Location & size
Eastern Caribbean; two main islands and smaller islets. Area approximately 442 km² (171 mi²).
Useful facts, a short history and a few well-known places to help you get oriented before your visit or island tour.
Antigua and Barbuda is an independent twin-island state in the Eastern Caribbean, with St. John’s as its capital.
Eastern Caribbean; two main islands and smaller islets. Area approximately 442 km² (171 mi²).
Approximately 100,000 people, with the majority living on Antigua. The capital is St. John’s.
Antigua is widely known for its “365 beaches” — one for every day of the year.
English is the official language; Antiguan and Barbudan Creole is also commonly spoken.
Eastern Caribbean Dollar (XCD); US dollars are widely accepted. Atlantic Standard Time (UTC−4), with no daylight saving.
Traffic keeps to the left. Visitors require the appropriate temporary driving permission before operating a vehicle.
Antigua and Barbuda’s history includes Indigenous settlement, European colonisation, plantation agriculture, emancipation, labour organisation and independence.
Earliest inhabitants included the Ciboney; later Arawak and Carib peoples fished, farmed cassava and traded regionally.
English settlement began in the 1600s. Sugar plantations relied on enslaved labour, while English Harbour developed as an important Royal Navy base.
Slavery was abolished in 1834. The twentieth-century labour movement helped shape modern political life, and Antigua and Barbuda achieved independence on 1 November 1981.
These are only a starting point. A TropiGo island tour can combine well-known attractions with other stops based on your interests.
UNESCO-listed Georgian naval buildings, history and a working marina in English Harbour.
Panoramic views over English and Falmouth Harbours, particularly popular around sunset.
A sweeping east-coast beach known for its curved shoreline, clear water and Atlantic setting.