Berlitz: Caribbean Ports of Call Pocket Guide
Berlitz
Language: English
Pages: 136
ISBN: 1780048777
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
The tropical islands of the Caribbean, arcing like a jeweled necklace between Florida and Venezuela, are famed for their picture-postcard sandy beaches, turquoise waters, and glowing sunshine. Each has a unique character, atmosphere, and flavor of its own, shaped by its people and history.
Be inspired to take a cruise by the brand new Insight Pocket Guide Caribbean Ports of Call, a concise, full-color guide that combines lively text with vivid photography to highlight the best that the islands have to offer.
Inside Berlitz Pocket Guide Caribbean Ports of Call:
Where To Go details all the key sights on Caribbean cruise ports of call, sailing from major US ports such as Miami and New Orleans, taking in the central American countries and all the islands from Cuba and Puerto Rico to Jamaica, Barbados, and Aruba. Handy maps on the cover flaps help you find your way around and are cross-referenced to the text, while overviews of each major region or island group provide all the essential facts you'll want on your journey.
Top 10 Attractions gives a run-down of the best sights to take in on your trip, including St Lucia's dramatic Piton peaks, Mayan ruins at Chichen Itza in the Yucatan, the Grenadines' coral reefs, and tropical rainforest at Les Chutes du Carbet in Guadeloupe.
A Perfect Cruise in the Caribbean provides an itinerary for nine days sailing the high seas.
Essential information on the history and culture of the islands.
A-Z of all the practical information you'll need, including how to choose a cruise, preparing for a trip, and what life on board is like. There is also a listing of how to contact the various cruise lines.
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of lunch later, followed by a stroll on the beach and shopping, and you’ll be in relaxed mood for that flight home. Introduction The whole of the Caribbean region has had a turbulent and extremely varied history. You will notice on arrival at any island port that there is at least one fortress guarding the harbour mouth, or perched up on a hillside with a panoramic view of the sea. These scattered vestiges of military power, some ruined and others restored, remind us that the Caribbean has
port, especially for gold jewellery, but if your cruise is going to St Thomas, it’s better to wait as prices are generally better there. Puerto Rico may have been a US territory for over a century, but not much has changed since the days of Spanish rule in the old town, which dates back to 1521. The narrow, cobbled streets are lined with pretty 16th- and 17th-century Spanish colonial houses with wrought-iron balconies. Juan Ponce de Leon statue in Old San Juan Glyn Genin/Apa Publications
primly British. Until recently, agriculture, chiefly bananas, was the mainstay of the economy, but recently the island has made a successful transition to tourism. St Lucia now has a variety of luxurious hotels, mid-range all-inclusive resorts and low-key traditional inns for those who wish to stay on. Castries As a port of call, Castries � [map] is perfectly suited to the largest cruise ships, which dock at the Pointe Seraphine Cruise Terminal on the north side of the harbour or at La Place
birds in their wetland habitat. To reach the refuge head north to Delray Beach and then travel 16km (10 miles) inland. Port Canaveral Further north along the Atlantic coast of Florida, beyond Miami and Fort Lauderdale, Port Canaveral 3 [map] (tel: 321-783 7831; www. portcanaveral.org) used to be a smaller port catering mostly to the three-, four- and seven-day Caribbean cruise market, but 2014 saw the opening of a new terminal capable of accommodating the world’s largest cruise vessels. It has
www.fws.gov/refuge/Merritt_Island), which sprawls over 57,000 hectares (140,000 acres), is also owned by NASA, as is the Canaveral National Seashore (daily 6am–6pm, extended summer hours). The salt marshes of the Refuge are home to hundreds of species of water birds, alligators, the threatened manatee and loggerhead turtles. The Seashore is a protected barrier island beach park with sand dunes and a network of marked canoe trails through a lagoon, where you can spot egrets, ibis, cranes,