The Best Islands In The Caribbean For Bar-Hoppers (PHOTOS)

For many travelers, vacation is about spending time with your companions, sleeping, maybe even catching up on reading. For others, it's all about a party.

The Caribbean is a great place to blend the two passions: relax during the day, stay up well past bedtime at night. The islands of the Caribbean have a blend of salsa clubs and fancier affairs, as well as flip-flop beach bars and casual nighttime joints.

Fodors.com put together a list of their favorite beach bars scattered about the Caribbean. While many of the bars look lovely (and who wouldn't want to be on a tropical beach now?), there are so many more that do the trick (just thinking about Le Select in St. Barths screams Caribbean dive bar).

Check out their list below and send us your choice for favorite bars: From beach shacks to dance halls, we want to hear about it!

Captions courtesy of Fodor's.

 

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Aruba: Bring on the Night

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Aruba's waterfront bars beckon with great sunset views The Scene: They pump up the volume at Aruba's resort bars when the sun sets. Unlike many other islands, nightlife here isn't confined to touristy folkloric shows. In addition to catching nightly entertainment in one of the many casinos, you can slowly savor a drink while the sun dips into the sea, dance to the beat of a local band, bar-hop via a colorful party bus, or simply stroll along a deserted starlit beach. Arubans like to party--the more the merrier--and they usually start celebrating late in the evening. Plan Your Trip:Fodor's Aruba Travel Guide Aruba Tourism Authority

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Aruba's waterfront bars beckon with great sunset views

The Scene: They pump up the volume at Aruba's resort bars when the sun sets. Unlike many other islands, nightlife here isn't confined to touristy folkloric shows. In addition to catching nightly entertainment in one of the many casinos, you can slowly savor a drink while the sun dips into the sea, dance to the beat of a local band, bar-hop via a colorful party bus, or simply stroll along a deserted starlit beach. Arubans like to party--the more the merrier--and they usually start celebrating late in the evening.

Plan Your Trip:Fodor's Aruba Travel Guide

Aruba Tourism Authority

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[armaniexch]

09:41 AM on 04/18/2011

Many of those Caribbean islands do have a great deal of history behind them, so if you like historic relics and buildings, you can find out what the historic interest spots are located, and take a tour into history.
http://www.squidoo.com/all-inclusive-caribbean-vacations

[Terry Possehl]

07:58 AM on 03/09/2011

What? No Saba Rock? We just got back 2 weeks ago from 8 days on a charter out of Sopers Hole. Did the whole bar hopping through Tortola, Yost, little yost, vg and anegada. Hands down best vacation weve ever had!

[Skiwee]

01:18 AM on 03/06/2011

Miller's By The Sea in Antigua, had loads of fun there!!!

[jefe]

07:32 PM on 03/04/2011

Buffett wrote cheeseburger at Pine Island in Florida.

[Jahbundance]

04:22 PM on 03/04/2011

1. Barbie's in Grand Turk for the best conch fritters.
2. The Poop Deck in Nassau for the best grouper fingers.
3. Bomba Shack in Tortola for best checkers games.

'Dese 'da real 'ting, mon!

[ZenCrusader]

05:03 PM on 03/04/2011

YES. Bomba Shack, especially during a Full Moon Party !

[Jahbundance]

09:49 PM on 03/04/2011

Skinny dippin'... been there...great memory

[captcct]

09:45 AM on 03/05/2011

Bomba is de place, after Foxy's. Make sure the outboard is running to get from Jost over to Bomba's and mind the swells. Anyway, with quite! a few rums... problem mon, no problem! Irie.
You gotta love it all.

[Mag7]

04:22 PM on 03/04/2011

No Bomba Shack? It is just a shack on the beach in Tortola, but you gotta be there.

[jmols1031]

03:21 PM on 03/04/2011

Every island has a bar that claims Jimmy Buffet wrote Cheeseburgers in Paradise.

[trumbull desi]

01:47 PM on 03/04/2011

My husband and I took a sailing vacation around the British Virgin Islands. So fantastic! And a real bargain, too.

[keysdisease]

01:23 PM on 03/04/2011

Hey, what about Key West? When you O.D. after about your third "Duval crawl" at least your health insurance will work at Monroe Co Hospital.

[traceymarie]

02:09 PM on 03/04/2011

hilarious, I go to the keys all the time, my husband is a conch so we have a home there. I neeed a vacation after my vacation, visit with family then party.

[captcct]

09:49 AM on 03/05/2011

My husband is a conch.... ha, ha, ha. Nice figurative of speech! lol. F'd & F'd. While Key West can be a hoot... I still prefer the islands and island time!

[Henk]

01:02 PM on 03/04/2011

I can do a lot of bar hopping right here in Northeast Minneapolis. We have a bar, and a church, on every other street corner. I cannot scuba dive, snorkel, deep see fish and a hundred other things that they do down there, why would I want to go there to get hammered?

[captcct]

01:46 PM on 03/04/2011

So when you go to church, do ask the almighty to forgive you? for having a cocktail!?

[Dietcokefreak]

02:00 PM on 03/04/2011

To lay on the beach....wait, you're probably allergic to sand, huh?

[darquelourd]

12:55 PM on 03/04/2011

finally some news I can use!

is this the new "Charlie Sheen" makeover to H Post I've been waiting for?

will there be further stories on the best bordellos in Thailand?

keep me posted ...

[captcct]

01:23 PM on 03/04/2011

Love it. See my comment. Fanned and faved. I love Thailand too - and the Vietnamese. Gosh, I hope my wire transfer from Royal Bank of Scotland, Glasgow, from my ex-Aunt's legacy comes in soon in the next few days. I will be off to Phuket on a heartbeat. I am writing my 'bucket list' as my days are numbered due to pancreatic cancer. Damn! and I thought I was still a 'Peter Pan' at almost 60. Sheet.... anyway, Irie'. Have a cocktail on me. lol.

[traceymarie]

02:11 PM on 03/04/2011

I am sorry! Yes indeed you should just have fun and play, good luck I empathize as a 3 time cancer patient. clean 1 year

[darquelourd]

02:26 PM on 03/04/2011

Good luck, captcct! Don't be afraid to let go ;)

have one for me up there wherever "there" is, hopefully they're 420 friendly :)

color me purple, thailand, purple sinsemilla

[ZenCrusader]

12:34 PM on 03/04/2011

The Soggy Dollar on Jost in the BVI is a true classic but my personal favorites are The Hummingbird on St. Lucia is on the beach with a stunning view of the Pitons, Basil's Beach Bar on Mustique and Mullins Beach Bar on Barbados.

[captcct]

01:47 PM on 03/04/2011

Foxy and Tessa rule. And Basil, and Lambi on Union Island and Happy Island, Union.

[ZenCrusader]

05:11 PM on 03/04/2011

Hi Capt. I have to revisit Union bcuz I don't know one beach bar there. I have a fave on Carriacou but can't remember the name. Caribbean dreaming.

[jmols1031]

03:36 PM on 03/04/2011

I agree about the Soggy Dollar :) Mustique is such a small island but it sure does have some interesting people! I've never been to Hummingbord - Anse chastenet? I really like the Tides on Barbados for lunch/drinks. There are a lot of great ones there.

[ZenCrusader]

05:09 PM on 03/04/2011

First time we went into Basils, Mick and Jerri came in and sat at the next table for 2.5 hours. VERY interesting !!! The Hummingbird is on the left & on the beach as soon as you leave Soufriere to drive out to Anse Chastanet, as soon as the road starts to climb. come to think of it, the beach bar at Anse Chastanet can be alot of fun too. I like the Tides too - I love Lone Star but it's more a beach restaurant than a beach bar.The owners of The Fish Pot ( my fave restaurant on Barbados ) bought the old Atlantis at Bathsheba, but it's not a beach bar. I miss the islands. sigh.

[traceymarie]

12:25 PM on 03/04/2011

When I lived in Miami I used to take the 10 hr play ride to the bahamas to party and gamble all night and return home the next morning. Wkends jaunts to the Carribean were fast fun and worth every dime I lost drinking and hitting the casino's. I miss it.

[Blogvader]

01:24 PM on 03/04/2011

I'm an avid Caribbean cruiser, but I don't do a whole lot of bar-hopping. I tend to hit the museums, shop, then spend the rest of my time drinking and reading on a beach or poolside on the cruise deck.

Casino hopping sounds like fun.

[traceymarie]

01:29 PM on 03/04/2011

I agree with the museum hopping, I don't usually shop on vacation, usually rent a scooter to buzz around the island. I don't do cruises, I prefer to fly and let the games begin.

[captcct]

10:11 AM on 03/05/2011

Please do take note and not being sarcastic, but the Bahamas is not the Caribbean. Consult your geography book for correct placement. The Bahamas are located in the Atlantic Ocean. The Caribbean Islands are located in the Caribbean Sea. If you have a GPS learn how to use it or otherwise get a sextant and rely on the sun and the moon to navigate where you want to go.

[traceymarie]

11:49 AM on 03/05/2011

hello, I knew that I was just engaging in conversation and travel stories. but hey I will let you slide on your snark. :)

[Hard2kill]

12:23 PM on 03/04/2011

Great places I want to visit.. I wish I could be there.
http://hotelsmanilaphilippines.org/

[captcct]

01:50 PM on 03/04/2011

GO. Just look up travel cheaply on Google on the Internet.

[hidesert47]

11:51 PM on 03/06/2011

What is a Google ... and it's located where???

[captcct]

01:52 PM on 03/04/2011

Stop wasting your $'s on Mac D's. Enjoy a rum punch and some curried goat with peas and rice and fried plantain. Enjoy the sunsets.

[April22]

12:14 PM on 03/04/2011

What a wonderful time in our country's history to go bar-hopping in the Caribbean.

How do we sleep while our beds are burning?

[traceymarie]

12:26 PM on 03/04/2011

lighten up, I leave for vacation in 3 weeks. All work.......

[Henk]

01:04 PM on 03/04/2011

..and you'll be back in four...

[ZenCrusader]

12:34 PM on 03/04/2011

so we should all stay home under the blankets with the lights turned off and a fire extinguisher at hand ? This is not our first crises, nor will it be our last.