DESTINATION ST. LUCIA

The majority of tourists visit St. Lucia as part of a cruise. Most of their time tends to be spent in Castries, although Soufriere, Marigot Bay and Gros Islet are popular locations to visit. Tourists should venture from the beaten path of shops and beaches and explore the beautiful nature of St. Lucia.

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DISCOVER ST. LUCIA: Anse la Raye, Castries, Gros Islet, Marigot Bay, Morne Fortune, The Pitons, Rodney Bay, Soufriere, Sulfur Springs, Tourism in St. Lucia,

DISCOVER ANSE LA RAYE Anse la Raye is a Quarter on the West coast of St. Lucia in the Caribbean Sea. The population is mainly fishers and agricultural workers. The main town in the area takes the same name as the Quarter and is located down the western coast from Castries, the capital of the country. Anse la Raye is also home to a weekly 'Seafood Friday' ...

DISCOVER CASTRIES One of the major tourist areas in St. Lucia, Castries is a port of call for cruise ships. Cruise ships dock at Pointe Seraphine, to the north of the harbour which is also a duty free shopping centre. A taxi service is readily available to take visitors on tours of the rest of the country or the city. There is also a water taxi available to the city as well ...

DISCOVER GROS ISLET Gros Islet is a community located near the northern tip of the island country of Saint Lucia. Originally a quiet fishing village, it has gone on to become one of the more popular tourist destinations in the country. Originally settled by the Carib (and possibly Arawak), a French map from 1717 provides the first identification of the area as Gros Islet ...

DISCOVER MARIGOT BAY Marigot Bay is a bay in the Caribbean, located on the western coast of Saint Lucia, situated a few miles from Castries. It is surrounded on three sides by steep, emerald-colored hills. It is famed as the setting for the 1967 film version of Hugh Lofting's classic books Doctor Dolittle ...

MORNE FORTUNE Morne Fortune is a hill and residential area located south of Castries, Saint Lucia in the West Indies. Originally it was a fort constructed by the French, it was captured by the British on 24th May 1796. A memorial to the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers still stands commemorating the battle. The original fortifications still stand on the summit ...

THE PITONS The Pitons are two volcanic plugs in a World Heritage Site in Saint Lucia. The Gros Piton is 771 m, and the Petit Piton is 743 m high; they are linked by the Piton Mitan ridge. The Pitons are located near the towns of Soufriere and Choiseul on the southwestern coast of the island. Saint Lucia's local brand of beer is named after these two mountains ...

DISCOVER RODNEY BAY Rodney Bay is a bay on Saint Lucia; it is along the northwestern coast of the island to the north of Choc Bay. It is named after British naval officer George Brydges Rodney. At Rodney Bay you can climb aboard the brig Unicorn, used in the film Pirates of the Caribbean and see the west side of the island by sea from her decks ...

DISCOVER SOUFRIERE Soufriere is a town on the West Coast of Saint Lucia. Originally founded by the French it was the original capital of the island. There were large estates run by plantation owners of French origin and their descendants still live in the area. Napoleon's Empress Josephine de Beauharnais ispent much of her childhood in the town on her father's plantation ...

SULFUR SPRINGS OF ST. LUCIA Sulfur Springs is a popular tourist attraction found in Soufriere, Saint Lucia. In fact, the town of Soufriere got its name from the sulfur mining in the 19th century. Sulfur Springs was a formerly active dome volcano that had its last major eruption 40,000 years ago. Its last minor eruption occurred in 1780. The volcano's dome collapsed many years ago to form a 7-acre caldera ...

TOURISM IN ST. LUCIA Tourism to Saint Lucia is so vital, that it is the runner-up for the position of the most economically important industry, behind bananas. Most tourists are attracted to the relatively unspoiled landscape and beaches, as with many other Caribbean islands. Saint Lucia tends to be popular due to its tropical weather and scenery and resorts ...

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