OUR ADVENTURE IN ANTIGUA - PHOTO TOUR

I’ve been lucky enough to visit a few of the Caribbean islands  now, thirteen of them to be exact.  Near the top of that list is Antigua.  

Antigua is a beautiful island in the West Indies (West Indies is what will show up on your phone as your location while visiting) and is one of the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean.

Locals claim there are 365 beaches, one for each day of the year.  No one knows for sure if this is true but it makes for a great marketing.

The best way to see the island is to take a tour.  You can read my post about arriving in port and choosing a tour HERE. 




If you are like many people,  you may not be able to point out Antigua and Barbuda on map. To be honest, before we went on this Caribbean cruise, it would have taken me a bit of time to locate this small island.

BEACHES

As you can see, there is no shortage of beautiful beaches.

 I was surprised to see a large cactus grown near the water here.

ANTIGUA YACHT CLUB

One of our stops on the tour was the yacht club.  

AROUND THE ISLAND

  

Loved this house shaped like a boat.

The fruit growing in the above photo is a Custard Apple.  It was the fist time I had ever seen this fruit but love the texture.  It supposedly has the taste of custard, hence the name.

The best part of a tropical island, besides the view,  is all of the fresh fruit and vegetables. I saw more fruit growing in Antigua than I have on any other Caribbean island.  It  wasn't unusual to see an area growing pineapples, mangoes, bananas,  and coconuts.

PRE-SCHOOL & DAY CARE

POST OFFICE

TO KNOW
Antigua is a small island at only 108 square miles in size, and just 13 miles across. This makes it easy to see much of the island if you are there only for the day like we were.

If you are doing research on Antigua because it will be one of your cruise ports, you can read about the port and our experience HERE.  We took a tour around the island for $20 USD with a local guide and it was amazing!  I will walk you through the tour process and how you can also enjoy the day for very little money.

 CURRENCY
Official currency is the Eastern Caribbean dollar but they will accept US dollars.

LANGUAGE

English is the official language of Antigua and Barbuda

WHAT I WOULD DO DIFFERENTLY

I wouldn't change anything about our time in Antigua.  We had a relaxing breakfast and then had an amazing tour of the island.