{"id":6659,"date":"2024-02-08T12:20:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T12:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/?p=6659"},"modified":"2025-02-17T12:21:49","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T12:21:49","slug":"10-days-in-stunning-antigua-and-wild-barbuda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/?p=6659","title":{"rendered":"10 days in stunning Antigua and wild Barbuda."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I fell in love with Antigua the moment I arrived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Antigua\u2019s corrugated coasts cradle hundreds of perfect little coves lapped by beguiling jewel toned water, while the sheltered bays have provided refuge for everyone from Admiral Nelson to buccaneers and yachties. If you can tear yourself away from the beach, you\u2019ll discover a distinct English accent to this island. You\u2019ll find it in the busy capital of St John\u2019s, in salty aristocratic English Harbour, and in the forts and other vestiges of the colonial past. Antigua is also classic Caribbean: full of pastel houses and churches, a rum-infused mellowness and engaging locals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Barbuda, Antigua\u2019s captivating sister island 30 miles north, walks on the wilder side. Whilst Antigua is relatively well developed, in contrast, Barbuda retains its unique cultural flavor. Its resilient population of around 1300 is still recovering from \u00adthe 2017 Hurricane Irma, which flattened most of the deli\u00adcate, low-lying island and necessitated the com\u00adplete evacuation of its human inhabitants. Its extraordinary beaches were unaffected, so traveler’s wishing to lounge on white sand, snorkel around pristine reefs and watch the famous frigate birds should not hesitate to journey here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I fell in love with Antigua the moment I arrived. Antigua\u2019s corrugated coasts cradle hundreds of perfect little coves lapped by beguiling jewel toned water, while the sheltered bays have provided refuge for everyone from Admiral Nelson to buccaneers and … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7064,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[326],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antigua-and-barbuda"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t