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Five Island Peninsula


If you are riding or just driving around the St'John's area, a visit to Fort Barrington guarding the Southern Side of the St John's bay is well worth the effort. It is only a few kilometers away. The whole peninsula is famous for its turquoise waters and, white beaches and luxury resorts- and the surf is suppose to be quite good here at times.

The road to the fort and the peninsula starts off just beyond the market, turning to the right with your back to town.  The road leaves St John's through one of the poorest and seediest neighbourhoods of town- spot the brothely night club on the right hand side with the caged in window, and spare a kind thought for the modern day slaves probably toiling here.

You will come to a roundabout where a right turn will take you to Fort Barrington. Just go straight past the slowly decaying Royal Antigua Hotel.  Park the car or bicycles by the small bridge spanning the murky lagoon in front of the same hotel and scramble up the hill to the fort complex. The views from the top are great, and the fairly well preserved buildings make the visit interesting ... And deep bay beach bellow is very inviting.


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Return towards the roundabout and take the road to five Island village, a shanty town for resort workers. A little further along you will reach the Galley Bay resort, one of the most impressive in Antigua- definitively not for the anonymous or budget conscious traveller. The beach on which the resort is built is a popular surf spot (all beaches in Antigua are open to the public).

The road continues to Hawksbill resort, where a stretch of the fine white sand beach can also be used by non residents. 

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  • Home
  • Antigua
  • Cycling
    • Around Falmouth Harbour >
      • Shirley Heights
      • Shirley to Indian creek
      • Monk's Hill
      • Rendez vous bay
      • The Donkey Loop
    • Island wide >
      • Cycling to St John's
      • The Big Loop: Fig Tree, St John's, Potswork dam
      • Devil's Bridge & Long Bay
      • Harmony Hall & Half Moon Bay
      • The other way to St John: Bendals to Swetes via the Body Pond Valley
      • Mount McNish
      • The North Coast
      • Five Island Peninsula
  • Hiking
    • The Goat Track (Middle Ground trail)
    • Monk's Hill
    • Walks around Shirley Heights >
      • Shirley Height main road
      • Desmond's and Carpenter's trails
      • Jone's Valley Trail
    • Sugar Loaf Hill
    • Wallings dam walks >
      • Wallings Dam to Signal Hill
      • Wallings Dam to Rendez-vous Bay and Falmouth
    • Mount Obama
    • Mount McNish
    • West Antigua map
  • Activities
  • Time Out
    • Eating Out >
      • Around Falmouth
      • Elsewhere
    • Playing Out
    • Sleeping out
  • Beyond!
    • The Kingdom of Redonda
    • Montserrat
  • Feedback