Open Road’s Best of The Caribbean

A selective, 'best-of' look at vacationing in the Caribbean for all budgets

Readers will get an insider look at the best places to vacation in the Caribbean, focusing on beautiful hotels, restaurants, sights, sports and recreational activities. Not every great place in the Caribbean costs a small fortune, and our authors ferret out the best resorts in each price level, as they do with everything covered in this book. The authors, long-time Caribbean experts, offer up the best places to fish, dive, snorkel, shop - and of course their favorite places to relax on a pristine beach with an umbrella drink All major islands are covered, with 4-color maps and brilliant color photos on most pages

Paris Permenter and John Bigley are the authors of Open Road’s Best National Parks with Kids and Open Road’s Caribbean with Kids. The couple’s other guides include Gourmet Getaways, Adventure Guide to the Cayman Islands, Adventure Guide to the Leeward Islands, Caribbean for Lovers, CitySmart Austin, Texas Getaways for Two, Day Trips from San Antonio and Austin, The Alamo City Guide, and Texas Barbecue, named Best Regional Book by the Mid-America Publishers Association. Paris and John are also frequent TV and radio talk show guests. They write a monthly day trips column for FIESTA, the magazine of the San Antonio Express-News, and are the proprietors of the popular romantic travel website lovetripper.com.