Caribbean and Central America Travel

Fodor.com listed three islands in the Caribbean as the favorite port of call of Caribbean cruises. The winners? Curacao in the Netherlands Antilles, the island of Dominica, and the Grand Turk in the Turks and Caicos islands.

According to Fodor’s, these islands have the best to offer Caribbean tourists. Curacao with its spectacular dive sites, Dominica with its lush rain forest and numerous outdoor activities making it the perfect destination for adventure travelers, and the Grand Turk with its gorgeous beaches that’s perfect for sunbathing, wading or snorkeling.

Head on over to Fodors.com to see the complete recommendation list.

by: Sophie de Lagarde

If your idea was spending some time enjoying the Caribbean’s clear waters and warm sun your next vacation, Riviera maya is a good choice.

Playa del Carmen has now become one of the World’s most popular and sought after tourist destinations in less than a decade. Offering alabaster-white beaches, gentle surf, coral reefs, Mayan ruins and now the World famous 5th Avenue, Playa del Carmen has become the destination of choice for tourism from all over the World. Offering a strong European flare, Playa offers an abundance of fantastic restaurants and outrageous nightlife scene. Conveniently located 30 miles from Cancun International Airport to the North and Ocean Front Mayan Ruins in Tulum to the South, makes Playa del Carmen the central gateway to the great Riviera Maya. You can get a good glance at it through the Playa del Carmen video .

Now the place is set, but where should you stay? It probably depends of what kind of vacationer you are, if you are with friends, family, kids… all of this might also change your opinion on the kind of place you wish to stay at.

Anyways, to give you a better idea of what you can get, let’s study all the options Riviera Maya gives you for your stay:
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One of more popular Caribbean vacation destinations, Aruba certainly lives up to the hype. Bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to its east, crashing unto dramatic cliff face and the Caribbean Sea lapping in gently on its western beaches, this island is the perfect destination for sun and sea lovers.

First discovered by the Spaniards in 1499, they deemed it useless and was left to the native people of Aruba. During the war between Spain and Holland, Aruba was seized by the Dutch in 1636. The Dutch settled in the islands soon after. It wasn’t until the 19th century though, that gold was discovered in Aruba. This brought on a new surge of immigrants, mainly from Europe and Venezuela.

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