11 Days, Luxury Cruise from Fort Lauderdale to Bridgetown

The island of Bequia is home to one of the last legal whaling ports in the world. But don’t fret. Those humpbacks are smiling as there is only one old harponner alive today. Local artisans sell colorful ship models. Scuba divers enjoy uncrowded sites such as the shallows of Devil’s Table, or a wreck at 90 feet.

Port Elizabeth is the island’s capital, from which regularly scheduled ferries run to the main island, Saint Vincent. Other islands in the Grenadines can also be accessed from Port Elizabeth by way of the SS Friendship Rose, the last operational schooner in the Caribbean.

The British are still coming!

They discovered her natural beauty in the 1620’s, and they’ve been here ever since. Although the island became independent in 1966, life here till retains a strong British accent.

With a climate that is considered among the kindest in the West Indies, and spectacular natural beauty, Barbados is truly one of the gems of the Caribbean.

Fort Lauderdale, (lô´der-dâl´) city (1990 pop. 148,377), seat of Broward Co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; settled around a fort built (c.1837) in the Seminole War, inc. 1911. The city has more than 270 mi (435 km) of natural and artificial waterways and one of the largest marinas in the world. A major beach resort, it has a performing arts center and art and science museums. Products include electronic devices, boats and yachts, and various light manufactures.

The capital of St. Barthelemy, Gustavia is purely French. Though named after a Swedish king, Gustav III, and still retaining some of its Swedish influence, the small group of inhabitants are mostly young, very chic and very French.

Located on the eastern side of the Andes, north of Santiago, this was one of the earliest Spanish towns, founded in 1562.