DESTINATIONS CARIBBEAN HOTELS, RESORTS & SPAS


Further north, Carlisle Bay in Antigua offers sailing-boat charters to explore the 365 beaches that encircle the island, alongside all-day cruises to secluded islands including Great Bird – boasting excellent snorkelling and hiking – plus picnic charters, sunset cruises and plenty more. In Mexico, Zoëtry Paraiso de la Bonita offers a catamaran sailing to Isla Mujeres, taking guests to glimpse the rugged coastlines, craggy cliffs and idyllic beaches that make up this tiny island town, with snorkelling around bright coral reefs and a gourmet lunch thrown in to round off the day.


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Funway Holidays offers seven nights at the all- inclusive Secrets Silversands


Riviera Cancun in Mexico from £2,129 for a


July 3 departure. The price is based on two adults sharing an Over the Pool Cabana


Honeymoon Suite and includes Delta Air Lines flights from


Heathrow via New York. funway4agents. co.uk


A week’s B&B at the five-star Blue Waters in Antigua costs from £1,699 per person with Sovereign, based on a June 12 departure. The


rate includes UK airport security fast passes and lounge access, private transfers and flights from Gatwick with


Virgin Atlantic. sovereign.com


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ABOVE: Catamaran cruise at Zoëtry Paraiso de la Bonita


LEFT: Blue Waters, Antigua


w THE SUNSET CRUISE On that note, don’t neglect the sunset cruise. There’s nothing quite as spine- tingling as a dramatic, fiery sky over a serene horizon – and catching it from a catamaran is as dreamy as it gets. Sovereign recommends the


honeymoon-friendly Blue Waters, Antigua, for exactly that. Jade Mountain, meanwhile, boasts a livelier version: its jazzy champagne sunset cruise, complete with a saxophonist playing romantic ballads and soulful rhythms, has departures every Thursday ($105 per person, pre-bookable by agents). Also on Saint Lucia, Cap Maison has a luxury motorboat taking guests out as the sun beds down, with soaring mountain forms in silhouette surrounding passengers at every turn.


Don’t neglect the sunset cruise. There’s nothing quite as spine-tingling as a fiery sky over a serene horizon


w THE WINE AND CHAMPAGNE For couples who appreciate the finer things in life, there’s wine tasting. Secrets Silversands Riviera Cancun


offers a wine-paired dinner with a sommelier in the hotel’s atmospheric cellar, while Curtain Bluff in Antigua offers wine-tasting classes with an expert ($70). Anse Chastanet pairs it with


a tasting of the estate’s organic, homemade chocolate ($45), while Hard Rock Riviera Maya gives it a Mexican twist with some tequila thrown in. If it’s more champagne that floats the boat, suggest Elegant Hotels’ champagne breakfast in bed, available at The House and Turtle Beach, both in Barbados, for $95.


w THE ADVENTURE If you’ve got a couple wanting to get a little more active, look no further than a horse ride for two along the beach. Saint Lucia’s Windjammer Landing offers a two-hour trip through the island’s northern trails on the tranquil Atlantic Beach, culminating with a horse ride through the water, or there’s a four-hour version that adds an idyllic barbecue lunch on the sand (suitable for beginners as well as advanced riders). For those seeking even more


adventure, suggest Marigot Bay Resort & Marina. It offers a string of active add-ons including a climb up the island’s Gros Piton and a ‘zipline into plantation lunch’ experience – think ziplining and trekking through lush forest before tucking into a Creole lunch at a 140-year-old plantation, surrounded by tropical gardens.


PICTURE: AJ HEATH PHOTOGRAPHY


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