Trip IdeasFodor's In Focus Cayman Islands, 1st Edition
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About This Book
Fodor’s. For Choice Travel Experiences.
Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. While you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in the Cayman Islands!
•Fodor’s In Focus Cayman Islands features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so you make the choices to plan your trip of a lifetime.
•If it’s not worth your time, it’s not in this book. Fodor’s discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor’s Choice designations, ensure that you’ll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in the Cayman Islands.
Visit Fodors.com for more ideas and information, travel deals, vacation planning tips, reviews and to exchange travel advice with other travelers.
Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. While you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in the Cayman Islands!
•Fodor’s In Focus Cayman Islands features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so you make the choices to plan your trip of a lifetime.
•If it’s not worth your time, it’s not in this book. Fodor’s discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor’s Choice designations, ensure that you’ll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in the Cayman Islands.
Visit Fodors.com for more ideas and information, travel deals, vacation planning tips, reviews and to exchange travel advice with other travelers.
Table of Contents
About This Book ............ 5
When to Go ............ 8
Chapter 1: Welcome to the Cayman Islands ............ 9
The Making of the Cayman Islands ............ 12
The People of the Cayman Islands ............ 16
Spanish Galleons & Pirates ............ 17
Geography, Flora & Fauna of the Cayman Islands ............ 18
What’s Where ............ 20
If You Like ............ 21
Chapter 2: Exploring Grand Cayman ............ 24
Exploring Grand Cayman ............ 25
Shopping ............ 37
Chapter 3: Where to Eat in Grand Cayman ............ 53
Chapter 4: Where to Stay in Grand Cayman ............ 82
Hotels ............ 85
B&Bs, Inns & Guesthouses ............ 92
Villa & Condominium Resorts ............ 97
Private Villas & Condominiums ............ 104
Chapter 5: Grand Cayman Nightlife & the Arts ............ 113
Bars & Music Clubs ............ 114
Cigar & Wine Lounges ............ 122
Dance Clubs ............ 124
The Arts ............ 125
Chapter 6: Grand Cayman Sports & Outdoor Activities ............ 128
Beaches ............ 129
Sports & the Outdoors ............ 132
Chapter 7: Cayman Brac ............ 157
Exploring Cayman Brac ............ 159
Where to Eat ............ 165
Where to Stay ............ 166
Beaches ............ 174
Sports & the Outdoors ............ 175
Shopping ............ 183
Nightlife ............ 185
Chapter 8: Little Cayman ............ 188
Exploring Little Cayman ............ 190
Where to Eat ............ 194
Where to Stay ............ 196
Beaches ............ 201
Sports & the Outdoors ............ 201
Cayman Islands Essentials ............ 208
Index ............ 231
About Our Writer ............ 240
Acknowledgements ............ 240
Maps
The Cayman Islands ............ 6—7
Grand Cayman ............ 26
George Town ............ 28
Where to Eat in George Town ............ 57
Where to Eat in Seven Mile Beach ............ 63
Where to Eat in West Bay ............ 74
Where to Eat Elsewhere on the Island ............ 78
Where to Stay in Seven Mile Beach ............ 87
Where to Stay in West Bay ............ 92
Where to Stay Elsewhere on the Island ............ 96
Cayman Brac ............ 162
Little Cayman ............ 193
When to Go ............ 8
Chapter 1: Welcome to the Cayman Islands ............ 9
The Making of the Cayman Islands ............ 12
The People of the Cayman Islands ............ 16
Spanish Galleons & Pirates ............ 17
Geography, Flora & Fauna of the Cayman Islands ............ 18
What’s Where ............ 20
If You Like ............ 21
Chapter 2: Exploring Grand Cayman ............ 24
Exploring Grand Cayman ............ 25
Shopping ............ 37
Chapter 3: Where to Eat in Grand Cayman ............ 53
Chapter 4: Where to Stay in Grand Cayman ............ 82
Hotels ............ 85
B&Bs, Inns & Guesthouses ............ 92
Villa & Condominium Resorts ............ 97
Private Villas & Condominiums ............ 104
Chapter 5: Grand Cayman Nightlife & the Arts ............ 113
Bars & Music Clubs ............ 114
Cigar & Wine Lounges ............ 122
Dance Clubs ............ 124
The Arts ............ 125
Chapter 6: Grand Cayman Sports & Outdoor Activities ............ 128
Beaches ............ 129
Sports & the Outdoors ............ 132
Chapter 7: Cayman Brac ............ 157
Exploring Cayman Brac ............ 159
Where to Eat ............ 165
Where to Stay ............ 166
Beaches ............ 174
Sports & the Outdoors ............ 175
Shopping ............ 183
Nightlife ............ 185
Chapter 8: Little Cayman ............ 188
Exploring Little Cayman ............ 190
Where to Eat ............ 194
Where to Stay ............ 196
Beaches ............ 201
Sports & the Outdoors ............ 201
Cayman Islands Essentials ............ 208
Index ............ 231
About Our Writer ............ 240
Acknowledgements ............ 240
Maps
The Cayman Islands ............ 6—7
Grand Cayman ............ 26
George Town ............ 28
Where to Eat in George Town ............ 57
Where to Eat in Seven Mile Beach ............ 63
Where to Eat in West Bay ............ 74
Where to Eat Elsewhere on the Island ............ 78
Where to Stay in Seven Mile Beach ............ 87
Where to Stay in West Bay ............ 92
Where to Stay Elsewhere on the Island ............ 96
Cayman Brac ............ 162
Little Cayman ............ 193
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