Shoal Bay East
A few resorts and restaurants fringe the shores here, and umbrellas and lounge chairs are available for rent. Despite its beauty, this beach remains blissfully peaceful and uncrowded.
Meads Bay Beach
One of the most popular beaches on the island's west end, Meads Bay presents a stunning one-and-a-half kilometer stretch of white-sand beach with clear, calm waters for swimming. The sand here is the consistency of soft, finely ground flour. Luxury villas and resorts line the shores, tucked back in the tropical foliage. You'll also find some excellent restaurants along this stretch. Blanchards is famous and among the Caribbean's best fine-dining restaurants, but if you're looking for a more casual option, you can grab a bite to eat at its sister restaurant, Blanchards Beach Shack, next door.
Rendezvous Bay Beach
Rendezvous Bay is a dazzling four-kilometer crescent of powdery sand and translucent sea, fringed by coconut palms. Calm and shallow, this peaceful stretch of coast is great for families with small children. Sunbathers, swimmers, and shell collectors will also be impressed. Small beach shacks dot the sand, and you can see Saint Martin from the shore. This is also a lovely beach for a sunset stroll.
Maundays Bay Beach
In calm conditions, beach lovers can enjoy great snorkeling and swimming in the clear water. On windy days, sailboats and windsurfers skim the bay. This magnificent beach is also a popular spot for weddings, with a glimpse of Saint Martin across the water.
Dolphin Discovery Anguilla
If you've ever wanted to kiss a dolphin, this is your chance. Dolphin Discovery Anguilla allows you to interact with these lovable creatures in their natural habitat. The dolphins live in an enclosure off Blowing Point beach on the island's south coast. Depending on the package you choose, you can cuddle the dolphins, dance with them, and enjoy being pushed or pulled through the water by these gentle animals. An educational talk is included, and professional photographers capture images, which you can purchase after the experience.
Sandy Ground Village
To soak up the local island vibe, head to Sandy Ground Village. Popular with local children, the white-sand beach is lined with restaurants, a dive shop, and a few low-key places to stay. Its fishhook-shaped bay is one of the most protected on the island and is Anguilla's main port of entry for yachts.
Island Harbour
Sprinkled with a few tourist attractions, the sheltered fishing village of Island Harbour is the launching point for local fishermen, who park their brightly colored boats along the narrow beach. Stop by late in the afternoon to watch them unload the day's catch.
Fountain Cavern National Park
Close to Shoal Bay, the Fountain Cavern is a natural and cultural wonder and Anguilla's top archaeological site. Two freshwater pools and many Amerindian petroglyphs lie 15 meters underground in a cave. The most significant of these is a tall stalagmite carved in the shape of "Jocahu," the supreme God of the Taino Indians.
Anguilla Dive Sites
Anguilla boasts a double reef system with a large variety of corals. The island is also known for its intentionally sunken ships that become artificial reefs. Divers will find seven marine parks surrounding the island: Dog Island, Prickly Pear, Seal Island Reef System, Little Bay, Sandy Island, Shoal Bay Harbour Reef System, and Stoney Bay Marine Park. Turtles, stingrays, and garden eels inhabit many of the dive sites, and divers at Scrub Island regularly see sharks and barracuda. Stoney Bay Marine Park is the resting place of the El Buen Consejo.
Day Trips to Anguillita, Sandy, and Prickly Pear Islands
Anguilla's offshore islands of Anguillita, Sandy, and Prickly Pear are popular day trips for scuba divers and snorkelers. Anguillita offers mini walls and caves, where divers often see barracudas, nurse sharks, stingrays, eels, and turtles. Popular Prickly Pear can be packed when boatloads of visitors arrive from nearby St. Martin/St. Maarten, and castaways love Sandy Island, a tiny sliver of sand with a few coconut palms and excellent snorkeling in its aqua lagoon. Trips to Sandy Island and Prickly Pear depart from the pier at Sandy Ground
The Valley
One of the main tourist attractions on the Heritage Trail is Wallblake House, a plantation home built in 1787. A fine example of island stonework, Warden's Place is a former cotton and sugar plantation great house, built by slaves in the 1790s. The restored structure now houses a restaurant called Koal Keel, and its 200-year-old rock oven is still used to prepare food.
Wallblake House
One of the main attractions on the Anguilla Heritage Tour, Wallblake House is a plantation home built in 1787 by sugar planter, Will Blake (Wallblake is probably a corruption of his name). It's one of only a small number of plantation houses in the Caribbean where the entire complex of buildings, including the stable, slave quarters, and kitchen have survived almost intact. The spacious rooms contain interesting exhibits illustrating Anguilla's history.
Heritage Collection Museum
The Heritage Collection Museum is a great place to learn more about the history of Anguilla. Island artifacts, early 20th-century photographs, old postage stamps, and important documents trace the island's history from the days of the Taino to the present. The museum's curator, Colville Petty, is an authority on Anguilla's history and an author on the subject.
Day Trip to Saint Barthélemy (St. Barts)
To get there, you have two options: Calypso Charters offers a weekly 45-minute speed boat shuttle, departing at 9am from Anguilla and returning from St. Barts at 5pm. Note that the seas can often be rough on this crossing, so the service depends on the weather. The other option is to hop aboard a 15-minute flight with Anguilla Air Services. However you choose to travel here, glamorous St. Barts offers an interesting contrast to the sleepy charm of Anguilla.
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