Cruises in the Caribbean

Introduction

A Caribbean cruise is one of the best ways to discover this region for the first time. Each of the Caribbean Islands is different and according to your taste, you may prefer the one with the wonderful white sand beaches and dry vegetation like Antigua or the other one that has luxuriant and tropical vegetation like St Lucia. These Caribbean Islands are very diverse and we distinguish them by their size, their geology (volcanic or limestone origin) and their inhabitants (mixed of English, Dutch, Spaniards, French with the native population). 
A cruise is the perfect occasion to discover several Islands at one time in order to come back later on to visit deeply the one you prefer. You will choose a cruise according to several criteria such as the proposed activities, the food, and the quality of service, the casual or elegant clothing at diners, your cabin and the price. Finally, cruises are no longer reserved for the rich Americans that are in retirement. On the contrary, with the entire possibilities offer with the different size of ships, their origin (American. English, German, and Italian) as well as the choice in itineraries, and duration, anyone can now take a cruise, but they have to chose it carefully and according to their needs.

Route, duration, season

There are three major routes for the Caribbean cruises: Western, Eastern, and Southern. All these routes depart from the ports of call of Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Port Carnaveral, and Tampa in Florida, San Juan in Puerto Rico and sometimes New Orleans. The Western Caribbean cruise stop at some or these islands: Grand Cayman, Jamaica, Cuba, and Cozumel (Mexico). The Eastern Caribbean route sails through the British and American Virgin Islands, St Martin, Antigua, Guadeloupe, Dominica, and Martinique. Finally, the Southern Caribbean cruises enjoy the beauty of the Islands of Barbados, St Lucia, Tobago, Grenada, the Grenadines and the ABC Dutch Islands (Aruba, Bonaire, and Curacao).  Caribbean cruises can last from 3-4 days (Bahamas cruise only) up to 14 days, the most popular ones being the 1 week cruise and to enjoy it at its best, the perfect length is about 10 days. The high season for Caribbean cruises is from Mid-February to Mid-April but some cruise liners start the season en November to finish it in June. Finally, the individual cruises on small sail ships are available all year long according to the local weather.

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