Southern Caribbean Cruise from San Juan

San Juan, Puerto Rico’s capital and largest city, sits on the island’s Atlantic coast. Its widest beach fronts the Isla Verde resort strip, known for its bars, nightclubs and casinos. Cobblestoned Old San Juan features colorful Spanish colonial buildings and 16th-century landmarks including El Morro and La Fortaleza, massive fortresses with sweeping ocean views, as well as the Paseo de la Princesa bayside promenade.

Basseterre is the capital of the Caribbean island federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis. It’s the gateway to popular Saint Kitts beaches like South Friars Bay. At the city’s heart, Independence Square has an Italian-inspired fountain. Just off the Circus traffic circle, with its Victorian Berkeley Memorial Clock Tower, is the National Museum.

Antigua, part of the West Indies, is the largest island in the eastern Caribbean chain of leeward islands that comprises the Lesser Antilles. One of the characteristics of Antigua is its vast array of natural splendor — from gorgeous beaches and a lush rainforest, to national parks and cities filled with intriguing historic sites. It’s also a spectacular port of call on a Disney Cruise Line Caribbean vacation.

St. John is the capital city on the island of Antigua. The 2 other islands that lie just north, are Barbuda, a desert-like isle, where you can truly get away from it all, and the tiny uninhabited nature preserve of Redonda.

Besides nature’s bounty, Antigua has some of the finest resorts and private residences in the Caribbean, with more than a few famous names owning summer homes here. Among them, talk-show host Oprah Winfrey, fashion designer Giorgio Armani and musician Eric Clapton.

Roseau is the capital of the Caribbean island nation of Dominica. It’s on the southwest coast and known for its 18th-century Creole architecture. Its cobblestone Old Market, formerly a slave auction site, sells crafts and fruit. It’s next to the Dominica Museum, with exhibits on the country’s natural and cultural history. The Dominica Botanic Gardens showcase tropical flora and native Sisserou parrots.

Castries is the capital of the island nation of St. Lucia, in the Caribbean Sea. It’s known for palm-lined Vigie Beach and as a port of call for cruise lines, with duty-free shopping near the harbor

Barbados, located northeast of Venezuela, is the easternmost island in the Caribbean Sea and borders the western Atlantic Ocean. Considered part of the Lesser Antilles, this independent West Indies nation is one of the destinations you’ll visit on a Disney Cruise Line Caribbean vacation.

San Juan, Puerto Rico’s capital and largest city, sits on the island’s Atlantic coast. Its widest beach fronts the Isla Verde resort strip, known for its bars, nightclubs and casinos. Cobblestoned Old San Juan features colorful Spanish colonial buildings and 16th-century landmarks including El Morro and La Fortaleza, massive fortresses with sweeping ocean views, as well as the Paseo de la Princesa bayside promenade.