It’s pretty obvious to everyone that our trip to Antigua didn’t end well. What with cancelled and rebooked flights, two cases of food poisoning, and an ER visit on the other end, we didn’t exactly get to ease out of the island in the same way we eased into it.
Still, before things spiraled, they were actually pretty great. For the boys, at least, the trip was full of only good memories. Finn, especially, seemed to really hit his vacation stride on this trip, and I know his memories of Antigua will only consist of the happy things: donkey kisses, water bottle fights with local kids, and more pool time than he could ever want.
Antigua was a beautiful island, and though we’d worried that it would be too developed for our taste, we managed to avoid most of the cruise crowds, and it ended up being just our speed.
It was our 10th island, Finn’s 3rd, and Elias’s 1st. All things considered, I’d say it was a pretty good inauguration into Caribbean life for our little guy.
Here are more photos than you probably want to see from our time there.
Our Antigua Faves and Recommendations:
- stay in a villa at Tamarind Hills
- get avocados and Antiguan pineapples from Clemie’s fruit stand
- grab a passion fruit daiquiri from the bar at Carlisle Bay resort
- make a day of going to Long Bay beach (the end opposite the Pineapple Resort), eating at Mama’s Pasta, and seeing Devil’s Bridge
- eat lunch and then reserve a daybed at Jacqui O’s
- visit the donkey sanctuary
- eat a trendy meal at Sheer Rocks
- spend a day (or 5) at Ffryes Beach, renting chairs and umbrellas from Dennis’s
- go to the Sunday night BBQ at Shirley’s Heights