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The Rough Guide to Antigua & Barbuda | 
 enlarge | Author: Adam Vaitilingam
Publisher: Rough Guides
Category: Book
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 1026290
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2nd
Pages: 156
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.7 x 4.1 x 0.5
ISBN: 1858287154
Dewey Decimal Number: 917.297404
EAN: 9781858287157
ASIN: 1858287154
Publication Date: January 7, 2002
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INTRODUCTION Famous for its beaches and its cricket players, tiny Antigua is rapidly becoming one of the Caribbean s most popular destinations. Quiet, unvisited and little- known just a generation ago, the country has taken full advantage of the publicity gained from its independence in 1981 and the remarkable success of its cricketers since then to push its name into the big league of West Indian tourism alongside Barbados and Jamaica. Antigua s early European settlers came from Britain in the sixteenth century. They brought African slaves to clear the native vegetation and plant sugarcane: for centuries, the island was little more than a giant sugar factory, producing sugar and rum to send home to an increasingly sweet-toothed mother country. Around Antigua, the tall brick chimneys of a hundred deserted and decaying sugar mills bear witness to that long colonial era. Today, though, it is tourism that drives the country s economy; dozens of hotels and restaurants have sprung up around the coastline, there s a smart new airport, and people offer boat and catamaran cruises and scuba diving and snorkelling trips to the island s fabulous coral reefs. If all you want to do is crash out on a beach for a week or two, you ll find Antigua hard to beat. The island is dotted with superb patches of sand - look out for Dickenson Bay in the northwest, Half Moon Bay in the east and Rendezvous Beach in the south - and, while the nightlife is generally pretty quiet, there are plenty of great places to eat and drink. But however lazy you re feeling, it s worth making the effort to get out and see some of the country. The superbly restored naval dockyard and the crumbling forts around English Harbour and Shirley Heights are as impressive as any historic site in the West Indies, and there are lots of other little nuggets to explore, including the capital, St John s, with its tiny museum and colourful quayside, and the old sugar estate at Betty s Hope. And, if you re prepared to do a bit of walking, you ll find some superb hikes that will take you out to completely deserted parts of the island. Antigua s sister island Barbuda feels a world apart from its increasingly developed neighbour, even though it s just fifteen minutes away by plane. Despite its spectacular beaches and coral reefs, tourism is very low-key; for the island s tiny population, the pace of life seems to have changed little over the generations, and fishing is still the main occupation. Even if you can only manage a day-trip, you ll find it thoroughly repays the effort involved in organizing a tour.
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Antigua guide... June 15, 2001
scc (Northern VA, USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
My fiancee and I are going to Antigua for our honeymoon. We are staying at an all-inclusive resort, but want to take a day to tour the island. This book was very informative on popular attractions, places to visit, transportation and prices. I was only dissapointed with the fact that there weren't that many photos of the island...but the few that were in there were very pretty! Definitly worth buying if you want a quick, informative overview of the island!
Bumping round Antigua! October 23, 2002
c j johnston (wick, caithness scotland UK.)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
10/10/02 Flew inverness-gatwick-antigua by BA and spent 10 days following the Rough Guide. As this isle has few road signs to speak of the Guide kept us on track and to places we would never have found or been aware of.The gorgeous secluded bay 400m back from Devil"s Bridge was indeed perfect and empty! Eating and drnking could also be relided upon ,Turner"s on Jonson"s point haveing a great view of Montserrat volcano(take bonocs),as well as ex food and svc. Having the guide made this holiday one i will remember, simple as that! Bon voyage.
Very good. April 26, 2001
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
We went to Antigua to stop the world and jump off for a week. But we didn't want to completely ignore our surroundings. This great little guide provided us with the perfect amount of history and suggestions.
 Surprised by it's size January 13, 2003
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I examined numerous Antigua / Barbuda books in various stores and found this to be the best. It's physical size is tiny at 4" x 5.5" but it contained better information than any of the other books I saw. If you are looking for a book exclusively about Antigua and barbuda I would recommend buying this book. It will prove most useful if you review it before you start planning your vacation.
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