THE CARIBBEAN
The Commonwealth islands of the Caribbean have a long-standing legacy of royal visits; William and Catherine, Prince and Princess of Wales, were the most recent, in March 2022, touring Belize, Jamaica and The Bahamas to commemorate the Platinum Jubilee.
In Jamaica, the couple explored the heritage of reggae music. You could do the same on a day trip to Nine Mile, birth and burial place of Bob Marley. Or take a tour to see the lush inland and forested Blue Mountains. Try a catamaran cruise, snorkel over coral reefs, drift along the
Martha Brae River on a bamboo raft, or join a beach ride at sunset. Stay at Round Hill, a former pineapple plantation that’s hosted Hollywood royalty, overlooking a half-moon sweep of silver sand.
Or go on a luxurious cruise of some of the Caribbean Commonwealth nations, waking up to a different view every day. Pretty ports of call include St Lucia, its coastline defined by the twin peaks of the volcanic Pitons, or laid-back Grenada, where the scent of the island’s spices infuses the air. St Vincent and the Grenadines are emerald-green, jungly islands fringed by some of the most exclusive beaches in the Caribbean, while on St Kitts, once known as the ‘Gibraltar of the West Indies’, fans of military history will be fascinated by Brimstone Hill, a British-designed 17th-century fortress.
GET THERE Elegant Resorts (elegantresorts.co.uk) offers a week at Jamaica’s Round Hill from £2,579pp, including flights. A luxury Silversea cruise (silversea.com) including St Lucia, St Vincent and Barbados, costs from £2,850pp for eight nights, or P&O Cruises (pocruises.com) offers 14-night voyages from Barbados, taking in St Lucia, Grenada, St Vincent and the Grenadines, St Kitts & Nevis and Antigua, from £1,569pp, including flights.