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St. Johns, Antigua, BVI The largest of the British Leeward Islands offers you warm, steady winds, a coastline of safe harbors and a nearly unbroken wall of coral reef. These
same attributes that once attracted the British Royal Navy, also established Antigua as one of the premier tourist destinations in the Caribbean. Antigua (pronounced An-tee'ga) and Barbuda are located in the middle of the Leeward Islands
in the Eastern Caribbean, roughly 17 degrees north of the equator. To the south are the islands of Montserrat and Guadaloupe, and to the north and west are Nevis, St. Kitts, St. Barts, and St.
Martin. There are 365 beaches on Antigua, one for each day of the year. The great majority rest inside
the calm, protected waters of the island's Caribbean side. All are open to the public, and so the challenge posed to a visitor is not how to gain access to the best of them but simply how to
locate the beach that suits one's taste. Exploring on your own is the best way to do this, although it is wise to bring a companion along to particularly isolated locations. Antiguans are
understandably reluctant to divulge their own favorites, so here are a number of good starters. Be sure to acquire specific directions before you go.
A beautiful island, known for its multitude of beaches, Super Cruisers experienced lots of
"liquid sunshine" on our last visit here! We hope the weather will be more cooperative so that
we may fully enjoy the wide variety of places to go and things to see. Claiming to have a beach
for every day of the year, Antigua is obviously a beach-lover's dream. But there is also a terrific variety of sightseeing options, shopping, casino and the carefully restored English Harbor where famed naval hero Horatio Nelson's namesake dockyard is located. 
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