Happy Easter! While you’re pretending that you still eat ham, love attending a very long Mass, and the Easter Bunny is somehow real, you could be far away from the demanding, tradition-filled holiday. Here are four islands where you should spend Easter instead.
Photo: Ottley’s Plantation Inn
St. Kitts: Watch vervet monkeys play outside the spa during a pedicure, sip a calypso sangria by the pool, and fall asleep to barking tree frogs at your favorite Caribbean retreat.
Photo: Walter Hellebrand (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)%5D, via nl.wikipediaSt. Eustatius: Find a new favorite island in the Caribbean after exploring the forts, the volcano, and the black-sand beaches near Oranjestad.
Photo: StanleyMacCoy (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)%5D, via Wikimedia CommonsCabo Verde: Scuba dive, cave dive, whale watch, surf, and fish on an island that rarely receives rain off the coast of Africa.
Photo: Frente [CC-BY-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)%5D, via Wikimedia CommonsFolegandros: See how the Greeks celebrate Easter—Greek Easter is also observed on April 20th this year—in a quiet, cliffside town in the Cyclades.