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Dominica holidays

December 2023

  • A middle-aged black man wearing a mask  stands knee-deep in the sea as someone rows out to fishing boats in the distance

    Southern frontlines: Latin America and the Caribbean
    In the eye of the climate storm: hurricane-hit Dominica bets on a resilient eco-future

    Vulnerable to ever-more powerful storms, the Caribbean’s ‘nature island’ is future-proofing infrastructure and tourism to mitigate the economic and environmental impacts of extreme weather

July 2019

  • Rainforest around a freshwater lake in Dominica

    A tour of Dominica in search of Creole cooking and the spirit of Jean Rhys

    On the taste and scent trail of the Caribbean island immortalised by the Celtic-Creole novelist

February 2012

  • Caribbean, St Lucia, Soufriere, Petit Piton and Hummingbird beach resort

    The world's best beach hotels and accommodation on a budget
    Eastern Caribbean's top 10 beach hotels and places to stay on a budget, from Grenada to Dominica

    Continuing our series on fabulous places to stay on the beach around the world, we pick 10 small, friendly gems in the eastern Caribbean for £80 per night or less

October 2010

  • walking in Dominica

    Dominica's new coast-to-coast walking trail

    Kevin Rushby is one of the first visitors to tread a new walking trail which runs the length of Dominica, through virgin rainforest, over mountainous ridges and to a boiling volcanic lake

November 2009

  • offpiste

    In brief

    Follow the powder | Stargazing in Oman | Cheap ski flights | Butlins auditions | Walking in Dominica | Setting Durham alight

July 2009

  • White Sand beach at Pointe Baptiste, Dominica

    Still word perfect

    Few Caribbean rentals are as atmospheric as Pointe Baptiste. Elma Napier's Dominican home has lost none of its 1930s elegance

May 2009

  • The church at Budir

    Top 20s
    Weddings abroad

    Annabelle Thorpe and Nicola Iseard reveal 20 of the world's most romantic, and affordable, spots to tie the knot

January 2009

  • Beach in Dominica

    Hidden Caribbean

    Dominica has avoided the rampant development which has blighted so much of the Caribbean. Elizabeth Day soaks up the island's natural beauty

June 2008

  • Beach in Dominica

    Windward bound

    The Caribbean's all sun, sand and soca, right? Well, not always. Gary Younge visits Dominica and discovers an island with a tropical twist

January 2008

  • Saadani Game Reserve, Tanzania

    Hot and steamy romantic trips

    Get wild with your lover on a jungly island in Malawi or whisk them away to a deserted beach in Sri Lanka

October 2006

  • Richard Hammond's clean break
    Clean break

    Papillote Wilderness Retreat, Dominica.

June 2000

  • The day the earth boiled

    Chasing volcanoes is a risky business as some tourists discovered at Mount Etna last week. But the thrill of watching the earth move is a powerful draw. Polly Pattullo goes to the edge of the Boiling Lake

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