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Salt Cay calls itself ”the island that time forgot”, because since the salt trade dried up, it has stood still. All around it, Caribbean islands have soaked up the tourist traffic and grown luxury hotels; 2-mile-long (3.2-km) Salt Cay, however, has planted its feet in the past. There you can rent a villa that has no key – because you don’t need one. Roosters wake you in the morning, there are few cars, cell phones have no receptions.

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Located in the confluence of the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, Isla Contoy is the most important nesting place for seabirds in all of the Mexican Caribbean. The little island, just 5 miles long, is a protected nature reserve and a well-known spot for an eco-adventure. Photo by: Judy Knesel
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In the heart of the old walled city of Cartagena is La Passion – a small hotel created with all the emotion and romance that its name implies. Overlooking the Caribbean Sea, Cartagena de Indias is one of South America’s most beautiful and vibrant cities and this hotel captures much of the Colombian city’s spirit with its beguiling shabby-chic grandeur. 
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When the current owner of this former sugar plantation bought it, the place could be reach only by canoe. These days, you can take a taxi from the airport to tackle the winding route to the hotel or charter a helicopter. Nestled in the rain forest by St. Lucia’s most stunning natural attractions, the location alone makes the hotel a hidden treat. Photo by: RJIPhotography
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Once upon a time Eden Rock was a private house owned by Remy de Haenen, the first mayor of the island of St. Barts and friend of Gretta Garbo. Today it is no less than the Caribbean’s glitziest institution, a family-owned hotel that has been the height of glamor and sophistication for decades. Photo by: robertshaeff
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The purpose and design of the fortress is that of a panic room – a refuge for plantation bosses, merchants, and their families. Small enough to be survived with a sweep of spyglass, yet large enough to support sugar plantations, St. Kitts was settled in the seventeenth century by English and French entrepreneurs. Photo by: Traci L.A.
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An Eden for the eco-conscious, Dominica’s Morne Trois Pitons National Park offers some of the most spectacular hikes in the Caribbean, with more than 483 km of trails. A designated World Heritage site, the park sprawls over 6,870 ha of steams, waterfalls, unspoiled tropical rain forest, and mountains, not to mentioned five volcanoes, fifty fumaroles, and numerous hot springs. The park’s star attraction, sitting beneath a thick vapor cloud, is Boiling Lake, the second largest lake of its kind in the whose milky-colored waters range in temperature from 180 to 197 Fahrenheit (82 to 92 Celsius).
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