Fodor's Essential Caribbean

Written by locals, Fodor's travel guides have been offering expert advice for all tastes and budgets for 80 years.

In amazing full-color, Fodor's Essential Caribbean covers the top destinations in the Caribbean, from the Dominican Republic and Jamaica to Turks Caicos and U.S. Virgin Islands. The guide reviews the best each island has to offer, including activities, resorts, restaurants, nightspots, shops, and more. It's a complete planning tool that will help travelers put together the perfect trip to an island paradise.

This travel guide includes:

· Dozens of full-color maps

· Hundreds of hotel and restaurant recommendations, with Fodor's Choice designating our top picks

· In-depth breakout features on the reggae of Jamaica; the many different cuisines of the region; renting a villa, and chartering a yacht

· Coverage of Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; Aruba; Barbados; British Virgin Islands; Cayman Islands; Curaçao; Dominican Republic; Guadeloupe; Jamaica; Martinique; Puerto Rico; St. Barthelemy; St. Kitts and Nevis; St. Lucia; St. Maarten/St. Martin; Turks and Caicos Islands; United States Virgin Islands

Planning to focus on just part of the Caribbean? Check out Fodor's guides to Aruba; Bahamas; Barbados St. Lucia; Bermuda; Cayman Islands; Cuba; Puerto Rico; St. Maarten/St. Martin, St. Barth Anguilla; Turks Caicos Islands; and U.S. British Virgin Islands.