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Ever since Club Med promised the alluring antidote to civilization, all-inclusive car rentals hawaii resorts have increasingly dotted the Caribbean islands. Once cookie-cutter, they've increasingly diversified in a fierce battle for tourist dollars. Today's all-inclusives come in every conceivable style and price range, as wonderfully varied as the Caribbean itself. Some cater to family fun, while others put the sin in scintillating for couples. One thing hasn't changed: no hassles. Pay one fixed price for all you can eat, drink, and do... then leave your wallet and worries at home.
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Guests at the quieter Tamarijn can enjoy all the facilities of Divi: two resorts for the price of one, including nine restaurants, seven bars, three pools, nightly entertainment, a 9-hole golf course, and the nearby Alhambra Casino. The resorts take full advantage of that long stretch of beach, car rentals hawaii with aquatic activities aplenty, including snorkeling lessons car rentals hawaii and windsurfing clinics. Everyone gets their rocks off getting a grip on the 30-foot oceanfront rock-climbing wall.
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Runner Up : Palm Island Resort in the Grenadines . This 135-acre green-certified resort fulfills anyone's private island fantasy for less green than you'd expect, with five seductive, hammock-strung beaches (and just 43 rooms).
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Runner Up : Couples Swept Away , Negril, Jamaica . This luxury boot camp offers an eye-popping, heart-pounding array of athletic activities: Aerobicize, pump iron, soak in Rasta bush tea baths, down fresh fruit smoothies, and engage car rentals hawaii in golf, scuba, several racquet sports, sailing, kayaking, and more.
There's plenty to keep you occupied at the adults-only Jewel Dunn's River Beach Resort Spa , whose brand launched in 2010: fitness center, two swimming pools, pitch-and-putt course, water sports, PADI-certified dive center, Radiant Spa, and special extras like swim-up concierges and evening Dive-In Movies (complete with Jamaica Jerk Popcorn). But the living wood carvings, tree stumps fashioned into artworks that dot the resort, stand as a reminder of its spectacular surroundings: Ocho Rios is a nature lover's paradise.
The name means Eight Rivers in Spanish but may be a corruption of chorreras (waterfalls); Columbus marveled that the land seems to touch the sky here, thanks to the towering mountains that frame the area. Visit Fern Gully, where 550 native tropical varieties filtered by brilliant sunlight salute your passage or Green Grotto car rentals hawaii for a boat ride on an underground lake. Stroll the ruins of the first Spanish settlement, New Seville; No l Coward's vacation home, Firefly; or Bob Marley's birth and burial place, Nine Mile. Mystic Mountain , an eco-conscious adventure park, offers a soaring chairlift, wild bobsled ride, and a thrilling Rainforest Zipline Tranopy.
Runner Up : Buccament Bay , St. Vincent . This new luxury resort, whose stunning stretch of coastline provided shooting locations for Pirates of the Caribbean , offers abundant activity onsite (even a Performing Arts Academy), with excursions to the Grenadines (whale- and turtle-watching on Bequia, snorkeling the pyrotechnic Tobago Cays reefs), climbing the active La Soufri re volcano, and hiking rainforest trails to 300-foot waterfalls.
The Bachelor popped the question at this stunning boutique resort on St. Lucia's rugged southwest coast. The setting isn't just dramatic: It's a literal cliff-hanger. Jade Mountain's architect/owner Nick Troubetzkoy and wife Karolin carved the hideaway from a steep hill with unimpeded views of the iconic twin Pitons , St. Lucia's UNESCO World Heritage site. It embodies the concept of organic architecture, with every design element connected to the landscape. Individual bridges lead to the extravagant suites, dubbed sanctuaries, creating a dynamic dialogue with the surroundings. The result is a secluded place that cocoons its guests.
And with 15-foot ceilings, you feel high as a bird though in a surreal touch, terns and gulls glide far below. Each suite is unique, and even the lowest category, Star, faces the Pitons full on. Every bathroom boasts tropical hardwood vanities and whirlpool tubs for two (with strategic point-massage jets). That unparalleled service and connectedness continues with the resort's cuisine. Cookbook author and James Beard Award-winner Allen Susser is the consulting chef, and he utilizes bounty from the resort's two organic plantations. No wonder Jade Mountain wows even the most, well, jaded Caribbean connoisseurs.
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How to Get There : Nonstop flights from Atlanta (Delta), Boston (American, JetBlue), Charlotte (US Airways), Miami (American), NYC-JFK (American), JetBlue), Newark (Continental), and Philadelphia (US Airways) service Providenciales International Airport.
Runner Up : Almond Beach Village , St. Peter, Barbados . Swim-up pool movies, car rentals hawaii junior chef classes, several kids' clubs (all exploring Bajan culture through Calypso and limbo lessons, arts and crafts incorporating indigenous onsite materials, even a Taste of Barbados program where kids can sample local fare), parental privileges at the adults-only sister property Almond Beach Club: It's like summer camp for everyone.
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