A beachfront villa and two garden studios inside Antigua Village, a quiet 94-home community on Dickenson Bay: a pool set in tropical gardens, housekeeping by the village's own team, and the calmest water on the island a minute from any door.
All three sit inside Antigua Village on Dickenson Bay: a pool in tropical gardens, housekeeping, thatched umbrellas and loungers on the sand, and the sea at the end of the path.
A covered terrace that looks straight down the sand to the water. Full kitchen, ensuite bath, and the best seat in the house for sunset.
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Antigua Village's own team does the housekeeping, the pool and the grounds, with fresh linens and towels. You never see a checklist.
The village's thatched umbrellas and loungers sit on the beach in front of the homes, inside a buoyed swim line. The sun sets over the water, straight ahead.
Air conditioning and ceiling fans, Wi-Fi, a full kitchen with a proper fridge and stove, a TV, US-style outlets, and a covered terrace or patio to eat outside on.
Twenty minutes from V.C. Bird International. Check-in from 3:00 pm, check-out by 11:00 am. Your door code arrives on WhatsApp the day before, so there is no desk to find and no key to hand back.
You don't need a car for the beach, the restaurants on the bay or a taxi into town. For the rest of the island, rent one: the rental companies deliver to the village and the temporary local permit is issued on the spot. Taxis run at fixed rates. Ask us and we'll point you to the companies and drivers our guests use.
Rates are for two guests; the villa sleeps four, with extra guests at $45 a night. One cleaning fee per stay. Stays more than 30 days out can be held with a 50% deposit, the balance due 30 days before check-in. Free cancellation until 30 days before.
Dickenson Bay sits on Antigua's northwest coast, ten minutes from St. John's and twenty from the airport. The water is calm and shallow inside the swim line and warm all year; kayaks, paddleboards and the day-sail catamarans leave from the sand; the beach restaurants are a barefoot walk down the bay. It faces west, so the sun goes down over the water in front of the terrace.
American, JetBlue, Delta, United, Air Canada, British Airways and Virgin Atlantic all fly in. From the airport it's a twenty-minute taxi at a fixed rate; tell us your flight and a driver can be waiting with your name. US, UK, EU and Canadian passports need no visa. English is the language, US dollars are taken everywhere, and they drive on the left.
Antigua is one of the driest islands in the Caribbean, which is why the beach is so dependable. Christmas, New Year and February book out first. Sailing Week fills English Harbour in late April, Carnival takes over St. John's at the end of July, and Shirley Heights throws its sunset party every Sunday of the year.
Every home has a full kitchen, Wi-Fi and a table that works as a desk, and the village's own housekeeping keeps it that way. Epicurean, a proper supermarket, is a few minutes up Friars Hill Road for the weekly shop. Antigua runs on New York time in summer and one hour ahead in winter, so the 9 am call is still a 9 am call.
Book all three and you have a beachfront living room for everyone, two private studios for grandparents or teenagers, and 8 beds a short walk apart inside the same village. One booking, one calendar, one WhatsApp thread.
Antigua is small enough that nothing is more than an hour away, and the best of it is a beach, a boat or a Sunday. The long version is in The Island, our notes on the place; these are the short ones.
Lunch on the sand down the bay: Mediterranean plates, a long wine list, art on the walls, sand on your feet. Linger.
The open-air restaurant at Siboney Beach Club, a few minutes' walk along the beach. Fresh fish, lobster in season, tables in the sand, candles after dark.
Tapas and cocktails on a cliff at Cocobay, about 30 minutes down the west coast, with plunge pools cut into the rock. Book ahead and ask for a table for the sunset.
A French beach club on the water at Pigeon Point, near English Harbour. Rosé, grilled fish, loungers after lunch. Make a day of it with the Dockyard.
The supermarket, a few minutes up Friars Hill Road: a proper deli, bakery, butcher and fish counter, wine, and the American brands you're used to. For fruit and vegetables, the Saturday-morning market in St. John's.
The wild one: a mile of pink-white crescent on the Atlantic side, about 45 minutes away. Surf on the open end, calm water behind the reef at the other. Bring water and shade; there's almost nothing there, which is the point.
Two long, quiet beaches on the southwest coast, about 30 minutes, with a beach bar on each for a rum punch and a plate of fish. Empty on weekdays.
The postcard one, the next bay along: shallow, glassy, impossibly pale. Go early, before the day-trippers.
The nearest change of scene, ten minutes towards St. John's: a long local beach under an 18th-century fort, with a beach bar that gets lively on Sundays.
An uninhabited islet off the northeast coast, reached by boat: a sandbar, a reef to snorkel and a short climb for the view. Half a day, well spent.
The only working Georgian dockyard in the world, at English Harbour, about 45 minutes. Restored stone warehouses, superyachts on the quay, a small museum, and lunch at one of the inns inside the walls.
The island's institution: a steel band from late afternoon, a barbecue, then reggae as the sun goes down over English Harbour. Leave the villa by 4 and take a taxi back.
A catamaran out to Cades Reef to snorkel with lunch on board, or the full sail around the island. Several boats pick up from Dickenson Bay itself.
Ninety minutes on the ferry from St. John's: pink-sand beaches with nobody on them and the largest frigate-bird colony in the Caribbean, seen from a small boat in the lagoon. Back for dinner.
Wade in with the rays on the east coast in the morning, then drive on to Devil's Bridge, the limestone arch where the Atlantic blows through the rock. Children talk about both for years.
The proper supermarket, a few minutes up Friars Hill Road. Do the big shop on day one; it has everything, including the wine.
Taxis run at fixed rates from the airport and around the island. Rental cars deliver to the village. We'll send you the numbers we use.
Around 6 in winter, closer to 7 in summer. Be on the terrace.
These homes are ours, and we keep it simple. Antigua Village's own team looks after housekeeping, the pool and the grounds. We're on WhatsApp for the rest: the door code, a table worth booking, which beach to drive to on Sunday, who to call for a boat. Ask as much or as little as you like.
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