etc. Apples are a delicacy in the Caribbean as they only grow in colder climates. The TINY stiches on shirts and mulas are unbelievable that the women sew and sell. The island we were at is small and they have no plumbing either. But, few ships go there anymore. Our cruise was into the Panama Canal and we'd go back in a minute if we could!

 

Any one else ever been there?

[sealeggs]

Favorites:

 

St. Martin

Barbados

 

Departure Port:

 

San Juan. Hard to beat starting your vacation in the Caribbean!!

[ColoradoGurl]

Without a doubt, the San Blas Islands off the coast of Panama. The only way to get there is by ship or a 4 passenger plane. The Kuna Indians live here. There are no phones here and electricity is by generators. They come out to the ship in their hand dug canoes and you throw Quarters for them. They dive for the quarters or whatever you toss- mugs, apples, etc. Apples are a delicacy in the Caribbean as they only grow in colder climates. The TINY stiches on shirts and mulas are unbelievable that the women sew and sell. The island we were at is small and they have no plumbing either. But, few ships go there anymore. Our cruise was into the Panama Canal and we'd go back in a minute if we could!

 

 

 

Any one else ever been there?

 

 

No, but I would LOVE to go, it sounds awesome. I have a Panama Canal cruise on my to-do list, but have had to look at other cruise lines because RC doesn't do them. NCL has a few that look intriguing, but I don't recall that island being on any of the routes I've seen. I will keep my eyes out.

 

 

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[catsdinner]

For beaches: Aruba, Grenada, Barbados, Antigua, St Martin, St Thomas, St Kitts

For Scenery: Dominica, St Lucia, Curacao

Snorkeling: Bonaire

 

Sarah