20 best affordable hotels in the eastern Caribbean
A world away from the cruise ships and all-inclusives, our writer goes islandhopping through the eastern Caribbean, staying in small, characterful hotels
April 2017
Tourists can help protect St Lucia’s unique lizard
Letters: St Lucia has had an excellent record on wildlife conservation, and visitors should emphasise this to the island’s tourist office
January 2014
Guardian Weekend magazine travel special 2014
Hanif Kureishi learns to relax in St Lucia
A tropical storm cut the power and forced the novelist to take it easy. But that wasn't the only thing he struggled with on the Caribbean island
December 2010
Where's hot now? | Last-minute Christmas breaks
Ask Tom
Ask Tom - your travel dilemmas answered
January 2010
My St Lucia: poet Derek Walcott
The Nobel laureate will be taking 80th birthday guests on a tour of the best spots on the Caribbean island next weekend. Antonia Windsor begs for a preview
Beach beauties: sleep by the sea
Four off-the-beaten-track resorts within earshot of the waves
30 fantastic new trips for 2010
From a newly accessible ski area in Eastern Europe to a little-travelled corner of India, we have scoured the brochures for this year's most unusual and innovative ideas
February 2009
Budget travel guide
Credit crunch Caribbean deals
Find talcum-powder beaches and luxurious sun at bargain prices, with our pick of packages coming in under £1,000pp for a week to the most popular islands
January 2009
The best of the January sales
It's been a slow year for travel companies, so there are some amazing bargains to be had. Benji Lanyado scours the web and comes up with half-price holidays and savings of £600
April 2008
Five best ... plantation retreats
From a thatched cottage in Tanzania to a 19th-century colonial house in St Lucia or an organic spa in Costa Rica
March 2008
All you need is love... and a luxury hotel in St Lucia
The beautiful island is the perfect setting for a voyage of self-discovery, as Sharron Livingston found out when she signed up for a holiday which offers single women lessons in love
February 2008
15 Caribbean gems
If bling's your thing, there's no shortage of glitzy hotels in the Caribbean. But for a more intimate experience, check into one of these boltholes where the welcome is personal and there's not an all-day buffet in sight
