Antigua & Barbuda is in the Lesser Antilles group of islands, in the Eastern Caribbean Sea, to be precise. In 1493, Christopher Columbus disembarked in Antigua and, what’s more, christened it after the Church of Santa Maria de la Antigua in Andalucia’s Seville. It’s situated 3,995 km (2,482 miles) south-east of the United States, so you can picture where to find it on a globe.