Full-color guide
• Make your trip to the Caribbean unforgettable with maps, illustrated features, and color photos.

Customize your trip with simple planning tools
• Top experiences & attractions • Practical advice for getting around
• Easy-to-read color regional maps

Discerning Fodor’s Choice picks for hotels, restaurants, sights, and more
• “Word of Mouth” tips from fellow Fodor’s travelers
• Illustrated features on Golf, Diving, and Pirates
• Best beaches, open-air adventure, and dining options
 
Opinions from destination experts
• Fodor’s Caribbean-based writers reveal their favorite local haunts
• Revised annually to provide the latest information

"A grand epic."
THE CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER
Master storyteller James A. Michener sweeps us off to the Caribbean,with a magnificent novel that captures the eternal allure of that glittering string of islands and their tumultuous history. Beginning in 1310 and continuing through Columbus's arrival and the bloody slave revolt of Haiti to the rise of Castro, CARIBBEAN carries us through 700 dramatic years in a tale teeming with revolution and romance, slavery and superstition, heartfelt characters and thunderous destinies.
A Dual Main Slection of the Book-of-the-Month Club


From the Paperback edition.

With amazing culture, beaches, activities and weather not to mention the rum the Caribbean is a joyous riot of islands offering the ultimate escape. Ryan Ver Berkmoes, Lonely Planet Writer
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Inside This Book
65 islands covered
13 expert authors
500 days (and nights) of research
874 gorgeous beaches
Inspirational photos
Clear, easy-to-use maps
Cruising feature
In-depth background
Comprehensive planning tools
Easy-to-read layout