Readers Take Another Spin Around Their Favorite Islands

The restaurant, which sits above the parking lot, is reached by a lantern-lighted, curving walkway up to a three-sided, candlelit, open veranda on which perhaps 25 tables are arranged. The veranda looks out on the sea to the west, making dining at sunset the ideal time.

Our meals were excellent both nights. The bill, including a bottle of wine, was about $50 per person each night.

Mike Scott

McLean

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I have been to most of the islands in the Caribbean, and my favorite was Barbados. The people are very friendly and happy to see you.

My favorite place in the world is Cancun. I go to the Omni every November for our anniversary. No place else can compete with it. It doesn't matter whom you talk to, they are all helpful and friendly. I'm just a regular person and don't expect to be waited on. They make you feel like one big family.

Carol Fulkerson

Centereach, N.Y.

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I was surprised that Nevis received no stars for nature or history. It has several historic sites, including the birthplace of Alexander Hamilton and the Lord Nelson Museum.

There are seven historic churches, one from the 1600s. In tiny uncommercial Charlestown, British colonial architecture meets Caribbean Victorian.

Perhaps the most authentic aspect of Nevis is that nothing has been torn down for "progress." The island's five sugar plantations, built of volcanic rock, have been transformed into hotels and provide visitors with a feeling of how life was conducted on Nevis when planters became rich from the work of slaves. A drive along the ring road that circles Nevis will take you back in time.

The trails on Mount Nevis are a rain-forest treat of plants and birds, particularly above the Golden Rock Estate. The Golden Rock is also the best place to spot the wild monkeys that were brought to Nevis long ago from West Africa. For some reason, monkeys are drawn to the lawns between the cottages at Golden Rock in the afternoons. They calmly forage for fruit and seeds as if it is their rightful teatime ritual.

Jane Winfrey

Washington