We were just there last week and loved it! At least what we did and saw of it. We went to Jolly Beach (not the resort, just the beach) and had a wonderful, relaxing day. It was beautiful beyond compare IMO. The shopping was not great there (near the pier) but I don't cruise to shop so it didn't bother me. Here's a picture of Jolly Beach......man, I want to go back there, LOL.
Janet
12 night southern Caribbean on Explorer of the Seas in
Bon Voyage!!
NCL Pearl west Caribbean 2/07, Crown princess east caribbean 6/07, Golden Princess Mexican Riviera 4/08
Antigua has such pretty blue water and soft white sand! Wish I were there now .....
LuLu ... Visit SOUTH CAROLINA!
11/21/09 Crown Princess 2/18/10 Island Pricess B2B Ft.Lauderdale to Acapulco and back (total 20 days)
OVER 40 (started young) Princess, Celebrity, RCCL, HAL, NCL, Costa, Disney, Carnival, Sitmar (Princess bought), and (a very long time ago) SS Bahama Star
2 Carnival, 3 Princess, Royal Caribbean: MA 1/05, EM 5/05, MA 11/05, GR 1/06, SS 5/06, MA 12/06, EN 1/07, SS 4/07, Liberty Pre-Inaugural 5/07, RD 09/07(14 Night Ultimate Alaska), RD 11/07 Eastern, RD 12/07 Western (our 1st B2B), SS 12/07 (B2B) Xmas, GR 12/07 New Year's, JW 1/08, MA 2/08 (B2B), Emerald Princess 3/08 (Southern Caribbean), GR 4/08 Repo (B2B), SS 5/08, LB 11/08, GR 01/09, Grand Princess 2/09, FR 11/09
Beautiful Island, Nelson Dock Yard not to be misses, Shirley Heights has breath taking scenery. The beaches are fab...cannot remember the name of the beach we visited, had a local bar, the food was good, beer cold & cheep.
We have spent 1 day there hired a local tour for a day long tour. Also had time to see the church on the hill you see from the port prior to our tour. The price was $40 each...very reasonable...ther were 12 of us in a open sided bus with 6 rows of seats. Would go back.
Barb
Spanish TA Voyager 11/2008; Bahamas Soverign 4/2008; Ultimate Alaska Radiance 9/2007; Carribean Members C&A Seranade 1/2007; Panama Canal-Radiance 10/2006; Hawaii-Seranade 9/2005;
Alaska-Seranade 8/2004; Western Carribean-Enchantment 12/2002
Western Carribean-Celebration 12/1999
I give Antigua an A++ after my recent visit on the Norwegian Jewel. Friendly people, gorgeous vistas, and some history thrown in. I can't wait to go back.
JV The 4 stages of cruising: planning, anticipation, experience and reflection.
Coming up: HAL Westerdam(3/28/10), MSC Poesia(4/24/10) and Celebrity Millennium(9/17/10)
NCL Norwegian Pearl in
Happy Sailing
NCL Norway,
Celebrity Meridian,
Majesty Royal Majesty,
Costa Romantica,
Dolphin Ocean Breeze,
RCCL Majesty Of The Seas,
Carnival Paradise,
Celebrity Century,
Carnival Imagination,
Caribbean Princess,
Carnival Valor,
HAL Zuiderdam,
Carnival Legend,
Carnival Valor,
RCCL Enchantment Of The Seas,
Carnival Triumph,
Coral Princess,
Celebrity Century, Celebrity Century, Carnival Miracle, Norwegian Sun, Norwegian Pearl, Carnival Splendor,
RCCL Navigator Of The Seas,
Norwegian Jewel, Norwegian Sky, Norwegian Sky, RCCL JewelOf The Seas
We LOVE Antigua. I went a few years ago with just my little girl... we just shopped as she was unfortunately beached out.
We were there last week, aboard the MSC Orchestra... we did the catamaran sail and snorkel through the ship, which we don't usually do, but it was GREAT! The snorkeling was neat... we went to "Deep Bay" I think it was..there was a sunken freighter ship, which was spooky looking lol... then we sailed onto the beach... of course the rum punch was flowing! The Beach was lovely, a few locals vending their goods... but the beach had a decent drop off and the kids and adults were having fun jumping off the back of the catamaran.. this was pure paradise... we had a blast! Plus my daughter finally swam, actually swam on her own and snorkeled!!! WOOOHOOO!
Costa Romantica
Fascination
BRB
Sovereign
Jubilee
Voyager
Fantasy
Disney Wonder
Star Princess
Liberty of the Seas
Freedom of the Seas
Carnival Legend
Crown Princess
We LOVE Antigua. I cannot wait to go back to Antigua....
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Same here! Always, I'm amazed at how "Sugar White" the sand is!
LuLu ... Visit SOUTH CAROLINA!
11/21/09 Crown Princess 2/18/10 Island Pricess B2B Ft.Lauderdale to Acapulco and back (total 20 days)
OVER 40 (started young) Princess, Celebrity, RCCL, HAL, NCL, Costa, Disney, Carnival, Sitmar (Princess bought), and (a very long time ago) SS Bahama Star