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Family holidays in Antigua

The gentle waves that lap soft, sandy beaches like deserted Half Moon Bay in Antigua will make your family holiday here a memorable one. Take the kids to see how sugar is made at a restored sugar mill on a family holiday in Antigua. Then find excitement in the warm, Caribbean water and swim with stingrays at an offshore reef.

Antigua family holidays: attractions

On an Antigua family holiday, you can take the kids to Fort James in the Antiguan capital of St John's to explore the ancient battlement walls and cannons pointing out to sea. Nelson's Dockyard has plenty to keep young imaginations running wild on an Antigua family holiday, from the Seaman's Galley to the Dockyard Museum. Cricket fans young and old will be riveted by the electrifying atmosphere during an international match at the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Stadium.

Antigua family holidays: outdoors

On an Antigua family holiday, swim with stingrays in the waters of the protected reef at Stingray City, off the coast of Antigua. There's safe swimming on Antigua family holidays at quiet Half Moon Bay. The soft sand and warm, clear water are perfect for water babies of all ages.

Antigua family holidays: day trips

Dream of adventures at sea and set sail on a Jolly Roger Pirate Cruise around the coast. Hire a car on your Antigua family holiday and take everyone for a ride along Fig Tree Drive. From Antigua's low central plains all the way up to the volcanic hills, you pass rainforest and lush banana, mango and coconut groves on the way. Let the kids get a closer look at local wildlife on an Antigua family holiday with a trip to neighbouring Barbuda's Codrington Lagoon, home of a huge frigate bird colony.

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