Excursion via Viator. Benjamin with the Historical Tour of Antigua was awesome. Just 2 of us with this Antiguan who took us all around the island to all of the scenic locations, then had lunch with us at a "locals" restaurant. Gents or ladies--be careful at the jewelry stores in town-lots of beautiful jewelry at really good prices!! ...
Antigua is known for good snorkeling but not from the shore. You need to take a boat to get to small islands or snorkel from the boat. Which requires stair climbing and not suitable to us.
My research suggested that there are very few places you can snorkel from the beach in Antigua. So we took a taxi from the port to Galleon beach, one of such places. The taxi costed ~$120 roundtrip and was ...
Virtually nothing to do in port. You almost were forced to purchase a shore excursion to the other islands. VERY poor country (at least for the town at the port). Town infrastructure was horrible (IE: roads and walkways) ...
We actually arrived into port around 8:30am. Used private tour operator Lawrence of Antigua for a beach tour. Met our driver/guide Samuel around 9:30am.
Started with Darkwood Beach. Stayed here for about 1.5 hrs. Sand was nearly powder soft and no rocks along the shoreline. This was definitely our favorite of the three beaches we went to so would plan to stay longer here in retrospect.
Then went ...
Our favorite island surprise of the cruise. Antigua was the only island outside of the Virgins that we we would consider visiting for an extended vacation. ...
