pool

When I dream about traveling to St. Barths, I think about pool-hopping, though not in the jet set fashion most commonly associated with the island.

The clock that crowns The Somerset is impossible to miss from the pool area, a nice convenience factor that I grew to hate in my last few hours at the resort.

Sun, forest, Pitons, the sea and in the middle of it all: you, all alone, in your private pool at Stonefield Estate Resort, St. Lucia. Wish you were here?

The best pools in the Caribbean are natural ones like the tide pools found along the northwestern shores of my home island of St. Croix.

Several ingredients go into crafting the perfect morning. Vacation St. Croix's Solitude House villa comes with pretty much all of them, standard.

Sunday, 5:55pm. Cap Est Lagoon Resort & Spa in Le Francois, Martinique... No better time or place for a dip in the pool.

The best pools in the Caribbean don't come with swim-up bars. They're natural saltwater pools like the Owia Salt Pond in St. Vincent.

Playa Bonita translates to "pretty beach" and it more than lives up to its name. It's long, lined with palm trees, and blessed with clear, cool waters.