Region

North-west Antigua (St John's and the beaches)

Sleep on a north-west beach; go into St John's for a morning by taxi, and add English Harbour or Barbuda as day trips with the return checked.

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Key facts · Antigua and Barbuda

Best months: Dec–Apr
Visa: Depends on your passport
Currency: Eastern Caribbean dollar
Language: English
Plugs: A · B · G · 230 V, some 110 V (check)
Time zone: UTC−4 all year

Month by month here

Rules in force · 5Several islands (Turks and Caicos above all, also the Bah…

Caribbean ↗Several islands (Turks and Caicos above all, also the Bahamas and Jamaica) jail visitors for a single stray bullet or cartridge in their luggage; empty every bag and pocket before you pack.
Caribbean ↗From August to October keep a free last day before your flight home and check the national hurricane centre daily; airports close when a named storm approaches.
Caribbean ↗Wearing camouflage clothing is illegal for civilians in several islands, including Barbados, Antigua, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, Grenada, Dominica, Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica; leave it at home, children's clothes included.
Antigua and Barbuda ↗Check entry rules for your passport on official Antigua and Barbuda government sources before you fly.
Antigua and Barbuda ↗Camouflage-pattern clothing is illegal for civilians, including children: leave it at home.

The north-west is one base and a few excursions. The beaches are a 10–20 minute taxi from the capital, so there is no reason to change hotels; check the cruise calendar before a town morning and book any Barbuda crossing with the return time in writing.

Where to sleep

3 places in this region

Sleep base

Dickenson BayGuide: planned
Beach hotels and restaurants, 10–20 minutes from town.
Page planned: listed so the region plan is complete.

Day trip

St John'sTrip line
Museum, market and quays for a morning; the beaches are the sleep base.
Best Dec–Apr
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English HarbourCity guide
Nelson's Dockyard and Shirley Heights; about an hour by road.
Best Dec–May
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Plan the nights

How to split the nights, day-trips and what to do with your bags

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Night sequences

4 nights: North-west beach base 4, St John's for one morning
7 nights: North-west 4 + English Harbour 3

Ship days make St John's crowded from about 09:00; check the cruise calendar.Ship days make St John's crowded from about 9:00 AM; check the cruise calendar.

Day-trips door to door

To	From	Door-to-door p50	Last return	Note
St John's	Dickenson Bay	25 min	unknown	Taxi; ask the driver for the return time.

Bags between cities

No luggage forwarding: keep the big bag at the beach hotel for day trips.

When to go

Months and weather

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Seasons at a glance

From each city's month table

Pick a month to see where to go.

Only good-now countries

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Country	JJan	FFeb	MMar	AApr	MMay	JJun	JJul	AAug	SSep	OOct	NNov	DDec
St John's	go	go	go	go	ok	ok	ok	×	×	×	ok	go
English Harbour	go	go	go	go	go	×	×	×	×	×	×	go
Antigua and Barbuda (country-wide)	go	go	go	go	go	go	ok	ok	×	ok	go	go

Go: the good monthsFair: workable, mixedPoor: heat, rain or hazeAvoid: storms, floods, closuresno data yet

Computed from each country’s own data; hover a country name for the source. Advisory countries are left out.

Eat and move on

Regional food and where to go next

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Go next

Other regions of the country

English Harbour and the south

planned

2–4 nights

Nelson's Dockyard, Shirley Heights and sailing

Barbuda

planned

0–2 nights

Long pink-sand beaches and the frigate bird colony; day trip or 1–2 nights

North-west Antigua (St John's and the beaches): what we know, and what is coming

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On this page

3 places with their role: where to sleep, what to do as a day trip
How to split 4 or 7 nights
1 day trip with door-to-door time
Seasons month by month, from the cities’ own tables
What to do with the big bag between beds

Coming as the guide grows

Climate strip by zone, with the storm and haze months
Get in: airports and stations with door-to-door times
Regional passes and cards, with a buy / skip verdict
Regional food: what, where and when it works
A page for Dickenson Bay — Beach hotels and restaurants, 10–20 minutes from town.

Meanwhile

Planning aids

Built from this guide's own data

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Region in numbers

Where to sleep: 1 base
Day trips: 1, 25 min
Nights suggested: 4–7 nights

Trips that stop here

From the Antigua and Barbuda guide

Two-base Antigua
7 days · 4 nights here
St John's / north-west → English Harbour
Antigua and Barbuda
10 days · 4 nights here
St John's / north-west → Barbuda → English Harbour
Leeward Islands
14 days · 4 nights here
St John's / north-west → Barbuda → Basseterre → English Harbour

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Local time

What time it is there now, compared with the clock on your device.

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