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Where to stay, where to eat, shops, visitor attractions and
getting there and away as featured in Planet Food: Caribbean.
Planning your trip:
Tourist Boards
Puerto
Rico Tourism Company
201 Tetuan Street
San Juan
Puerto Rico
St
Kitts Tourism Authority
Pelican Mall
Basseterre
St Kitts
Tel: 869 465 4040
Guadeloupe
Tourism Office
5 Square de la Banque
97110 Point-a-Pitre
Guadeloupe
Tel: 0590 82 09 30
TIDCO
10-14 Phillips Street
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Travel
LIAT, The Caribbean Airline, covers the region with
flights from Guyana to The Dominican Republic, and almost
everywhere in between! They go More Places, More Often than
any other carrier in the region. For more information please
go to their website at www.fly-liat.com.
Tours
For cruises between islands try Windjammer Barefoot
Cruises. All cabins aboard its tall ships come with
private bathroom, they offer an extensive menu and bar available
and you can indulge in activities like diving and kayaking
from the boat.
Windjammer
Barefoot Cruises
PO Box 190120
Miami Beach
FL 33119 0120
Tel: 1-800-327-2601
Email: info *at* windjammer.com
Where to stay
Puerto Rico
Hotel
Milano
307 Fortaleza Street
Old San Juan
PR 00901
Tel: 787 729 9050
For a taste of colonial reverie, book a place at Milano,
a quaint nineteenth century hotel in the heart of old Juan.
It offers all the mod-cons including TV and mini-fridge as
well as a wonderful rooftop restaurant with stunning views
over the San Juan Bay.
Courtyard
Marriott
7012 Boca de Cangrejos Avenue
Isla Verde, Carolina 00979
Puerto Rico
Tel: 787 791 0404
Close to the airport and on one of Isla Verde's best beaches,
this brand new Marriott hotel has all the facilities you could
want in your room including internet access, TV and DVD player,
mini-fridge and hairdryer. It also has an Olympic size swimming
pool and casino.
Mayaguez
Resort and Casino
Route 104
P.O. Box 3781
Mayagüez 00681
Puerto Rico
Tel: 787 832 3030
This resort has an Olympic size swimming pool, children's
pool, outdoor Jacuzzi, mini gym and three tennis courts. It
also houses a restaurant, bar and lounge.
St. Kitts
Ocean
Terrace Inn
P.O. Box 65
Wigley Avenue
Fortlands
St. Kitts
Tel: 869 465 2754
The luxurious Ocean Terrace Inn overlooks the town of Basseterre
and its harbour and boasts 3 swimming pools including a tropical
wading pool with a swim-up bar. Its restaurant is excellent
and offers a once a week Creole buffet that must be tried.
All rooms come with air-conditioning, balcony and cable TV.
Rawlins
Plantation Inn
Box 340
St Kitts
Tel: 869 465 6221
Email: rawplant *at* caribsurf.com
On a visit to Rawlins Plantation, you'll think you've died
and gone to heaven! The hotel is housed in a former plantation
building and owners Paul and Claire Rawson have done a wonderful
job of creating a beautiful, tranquil ambience. The restaurant
is so good you may find yourself confined to it for your entire
stay; Claire is a Cordon Bleu chef and her lunchtime buffet
offers a mouth-watering variety of local Caribbean dishes
with a continental approach. Dinner is a set menu and reservations
are required. A definite must for any visit to St Kitts.
If you're in the area, right next door is Kate
Design, a gallery and studio with beautiful paintings
depicting island life.
Guadeloupe
Auberge
de la Vieille Tour Guadeloupe
97190 Gosier
Tel: 0590 84 23 23
A beautiful and centrally located hotel housed in an old
plantation building and attached to a heavenly section of
the beach. The service and attention to detail here are second
to none. There are two restaurants to choose from and live
music is provided by the Carnival band Matamba. Monday evening
is party time for guests and the rum punch flows freely.
Le
Cocoteraie
Avenue de L'Europe
97118 Saint-Francois
Guadeloupe
Tel: 0590 88 79 81
The Cocoteraie is at once stunning and comfortably cosy.
Nestled between a beautiful lagoon and an impressive golf
course, its décor is faux-colonial and it offers an
expansive swimming pool with swim-up bar. Each room has a
private terrace, air conditioning, telephone, TV and mini
bar.
Where to eat: restaurants & cafes
Puerto Rico
Old San Juan is overflowing with restaurants of every kind.
For an authentic Spanish experience, try El Picoteo Restaurant
in El Convento Hotel, an architecturally splendid former convent.
El Picoteo cooks up Spanish tapas style cuisine and the house
special is a delicious paella of local seafood.
El
Convento Hotel
100 Cristo Street
Old San Juan
Puerto Rico 00901
Tel: 787 723 9020
Guadeloupe
The tradition of French pastry and bread making is still
very much alive here and there is a boulangerie
(bakery) on almost every street. The local twist is that they
use tropical fruits like watermelon, guava, and pineapple
in their pastries. L'Arbre a Pain Obertan
is the only bakery on the island still using a traditional
wood burning oven and you can really taste the difference.
If you drop by for a visit, be sure to ask if you can pop
in the back to see the bakers at work.
L'Arbre a Pain Obertan
1 Rue de la Republique
97116 Pointe Noire
Guadeloupe
The best Creole cuisine is home cooked and
there are many places in Guadeloupe to experience a meal at
a table d'hote, or guest house, which you
call up in advance and order a meal to your own specifications.
One of the best is La Maison Blanche run
by Madame Viviane Madacombe who is president of the local
'Creole Cooks Association'. The surroundings are beautiful
and the food is both affordable and delicious.
La Maison Blanche
Route de Calvaire-Chapelle
97122 Baie-Mahault
Guadeloupe
Tel: 0590 26 54 02
A great place to try a one-pot stew lunch or other Creole
favourites is Le Karacoli, on the beach at
Deshaies and run by a brother and sister team. They're only
open for lunch but try and draw it out so you can catch the
sunset from this spot - it's wonderful!
Le Karacoli
Grand Anse
97126 Deshaies
Tel: 0590 28 41 17
Email: lekaracoli *at* wanadoo.fr
Shopping
Domaine
de Severin
97115 Sainte Rose
Guadeloupe
Tel: 0590 28 91 86
Email: domaine.de.severin *at* wanadoo.fr
This rum distillery is a family business and produces prize
winning rum. They offer tours of the distillery and beautiful
surroundings and free rum tastings!
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