Nevis + St. Kitts

Molten sunsets and a dozen beach bars, including Mr. X's Shiggidy Shack, make Frigate Bay, just two miles southeast of Basseterre, the liveliest place on St....more

Begun by the British in 1690 to deter other colonial contenders, this landmark stone fortress is the only man-made UNESCO World Heritage site in the eastern...more

There are more than 70 dive sites, including dozens of unexplored shipwrecks, around Nevis and St. Kitts; most of them require a short boat ride and have...more

St. Kitts hosts a music festival every June, which draws a wide array of international headliners (Chaka Khan, Maxi Priest, and Michael Bolton have all...more

The abundance of dorado, kingfish, barracuda, tuna, snapper, mahimahi, and wahoo in these waters attracts a lot of avid anglers. The annual Nevis Yacht Club...more

Unlike the pancake-flat islands of the Bahamas and Turks & Caicos, Nevis and St. Kitts have real hills and mountains, and hiking away those piña...more

The Guilbert family raised Arabian show horses for 25 years in California before relocating to Nevis, where they now run the Nevis Equestrian Centre, which...more

Many of the former sugarcane roads, some 200 of them, are now perfect trails for mountain biking. They're mostly long loops of doubletrack, so beginners and...more

Staged every March, this multisport race sends top international athletes on a swim through Gallows Bay, a bike ride out to the airport, and a run back into...more

St. Kitts has the livelier nightlife of the two islands, much of it centered in the Frigate Bay area. Tiger's, at the Marriott, sometimes roars (869-466-1200),...more