20 Small Caribbean Hotels Where You Can Really Slow Down

The Caribbean’s earliest small hotels were built on intuition, not blueprints. They were personal extensions of their owners — a handful of rooms, a table by the sea, the scent of fresh bread in the morning. Each had its own character, its own rhythm, its own way of making travelers feel like they belonged. That personality was the draw — the charm of imperfection, the warmth of being known. Over time, the idea of “small” evolved into something more deliberate: hotels designed not for spectacle, but for pace. Slow travel became the new luxury — where the reward isn’t what you check off, but