Like other isles of the British West Indies, Antigua retains a lot of English culture from its days

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On a map, Antigua is a secluded speck—a roughly 100-square-mile island located to the southeast of Puerto Rico. But what it lacks in size, it makes up for in scenery—the forested hills of interior Antigua overlook the white-sand beaches and turquoise waters fronting the coastal town of St. John's. Much like its mother country, Coconut Beach Club is small, secluded, and tranquil. It sits on an isolated peninsula just west of town, where the noise is minimal and the pace is slow. That the resort caters mostly to adults adds to the laid-back atmosphere. This is a place where guests come to relax, whether they're getting pampered in the thatched-roof spa, sprawling across hammocks, or strolling the beach that's right at their doorsteps.
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On Antigua, the largest of the British Leeward Islands, you can visit a different beach every day of the year. The island has 365 of them, some of which were named by Frommer's as the Caribbean's best . Celebrities such as Oprah, Eric Clapton, and Giorgio wine country bed and breakfasts Armani have been drawn to the powder-soft sands here, building sprawling estates amid the thatched-roof bungalows. In the northwest, Dickenson Bay is a popular destination with something for every type of beachgoer: umbrellas and loungers, glass-bottom-boat tours, and fast-paced watersports. There's an equally lovely landscape beneath the waves—just offshore, Cades Reef , a 32-foot-deep barrier reef, shelters barracuda, eels, eagle rays, and nurse sharks.
Like other isles of the British West Indies, Antigua wine country bed and breakfasts retains a lot of English culture from its days as a colony, including a pervasive love of cricket and traditional afternoon teatime. You can see a lot of the island's colonial roots in its capital city, St. John's, where Fort Barrington served as an important military defense post for the British Royal Navy as far back as 1652. Today, the stronghold wine country bed and breakfasts still boasts a powder magazine and gun platform along with some of the most panoramic views in the Caribbean.
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