Welcome to Antigua & Barbuda

Vacationers looking for a laid back, relaxing island can’t go wrong with a visit to Antigua and Barbuda. Both of these beautiful outposts are quiet and serene, covered with powdery white sand beaches and will certainly fill your need to de-stress from the hustle and bustle of your everyday world. Heavy hitters such as Eric Clapton, Ken Follett, Giorgio Armani and Oprah Winfrey all have winter homes here.

Antigua is a very scenic island which claims to have 365 beautiful beaches, which is an anomaly for a small Caribbean island. Yes, one for every day of the year, although some are only accessible by boat, these beaches have put the island on the tourist map. Protected for the most part by the surrounding coral reefs, the beaches of Antigua are sugar white.

Most hotels, restaurants, beach bars, and water sports facilities lie northwest of the capital of St. John’s, and along the west coast, with the Southeast being the least developed.  St. John’s is a large, neatly laid-out town lying 10 km or 6 1/4 miles from the airport and less than one mile from Deep Water Harbor Terminal, where cruise ships dock.

The island scenery overall isn’t as dramatic as you’ll find on other islands throughout the Caribbean as the terrain is low lying with a few rolling hills.  For those individuals with walking difficulties, this could be the perfect island as there are few steep grades or mountainous regions. The island’s wealth of beautiful beaches makes it a great escape for the sun and beach lover.

• Antigua, pronounced Anteega, is 108 sq. miles.
• Antigua’s highest point is Mount Obama, formerly Boggy Peak, which rises to 1,330 feet.  The peak was renamed in 2009 in honour of the U.S. President Barack Obama.  
• Antigua is the largest of the Leeward Islands.
• Antigua’s dependencies are the nearby tiny islands of Barbuda and Redonda.