Why are these turquoise waters the most popular? Here are 30 resorts, stretching from Cancún to Trinidad. Included are big, busy ports like Charlotte Amalie, but also a selection of the islands' best and prettiest little harbors and anchorages.

1. Basseterre, St. Kitts
scenic area, easy excursions, good shops and galleries
2. Bequia, Grenadines
scenic area, safe and secure
3. Bridgetown, Barbados
scenic area, good beach, easy excursions, good shops and galleries, safe and secure
4. Cancún, Mexico
good food, good beach, easy excursions, safe and secure
5. Castries, St. Lucia
easy excursions, good shops and galleries
6. Charlestown, Nevis
scenic area, good food, easy excursions, safe and secure
7. Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas
scenic area, good beach, easy excursions, good shops and galleries
8. Dominica, Portsmouth
scenic area, easy excursions, safe and secure
9. Fort-de-France, Martinique
scenic area, good food, easy excursions, good shops and galleries, safe and secure
10. Freeport, Bahamas
good beach, good shops and galleries
11. Gustavia, St. Barts
scenic area, good food, good beach, easy excursions, good shops and galleries, safe and secure
12. Hamilton, Bermuda
scenic area, good beach, easy excursions, good shops and galleries, safe and secure
13. Iles des Saintes, Guadeloupe
scenic area, good beach, easy excursions, good shops and galleries, safe and secure
14. Kingstown, St. Vincent
easy excursions
15. Labadee, Haiti
scenic area, good beach, good shops and galleries, safe and secure
16. Montego Bay, Jamaica
easy excursions, good shops and galleries
17. Nassau, Bahamas
good food, good beach, easy excursions, good shops and galleries
18. Ochos Rios, Jamaica
easy excursions, good shops and galleries
19. Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
scenic area, good food, easy excursions, good shops and galleries
20. Oranjestad, Aruba
scenic area, easy excursions, safe and secure
21. Oranjestad, St. Eustatius
scenia area, easy excursions, safe and secure
22. Philipsburg, Sint Maarten
good food, good beach, easy excursions, good shops and galleries
23. Port-of-Spain, Trinidad
scenia area, good food, easy excursions, good shops and galleries
24. St. Johns, Antigua
scenic area, good beach, easy excursions, safe and secure
25. St. George's, Grenada
scenic area, good beach, easy excursions, safe and secure
26. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
scenic area, good food, easy excursions, safe and secure
27. Soufriere, St. Lucia
scenic area, good food, easy excursions, safe and secure
28. The Valley, Anguilla
good food, good beach, easy excursions, safe and secure
29. Tortola, The British Virgin Islands
scenic area, good beach, safe and secure
30. Willemstad, Curaçao
scenic area, easy excursions, good shops and galleries, safe and secure