Protestant Cay is located just off the shore, so close you think you could swim right out to it - but take the ferry from Christiansted. It’s a short ferry ride to get to the beautiful sandy beach at “Hotel on the Cay“.
Since all beaches on St. Croix are public, feel free to walk right past the hotel to the sandy strip. You will not only find the water crystal clear, but the view breathtaking. The beach faces the city and this makes for ideal beach conditions: calm water, shallow sands.
There is a lot of controversy surrounding Isla Vieques, as the US Military used the island for target practice for over 50 years. Finally, tiring of it in 1976, the larger Vieques became the target to bomb. Finally, in 2003, the Navy left here and the 18,000 acre Naval Base became the Vieques National Wildlife Refuge. Even today there are some unexploded bombs in the Refuge.
Yes, it does wind. Sweet sand that goes up the shore for hours. Isn’t that what you’re here for? Put on the lotion and walk till you simply want to turn around. Winding Bay Beach in Eleuthera is picturesque and designed by God to make us know He’s alive and in charge. Dusted by an occasional hurricane, this area continues to impress with a landscape that is as impressive as it is peaceful. Leave the briefcase behind and prepare to be pampered among the palms.
Truely a gem on the Buzios Peninsula is a beach that is actually colored by a certain mineral. The Brazilians call the mineral “granada“, and we found that it contains a great deal of iron - thus the reddish color of the sand here at Praia do Forno, or Oven Beach. We think it is called oven because of the terrain, there isn’t much of a breeze here and it can get quite hot.
