Our editors love Pigeon Point, but that's just the beginning on Tobago

If the Caribbean had a national sport, it might be drinking. Find out which watering holes are serving your favourite contenders and what makes them so delicious...if the barkeeps will tell you.

A dozen Caribbean denizens and some top places to see them.

According to the Maya Calendar, the world will end this year. An unlikely pilgrim resolves to experience Tulum before the it does—or more specifically, before the spell of German pop-up the Papaya Playa Project does. DJs, hipsters, designers, and shamans all share the Mayan shade until May 5th, 2012.

I came to the Bitter End with the loose intention of learning how to sail. OK, that’s not entirely true: I arrived on Virgin Gorda with fantastical visions of standing at the helm and hurtling out of the North Sound and into the open sea, squinting heroically into the salt spray and barking orders to first mate Stovall with timber-shivering authority. Trim this! Hoist that! Batten down the other thing! But after damned near sinking a Boston Whaler (a dinghy with the slogan “The Unsinkable Legend”) in two feet of water on my first day, I have grave misgivings.

You’re in love. Big-time. And you want to show it in a suitably big way. A bottle of Asti Spumante and a heart-shaped bathtub in the Poconos won’t cut it this time—better head to Steele Point, doubtless one of the most astonishing rentable homes on earth.

Five places to channel your inner Robinson Crusoe—without ending up a true castaway.

St. Barts' beaches range from the French-inflected see-and-be-seen Baie de St. Jean to the quiet, hiking-shoes-required cove of Rockefeller Beach. 

Grand Cayman's best beaches, from the coconut oil-covered crowds on Seven Mile Beach to the pristine oasis of Smith's Cove.

Anguilla's beaches offer something for everyone, from the water sports enthusiast to those who prefer napping on soft white sands.

Here's a list of our top 5 beachside restaurants, from toes-in-the-sand romance and Peruvian Ceviche at Flying Fishbone in Aruba, to upscale mod and Latin-influenced Pacific Rim flavors Havana Blue in St. Thomas.