Bonaire

Bonaire, one of the so-called “ABC Islands” (along with Aruba and Curaçao), is located about 50 miles off the coast …

Princess Cruises

Princess Cruises is an American-British cruise line owned by Carnival Corporation. It was founded in 1965, is incorporated in Bermuda, and is headquartered in Santa Clarita, California. As of 2018, …

Jamaican Cuisine

Jamaican cuisine, like Caribbean cuisine in general, includes a mixture of cooking techniques, flavors, and spices influenced by the Amerindian, African, Irish, English, French, Portuguese,  Spanish, Indian, Chinese, and Middle Eastern peoples who …

Cuban Cuisine

During colonial times, Cuba was an important trade port. Hence, Cuban cuisine today, especially in terms of spice and flavor, is …

Fort Saint-Louis (Martinique)

The modern-day Fort Saint-Louis, which stands on a rocky peninsula at the edge of Fort-de-France Bay in the French overseas territory of Martinique, …

George Town (Cayman Islands)

George Town, the capital city of the Cayman Islands, is located in the British West Indies, and with a population of just …

Luis Muñoz Marín Int’l Airport (SJU)

Luis Muñoz Marín Int’l Airport, located 3 miles south-east of San Juan, is named for Puerto Rico’s first democratically elected governor. As a …

Cayman Turtle Centre

First established in 1968 in the West Bay district of Grand Cayman to breed endangered green sea turtles for commercial purposes without depleting the …

Dominican Flag

The flag of the Caribbean island of Dominica was adopted in November 1978. It consists of a grass green field …

Grenadian Flag

The flag of Grenada was adopted in 1974, after gaining independence from the United Kingdom. The design is framed by …

Antiguan Flag

The flag of Antigua and Barbuda was adopted in 1967 when these two Caribbean islands became independent from Britain. The …

St. Kittian Flag

The current flag of the Caribbean archipelago of St. Kitts and Nevis, in use since 1983, is composed of a …

Curaçaoan Flag

After Aruba adopted its own flag while still part of the Netherlands Antilles, Curaçao also received approval for its own flag in 1979. …

Aruban Flag

Adopted in 1976, and designed in part by vexillologist Whitney Smith (who originated the term in reference to “the study of …

Martiniquan Flag

The unofficial “snake flag” (drapeau aux serpents) of Martinique, adopted in 1766, is comprised of a white cross dividing a …

Guadeloupean Flag

  As Guadeloupe is an overseas territory of France, it uses the French Tricolour as its national flag. However, it …

Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve

Ocean Cay is an artificial island located in the Bimini district of the Bahamas. It was originally built in the …

St. Lucian Flag

The Caribbean island nation of St. Lucia has a flag that is composed of a cerulean blue sheet, with three …

Dominican Republican Flag

The Dominican Republic (DR) makes up the eastern two-thirds of the island Hispaniola, the entirety of which was under Spanish …

Trinidadian Flag

Due to its favorable geographic location, the Caribbean island nation of Trinidad and Tobago has historically been of central interest …

Jamaican Flag

The Jamaican flag was adopted on August, 6, 1962 (Jamaican Independence Day), when the country gained its independence from Britain. …

Barbadian Flag

Barbados, which gained independence in 1960 after several centuries of British control dating back to the 17th century, has a …

Turks & Caicos Islander Flag

After periods of both Spanish rule (going back 1512) and then French rule (briefly in 1783), the Treaty of Paris …

British Virgin Islander Flag

The flag of the British Virgin Islands was adopted in November 1960, when the islands were made a separate British …

U.S. Virgin Islander Flag

The U.S. Virgin Islands flag, adopted in 1921, consists of a simplified version of the United States’ coat of arms …

Puerto Rican Flag

The current flag of Puerto Rico (above), designed in 1895 and adopted by the commonwealth in 1952, can be traced …

Isla Catalina Nat’l Park

Isla Catalina, baptized “Santa Catalina” by Christopher Columbus in May 1494, is a tropical island located just a mile and a …

Hell

Hell is comprised of a group of short, black, limestone formations that are located in the northwest corner of Grand …

Costa Cruises

Based in Genoa, Italy, Costa Cruises (Italian: Costa Crociere), was originally founded in 1854 as Giacomo Costa fu Andrea to carry cargo, such …

Pullmantur Cruises

Begun in the 1990s and headquartered in Madrid, Pullmantur Cruises became the largest Spain-based cruise line, mainly marketing to Spanish …

Celebrity Cruises

Celebrity Cruises was originally founded in 1988 by the Greece-based shipping company Chandris Group to operate upmarket cruises to Bermuda. It …