Golf is also available at Jolly Harbour Resort. Tennis Many of the island s hotels have tennis courts, and most of them do not charge for their use. But sometimes the courts are reserved by hotel guests, so call first. Spectator Sports Cricket is a national obsession and passionate spectators are always on hand to cheer the home team. Antiguan teams play against teams from most other Caribbean islands, as w ell as teams from around the world.
Horse racing is another popular event races are held near the airport.
Most of Antigua s land was cleared for sugarcane fields, so it isn t a lush paradise in fact, it s somewhat dry and barren. There are flowering plants, often in profusion hibiscus, oleander, bougainvillaea and the bright red poinciana tree, also known as the flamboyant. The vegetation provides cover for crested hummingbirds and the yellow-breasted bananaquit. The footpath leading from Nelson s Dockyard around the bay to Fort Berkeley at the harbor s mouth offers wonderful views. A shorter but also pretty road t rip is along Fig Tree Drive .