Anguilla’s south coast is home to one of the most remarkable stretches of beach land not just in the region but the world over. Beginning with Sandy Point, on the western edge of Blowing Point, four simply flabbergasting bays open up in quick succession: Rendezvous Bay, Cove Bay, Maundays Bay and Shoal Bay West coil […]
Meads, Long & Barnes Bays
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When the first English settlers arrived in Anguilla—likely running away from creditors, the law, or religious persecution—they were greeted by the virginal white sand and embarrassingly beautiful beaches of a barren, seemingly uninhabited island. That was back in the mid seventeenth century, though ironically what potential investors found roughly 320 years later was not all […]
Wealth comes in many guises, especially when it refers to the public resources of whole countries or territories. Some have oil, some have gold, others have massive snow-capped mountains that they turn into skiing resorts. Anguilla’s most precious natural resource is, without doubt, the many exceptional beaches that garland the island’s coastline, especially along the […]
If you have visited Anguilla the likelihood is you arrived by boat from St. Martin. The ferry terminal at Blowing Point is the point of entry of more than three quarters of the island’s visitors, which means that the silhouette of Anguilla gaining shape in the distance as the boat approaches from the south is […]