Top Caribbean Luxury Resorts
and Restaurants

One way in which superior resorts and restaurants are recognized is through the famous AAA/CAA Four Diamond and Five Diamond Awards.

The hotels and restaurants are inspected regularly and the listing tends to change annually. The inspections are conducted by representatives of the American Automobile Association (AAA) and the Canadian Automobile Association (CAA).

AAA Five Diamond Awards

Fewer than 1 percent of the hotels inspected receive a coveted AAA/CAA Five Diamond Award. (What are the awards?)

In the Caribbean, they are only four AAA/CAA Five Diamond hotels, most of them in the Cancun area.

The Caribbean has only three AAA/CAA Five Diamond restaurants.

AAA Four Diamond Awards

AAA/CAA Four Diamond hotels are abundant in the Caribbean, particularly along the Riviera Maya in the Mexican Caribbean.

You can find a Four Diamond restaurants on a number of islands, but they .

The following articles are about two long-time Four Diamond resorts on Anguilla:

Cap Juluca, Anguilla: This is the resort the NBC's Today Show used for its special wedding broadcast. Life at this small cluster of Moorish-style buildings is usually more discrete.

Malliouhana Hotel, Anguilla: Another outstanding hotel on tiny Anguilla, the Malliouhana has a steady clientele that stays for several months at a time.

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