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Antigua is also a good destination for sailing and hosts sailing events throughout the year. Sailing links its present with its past. Horatio Nelson sailed to Antigua in 1784, turning the island into an important base for Great Britain’s naval fleet. Antigua has a proud history and some well-preserved historic sights related to its maritime past, including Nelson’s Dockyard. Other cultural activities for visitors include a visit to Betty Hope’s sugar mill and to the impressive St John’s Cathedral in Antigua’s capital, St John’s. Hotels in Antigua range from boutique hideaways to all-inclusive resort hotels, with most of the island’s resort accommodation situated on the developed north-western coast. Dickenson Bay and Runaway Bay are two of this region’s most famous beaches. Antigua provides a great variety of dining experiences, from romantic dinners on the beach to resort-style buffets and barbeques plus the pick of Caribbean dishes. If you’ve exhausted all of Antigua’s 365 beaches, the neighbouring island of Barbuda is a quick flight or ferry ride away. Antigua has soft breezes, a warm temperature and is thought to be one of the sunniest islands in the eastern Caribbean. Then there are the 365 sandy beaches to explore, the secluded coves to visit and the warm waters to swim in. Antigua holidays are many people’s definition of paradise. It’s an undeniably romantic island and many choose it as the destination for their wedding or honeymoon. Many Antigua resorts offer wedding packages and honeymoon extras. Holidays in Antigua also offer the chance to take part in water sports and other activities, with top-class diving and snorkelling sites to be explored. It must be the sunshine, the sea, or the beauty of the surroundings but holidays to Antigua are great for honeymooners. Holiday in Antigua on a honeymoon and you can enjoy the romance of the island, its clear waters and sunsets, romantic restaurants and hotels, as well as Antigua’s more active pursuits and water sports. Many Antigua hotels offer good packages for honeymooners. For example, Sandals Grande Antigua resort and spa provides couples with a choice of packages, themes and activities. Typical honeymoon additions include oceanside candlelit dinners, breakfast in bed, champagne on arrival and sunset cruises.

Holiday Antigua style and you can explore one beach for every day of the year. Antigua’s 365 beaches are mostly located on the calm Caribbean side of the island and all have public access. The northwest coast is home to Dickenson Bay and to Runaway Bay, both of these beaches contain a good choice of Antigua resorts. The beaches here are close to the capital, St John’s, which is a good place for a day trip with shops and restaurants as well as St John’s Cathedral, the Museum of Antigua and Barbuda and a farmers market. The southwest coast and the south coast are less developed with some secluded beaches, including Crab Hill Beach and Half Moon Beach. The east coast has Half Moon Bay, a national park, and Long Bay with its protective coral reef. An Antigua holiday can include a visit to English Harbour, in Nelson’s Dockyard National Park. It is a preserved Georgian dockyard and home to many historic sights such as Clarence House, Fort Berkeley and an interpretation centre. Visitors can take in the harbour view from the restored colonial observation post. Also do not miss Sandy Cove in Nonsuch Bay, enjoy excellent views from Shirley Heights, a visit to Falmouth Harbour and a trip to the remote location of Devil's Bridge on Antigua’s north eastern coast. Antigua hotels offer holidaymakers a good deal of choice, in terms of price as well as location. The Jumby Bay 5* Caribbean resort is set on a private island just off the coast of Antigua. This exclusive resort is peppered with palm trees and white sand beaches and is only accessible by boat. There are just 40 rooms, suites and villas ranging from the Rondavel One-Bedroom Suite to the spacious Rosewood Estate Suite. The Jumby Bay has three fine-dining restaurants and a bar. The luxurious Carlisle Bay 5* is on a sandy beach with a lush rainforest backdrop. There are 82 suites with ocean views and guests can enjoy the relaxing ‘Blue Spa’ plus two restaurants and three bars. The Jolly Beach Resort 3* provides cheap Antigua holidays in an idyllic setting. The resort offers all-inclusive packages. It provides a variety of water sports along with five restaurants and a choice of accommodation options ranging in size. One of the hotels Antigua offers is the Sandals Grande Antiguan, a resort and spa set on Dickenson Bay containing four separate villages with spacious suites and rooms, six pools and five whirlpools. There’s also the Red Lane Spa and nine restaurants serving food from the UK, Asia, the American Southwest and the Caribbean. Antigua hotel Grand Pineapple Beach 4* is all-inclusive with just under 200 rooms. Accommodation comprises of beachfront rooms and ocean-view suites and there are four restaurants in the resort. Cheap Antigua holidays can often be found in the way of an all-inclusive deal. Antigua’s international airport, VC Bird, is around five miles from the capital St John’s. British Airways and Virgin Atlantic fly to Antigua from the UK, and we can offer you some excellent Antigua deals. There isn’t really a bad time to visit Antigua, with warm temperatures, cooling breezes and low humidity year-round. It is one of the driest Caribbean islands with an annual average of only 1140mm, most of which falls in July and October and mainly in short bursts that are unlikely to ruin your holiday. May to November is the hottest season although temperatures are only a few degrees higher than in other months. Christmas and New Year is the peak of the holiday season and you may need to book many months ahead to get the resort of your choice. Cheap holidays to Antigua can often be found outside of the more heavily-visited months. Visitors on a package holiday Antigua will often enjoy all-inclusive deals at many of the island’s resorts and hotels, with accommodation, drinks and activities thrown in. There’s a large choice of resorts to suit most budgets. Find Antigua late deals our our website.