Alexander Britell

Caribbean Journal

Twilight in Old San Juan

By: Alexander Britell

With rum in the future, I figure it’s better to start higher up in the hills of Old San Juan.

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How the Dominican Republic’s Brugal Is Crafting a New Kind of Aged Rum

By: Alexander Britell

There are only so many variables in the function of a spirit. For a molasses rum, it’s things like the yeast, the fermentation and, of course, the barrel — both different char profiles and cask finishes. For an agricole, it’s terroir or cane varietal and then, of course, the barrel.

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St Kitts is the Caribbean Island Where Authenticity Still Comes Naturally: “Our Destination Is Real”

By: Alexander Britell

There’s one thing travelers prize more than anything right now: authenticity.

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Grand Cayman’s Seven Mile Beach Has a Peculiar Magic: Emerald Water, Swaying Palms, and a Healing Legend

By: Alexander Britell

The view from the water at Seven Mile Beach in Grand Cayman.

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This St Kitts Beach Bar Has Reinvented the Piña Colada — And It’s one of the Best in the Caribbean

By: Alexander Britell

Spice Mill has a regular cocktail-making class you can take right on the beach.

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St. Thomas Has the Caribbean Ritz-Carlton You May Have Overlooked, With a Spectacular Pool, St. John Views, and a Private Catamaran

By: Karen Udler, Alexander Britell

The Ritz-Carlton, St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands has one of the Caribbean’s best luxury resort settings, and an Aug. 29 rate check found late-summer prices around $644 per night.

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Grand Case, Saint Martin Is French Caribbean Cool, With Beautiful Beaches, Legendary Lolos and One of the Region’s Great Food Streets

By: Karen Udler, Alexander Britell

Grand Case, Saint Martin brings together beautiful beaches, one extraordinary food village and the easy French Caribbean style that keeps bringing us back to Grand Case Beach Club.

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American Airlines Is Going Big on Caribbean Flights From Miami, With 8 Daily San Juan Flights, 6 to Tortola and 3 to a Sought-After Island in The Bahamas

By: Alexander Britell

American Airlines is expanding its Miami Caribbean network with more flights to Puerto Rico, the British Virgin Islands, Antigua, The Bahamas and St. Kitts, giving vacationers significantly more choices this winter.

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This Is the Caribbean You Didn’t Know Existed, With Jungle Rivers, Maya Ruins and Waterfalls

By: Karen Udler, Alexander Britell

Western Belize is rugged, beautiful and wonderfully authentic, a place of waterfalls, jungle lodges, ancient Maya cities and the lively little town of San Ignacio.

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Aruba’s Ayo Rock Formations Feel Otherworldly, With Giant Boulders, Ancient Pictographs and a Sacred Past

By: Ayo Cj, Alexander Britell

Deep in Aruba, Ayo Rock Formations combines enormous monolithic boulders with Indigenous rock art at an island where 458 rock-art depictions have been recorded across 33 archaeological sites.