Caribbean Living Winter 2021/22

Hello hello… I often get asked when the best time of the year to head to the Caribbean is. My answer (regardless of when I am asked) is, right now! I promise you. There is always a reason, regardless of the season, to be on an island enjoying Caribbean living. In this issue, David was “Aiming for Adventure” in the Dominican Republic and he found it at Casa de Campo, in one of their elite suites. Check it out while I pay homage to this resort as it turns a half-century old this year, via our “It Takes a Villa” feature. Every acre of this resort oozes with the luxurious sensibility it was founded on and represents the pinnacle of Caribbean living. You will definitely want to hear these stories…

AMY SEDEÑO Contributor As a self-proclaimed @hotelista I do quite a bit of traveling, and from holding a tarantula in an ancient site in Guatemala to drinking high tea in Dubai, and petting grey whales in Baja, you bet I’ve got stories to tell. AVA ROSALES Features Editor I am the Caribbean. JEFFREY SOBEL Co-Editor-in-Chief All I need is a book, a bourbon and a boat to a new destination - I’ll be just fine. ANDREW INNERARITY Director of Photography It’s all about triggering emotion via imagery. When I convey the very essence of a situation with a single photograph, then I am complete, because the viewer understands more than the moment, they know the situation. DYLAN BENOIT Contributor I’m a chef with Champagne taste…

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Oh, just wait until you experience one of the new and spacious suite rooms overlooking Casa de Campo’s world-famous golf courses. 2022 is all about long overdue pampering, traveling and revitalization and this resort is doing just that. These newly designed high tech, luxurious suites will be complemented by the construction of the expansive The Spa center featuring amenities complete with a Hydrotherapy area, beauty and Bridal Suite lounge, cabins for special signature treatments and so much more to indulge the body and senses. This will be a “must have” experience after partaking in the resort’s numerous active offerings – golfing one of or all three Pete Dye courses, clay pigeon shooting, knocking out a few on one of the three polo fields, riding at the Equestrian Center…

You could tell by the way that Touzah Jahbash labored out of a small rickety shack that he started his early Wednesday morning agitated. A couple of his donkeys were already causing trouble: They’d clopped over some of his newly bedded plants and chewed up others, setting back yesterday's work on the wild acreage he tends. But then he saw something that made him perk up—unexpected company—us—a tiny retinue of American journos and photogs. We couldn't have appeared any more displaced to this sinewy Rastafarian farmer in this tucked away corner of St. Martin’s Bellevue area. The visit wasn’t on the schedule. But when Karine Fleming, the woman who owned the villa where we stayed our first couple of nights, offered us the opportunity to experience something a little more…

Dream in colors of blues and greens Dream of luxury… and what does that mean Take my hand and explore because there’s a place where the three coexist On an island, in the Caribbean where sky meets the sea There’s a place where fantasy becomes reality Where all that’s left up to you is to simply be. Casa de Campo has our heart. If you have ever taken a villa vacation, you know what it means to vacation in a way that is totally your own. A villa, when done well, is a paradisiacal escape. It is a place in time when the matter of home is suspended and you travel to a place within yourself without a care. This year, Casa de Campo Resort & Villas is celebrating 50…

The pandemic has changed travel forever. Today travelers want an authentic, uncrowded, pristine experience, which is exactly what awaits in the Abaco Islands and its premier property, Abaco Beach Resort. The resort and marina are owned by two Bahamians Manny Alexiou and Andrew Sweeting who have an affinity for boating and island hopping. The Abacos are known for their wild beauty, azure waters, sandy beaches, emerald hills, six national parks and the best boating in the Bahamas. Located just 165-miles off the coast of Florida on Great Abaco in the 120-mile chain of islands and cays that comprise the islands of the Abacos, the Abaco Beach Resort recently completed a massive renovation and expansion. Devastated by Hurricane Dorian, the 2019 storm that was the worst natural disaster in the Bahamas…