Do you like walking along a golden sandy beach. That is one thing that you can certainly do in Antigua, as there are 54 miles of coastline, to walk along. There are in fact 365 beaches along the coast, that’s one for every day of the year.
Of those beaches, amongst the most famous are Galley Bay Beach for surfing, Half Moon Bay for relaxing and Dickenson Bay which is the most popular, with a number of hotels and restaurants. For example it is here that you can find the Sandals Grande Antigua Resort and the Siboney Beach Club.
Many of the hotels on the island are built along the beaches so that you can literally step out of your room straight on to the beach. In fact you could be on the beach within 10 hours of taking off from London with flight times of around 8 and a half hours.
Should you want to tear yourself away from the beach, then head up to Shirley Heights from where you can obtain the best view on the island. At a height of 490 feet, you get superb views of English and Falmouth Harbours and is best visited at sunset and the early evening.
Today, Nelson’s Dockyard provides many sites and activities for the modern day visitor to enjoy. It was built back in the early eighteenth century, when the British realised the value of having a dockyard to harbour ships in bad weather and keeping an eye on the French. The dockyard is named after Lord Nelson, who as Captain of the HMS Boreas, was sent to Antigua to enforce British laws in the colonies.
