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Welcome to the
Caribbean travel
guide on the Paradise
Islands website.
Our
Caribbean travel guide covers many of the
Leeward islands and Windward
islands including the
British and US Virgin
Island chains, the
popular Caribbean holiday
destinations
of Antigua, Barbados and
Saint Lucia as well as some
of the lesser known
Caribbean islands
such as Tobago, Grenada
and Saint Vincent and
the smaller Grenadines
chain, We hope you
enjoy browsing the
thousands of
tropical island
photographs and useful information
about the many and
varied
Caribbean travel
destinations.
The Leeward and
Windward islands
are situated in
the Caribbean
Sea in a line of
fragmented land
masses called
the Lesser
Antilles. Many
of the Caribbean
islands
are
volcanic and a
few are flat
coral
structures. The
whole Caribbean
Sea / West
Indies region
encompasses some
5,000 plus
island land
masses, reefs and
cays. This
section of the
guide
concentrates
exclusively on
travel in the Lesser
Antilles region
of the Caribbean
from the British Virgin
Island group in the
north to
Trinidad in the
south. |
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Petit Martinique |
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The West Indies
were first
discovered by
Christopher
Columbus in 1492
whilst looking
for an
alternative
route to travel
to India. In
fact Columbus
thought he had
succeeded, hence
the name "West
Indies".
The
region's name
"Caribbean" is
derived from the
Carib Indians
who were present
in large numbers
in the region
during the first
European contact
in the 15th
Century.
"Antilles" is
derived from the
Spanish term Antillas and
indeed the
Spanish were the
first Europeans
to dominate the
Caribbean
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The
Caribbean
Leeward
Islands are so
named due to the
prevailing winds
blowing north
and they consist
of Anguilla,
Antigua and
Barbuda, the
British and
United States
Virgin Islands,
the Dominican
Republic,
Guadeloupe,
Montserrat,
Saint Kitts and
Nevis, Saba,
Saint Martin and
Saint Barts. The
Caribbean
Windward Islands
are so
named due to
being on the
windier and
wetter side of
the Lesser
Antilles and
consist of
Martinique,
Saint Lucia,
Barbados, Saint
Vincent and the
Grenadines,
Grenada Trinidad
and Tobago.
Together all the
islands
make up the
group of
Caribbean
islands known as
the Lesser
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Today the
island group
of the West Indies are one
of the World's
most popular
tourist travel destinations
with a huge
demand within
the Caribbean cruise industry.
The region enjoys high
temperatures all
year and
attracts large
numbers of
people seeking a
holiday or
vacation on an
idyllic tropical
Caribbean island paradise. |
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Caribbean and
the World with
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All Caribbean travel guide text and images are Copyright
Paradise Islands
org 2007. All Caribbean travel photographs on this website are obtained with
the permission of the owners and come from various sources
including the Islands tourist boards. Some of our own
Caribbean travel images
maybe reproduced with permission - please see notes
attached to each image to avoid any copyright penalty.
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