Untouchable weather, staggering beaches and the convenience of the same language and currency as the United States make the U.S. Virgin Islands a prime vacation spot year round. This summer alone, we saw the emergence of Wyndham Sugar Bay Resort & Spa, Club Comanche Hotel and The Westin St. John Resort & Villas as well as Hubbly Bubbly Hookah Lounge and The Old Stone Farmhouse throughout the islands. In the last year alone, St. Lucia and St. Croix have seen a flurry of activity, as the former's developments and openings rival the latter's bevy of resorts and hotels.
When we featured it in 1988, the destination was touted for its summer appeal in "red sunsets, white sand beaches and blue, blue water." Indeed, its year-round weather personifies the summer of most of our climates, and, like our 1988 ad, here, we are unable to argue with the thought of the cool, fresh water above the islands' immaculate, fine sand. Stay at the Buccaneer Hotel, considered the oldest hotel in the whole of the Caribbean, founded in the 17th century. Alternately, consider Cap Maison, the cliff-top, four-acre property in St. Lucia.
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