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The 6 Most Underrated Caribbean Beach Towns You Need to Visit
If you're still recovering from America's independence festivities and dreading the "how was your 4th" question on repeat over Zoom tomorrow, maybe you can fit in a little daydreaming before your week starts. I'm currently driving home from Orlando to Nashville, already thinking about the second half of the year and where it'll take me. Japan, the Thousand Islands, and Quebec are on my list, and I'm still figuring out what else I can fit in.
If you're doing the same, here are six Caribbean beach towns worth adding to yours. Skip the commercial hubs and tourist bubbles. These smaller island towns offer a closer look at everyday Caribbean life.
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The Everglades Airboat Ride That Could Change How You See Florida
Photos: Sawgrass Recreation Park
Twenty-five minutes northwest of Fort Lauderdale, the highway gives way to sawgrass. Sawgrass Recreation Park sits inside a Water Conservation Area, one of the last diked remnants of the historic Everglades still connected to the national park to the south.
Visitors come for alligators and one of the country's most unusual ecosystems, and an airboat (yes, really) turns out to be one of the best ways to see it.
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Alaska’s Kenai Fjords National Park Is America’s Answer to Norway
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Kenai Fjords National Park is an easy day trip from Anchorage and delivers glaciers, icefields, seals, bears, and open water for exploring, all without the flight to Scandinavia.
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Unplug From the World on the Greek Island of Gavdos, Europe’s Southernmost Point
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Crete gets the crowds, the all-inclusive resorts, and the coach lines at Knossos. South of it, in the Libyan Sea, sits Gavdos: the southernmost point in Greece and, by most accounts, in Europe (Cyprus and Madeira have their own claims).
Known as Ogygia in Greek mythology, where Calypso kept Ulysses, Gavdos still delivers on isolation, with empty beaches and star-filled skies.
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The Most Breathtaking Airbnbs in Jamaica
Jamaica is the birthplace of reggae, home to waterfalls, and one of the best places in the Caribbean for rum and coffee. The right stay makes the trip.
These Airbnbs range from historic villas to modern hillside homes, all worth bookmarking for your next visit.
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