Panama City Beach

Panama City Beach


Panama City Beach


Panama City Beach


Panama City Beach


Panama City Beach is a vacation destination unlike any other. With more than 27 miles of sugary, white sand and emerald waters, it's no wonder we are known worldwide as "The World's Most Beautiful Beaches." Voted the #1 drive destination in Florida, 60% of air travel to Bay County are tourists coming to vacation in Panama City Beach. Panama City Beach is fast becoming a world-class resort community with fabulous attractions, entertainment and dining.
The Greater Panama City Beaches Chamber of Commerce welcomes you to visit our city. We know you will enjoy the beautiful beaches we are proud to call home

Montego Bay, Jamaica

Montego Bay


Montego Bay


Montego Bay


Montego Bay


Montego Bay


Low-key and relaxed, Mo-Bay (as the locals call it) is warm year-round. Swim and snorkel in clear water at Doctor's Cave and Fletcher Beach, dive in the ominously named Widowmaker's Cave, golf on courses such as Half Moon and Tryall. Off the beaten path, feed a hummingbird at the Rocklands Bird Sanctuary and tour Rose Hall Great House, a former sugar plantation with a spooky past. After dark, feast on jerk chicken, dance to a reggae beat and gamble on Gloucester Avenue, a.k.a. the Hip Strip.

Boracay Island, Phillipines

Boracay Island, Phillipines

Boracay Island, Phillipines



Boracay Island, Phillipines


Boracay Island, Phillipines


Boracay Island, Phillipines

Boracay Island is a great place for just lazing around. Seven km long, it is only one km wide at its narrowest point. Boracay's largest villages or barangays are Yapak, Balabag and Manoc-Manoc. A confusing network of paths and tracks connects them, and several smaller hamlets called sitios, so maps of Boracay can only serve as a general guide. Slightly more than half the 5200 population lives in Manoc-Manoc.

There is a beautiful beach on the west coast with very fine white sand, particularly near Balabag. The water is quite shallow, however. For snorkeling the east coast is better but beware of rips. There are scores of little sandy bays scattered around the island; they make an attractive alternative to the ever-popular White Beach.

The atmosphere on Diniwid Beach is also pleasant and peaceful, just to the north of White Beach. There are a few places offering inexpensive accommodation there that would cost twice as much at White Beach. Also well worth the visit is the immaculate Punta Beach.

Boracay is also well known for its now very rare gleaming white puka shells, said to be the best in the world. For years puka shells were dug out of the beach at Yapak and then sold. It's already a fait accompli that large masses of land are soon going to be moved in the north of the island. The most important Philippine property developers, Ayala Land, FiI-Estate and Primetown Property Group have bought up 205 hectares of land. There they intend to build resorts and housing for the better off; construction on the obligatory golf course is already well under way.

Every day seems to be a holiday on Boracay - all you need to do is relax and enjoy yourself. Just get up, make some coffee and decide whether to go sailing, windsurfing or perhaps snorkeling and looking at corals. If you're curious you may get as far as the Caves of the Flying Dogs of Yapak' or Bat Caves (admission P20) on the other side of the island, where there are still fishermen who have nothing to do with tourism, except that they too have to pay higher prices in the stores.

For many people, Boracay is the typical Pacific island paradise. Whether this will change in the foreseeable future depends on how much building development goes on. Which will inevitably change the face of the island Out of all recognition. The new slogan seems to be 'concrete instead of bamboo'. Fortunately, so far most architects have succeeded in designing buildings that do not dominate their environment and fit in with the island around them.

Nevis

Nevis


Nevis


Pinneys Beach (Nevis)

Nevis

Nevis is very peaceful and not very touristy. And that's the beauty of it. If you want to have a quiet, contemplative time, it is entirely possible. On the other hand, there are lots of things to do for a more active vacation. Oualie Beach hotel reception desk has all the contact information.

Click here to see our Guest Book for some of the activities our guests enjoyed.

There have been reports that you can do five to six times more work than usual with your laptop on the veranda (taking periodic walks to the beach below and dips in the pool). But that may be not everyone's idea of a vacation...

Nevis Watersports on the beach below offers sea kayaking, windsurfing, and deep sea fishing.

Scuba Safaris (869-469-9518), run by Ellis Chaderton, also at Oualie Beach, offers scuba diving to experienced divers as well as beginners.

Jim Johnson offers guided walks and hikes through his company, Top to Bottom, (869-469-9080). Jim is very knowledgeable and helpful.

Under The Sea (869-469-1291 or 869-662-9291, cell), run by Barbara Whitman, a marine biologist, has a lovely aquarium on Oualie Beach. They offer Touch and Go snorkeling tours and snorkeling lessons.

Mountain bike rentals are available at the bike shop at Oualie.

The friendly captain Lennox Wallace sails his catamaran Caona almost daily from Oualie Beach to the shores of St. Kitts for swimming, snorkeling, or just enjoying rum punch or beer and the sunset.

The Four Seasons hotel has a world-class 18-hole, par 72, 6,766-yard golf course designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr. They also have ten lighted tennis courts.

Nevis Equestrian Center in nearby Cades Bay (a 20-minute walk) offers horseback riding.

Many hotels are renovated plantations that can be fun to visit. A ride around the island on the main road is 25 miles and takes an hour.

Nevis offers many beautiful hikes, including the ones along the Upper Round Trail, to "The Source," and to Nevis Peak (3,232 ft). The latter is hard to find, though, without a guide.

The Botanical Garden of Nevis still needs some time to mature. But the Golden Rock Plantation Inn has a pleasant "nature walk." It used to be the place to see vervet monkeys, but now you are likely to see them from the veranda or on the road to the beach.

Those interested in the island's past may enjoy visiting the Museum of Nevis History and the Nelson Museum. Nelson arrived here to enforce the Navigation Acts and eventually married Fanny Nisbet here. Nevis is also the place of birth of Alexander Hamilton. Cafe des Arts in Charlestown, next to the Museum of Nevis History, has a pleasant gallery and is a cool spot to have a glass of lemonade.

Nightlife on Nevis is low-key. Eddy's in Charlestown has a DJ on Wednesdays; Nisbet Plantation has a buffet dinner and a live band and dancing on Thursdays; Oualie Beach Hotel has a local band on Fridays and a steel drummer for Sunday brunch; and Four Seasons has a Calypso band every day. You can always ask around to find out what else is going on.