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Stir it up

Whether you fancy traditional patties or jerk, or are hungering for high-end fine dining, Jamaica’s creative food can oblige, say Adam Karlin and Anna Kamininski in Lonely Planet Jamaica

When home is a garden of an island populated by an ever-shifting melange of Africans, Chinese, Indians, Spanish and English, you should probably expect food to evolve in some interesting ways. Jamaican cuisine can be as fiery as jerk rub, as comfortably bland as steamed bananas, as heavy as dumplings and as light as fresh seafood. For all that variety, anything and everything goes down well with a can of Red Stripe.

You can smell the yeasty odour wafting from the Appleton Sugar Estate and Rum Factory well before you reach it, 1 km north-east of Maggotty in the middle of the Siloah Valley. This is the largest distillery in Jamaica and has been blending Appleton rums since 1794.

Beauty & The best

Try a bit of celebrity style by buying into a luxurious island development on Anguilla, the Bahamas, the Cayman Islands or the US Virgin Islands. Words Isobel Palmer

You’re looking to invest in property. You might want a holiday home; maybe a retirement property; perhaps a rental property. But, hang on, you’re looking at the most beautiful islands in the world, where the beautiful people go. So, put aside common sense for the next few pages, and join me in a heavenly Caribbean daydream: luxury properties for the lifestyle buyer.

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Set sail for the BVI

International sailing body the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda (YCCS) has just opened its first outpost beyond its home port on Sardinia, on Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin Islands. The islands have a long history of yachting, so a private peninsula on the lovely North Sound was the ideal location for the club’s new marina and state-of-the-art clubhouse. The developer, Victor International, is also promoting a new eco-friendly real estate development nearby, Oil Nut Bay, which is ideal for sailing enthusiasts as it’s only accessible by boat or helicopter. Buyers can spend all day sailing between their home and the yacht club if they wish – the ultimate in relaxation. www.oilnutbay.com

Funny in paradise

Comedy legend Steve Martin first visited his home on St Barths as a holidaymaker, and loved it so much that he bought the villa he was staying in

Steve’s property has four bedrooms, all of them en-suite and with discreet outdoor showers. The interiors are decorated in a colourful and yet tasteful palatte of yellows and reds, while colonial furniture rubs shoulders with more modern pieces.