Start from 29 curated places around St. John's, AG, then choose the recommendations that fit your guests.
Restaurants & cafés
Shirley Heights Lookout Restaurant
Restaurant and bar at the top of Shirley Heights — BBQ, pasta, Caribbean dishes — with the unbeatable view over English Harbour. Sunday-night BBQ-and-steel-band party is the country's defining event.
Sheer Rocks
Clifftop tapas restaurant at Cocobay Resort on the west coast — Mediterranean small plates, dramatic plunge pools at every table, the island's most-photographed sunset terrace.
Trails & outdoors
Fort Berkeley Trail (English Harbour)
Short walking trail from Nelson's Dockyard along the rocky shore to Fort Berkeley at the harbour entrance — 30 minutes one way, easy underfoot, panoramic views of English Harbour from the fort.
Shirley Heights to Pillars of Hercules Walk
Longer hike from Shirley Heights down to the dramatic Pillars of Hercules rock formations at the harbour entrance — 90 minutes one way, moderate effort, the most dramatic coastal walk on the island.
Things to do
Antigua and Barbuda Museum
Compact museum in the old 1750 Court House on Long Street — pre-Columbian artefacts, colonial history, Vivian Richards' cricket bat. Small but well-curated.
Stingray City Antigua
Half-day boat tour to the shallow sandbar off the north-east coast where southern stingrays gather and can be fed and stroked. Friendlier than the sister operation in Cayman; smaller groups.
Landmarks & sights
Nelson's Dockyard
UNESCO-listed 18th-century Royal Navy dockyard at English Harbour, restored and still working as a marina — Dockyard Museum (Nelson's telescope on display), historic buildings, restaurants and a few small hotels in the precinct.
Shirley Heights Lookout
Hillside fortification with panoramic views over English Harbour and Falmouth Harbour, on a clear day as far as Guadeloupe and Montserrat. Sunday-evening BBQ-and-steel-band party is the island's defining weekly event.