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Our Sightseeing category provides a feast for the eyes. Why? Because most all of our selections are famous places that you can view and take pictures of to show everyone back home. Landmarks, sculptures, historic homes, historic districts, cemeteries, water fountains, and statues are just a hint of the sights we've selected.
Category: Sightseeing - St. Lucia Attractions & Activities
Address: Micoud St and Bourbon St, Castries
This scenic square, originally dubbed Columbus Square, was renamed in 1992 for native son who won the Nobel Prize for literature. Brazil Street, Laborie Street, Micoud Street, and Bourbon Street form the perimeter of this little park that boasts a 400-year-old samaan tree. The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, built in 1897, is at one end of...
Category: Sightseeing - St. Lucia Attractions & Activities
Address: Soufriere Estate, Soufrière
Set aside several hours to visit the lush Diamond Botanical Gardens in the Soufrière region of St. Lucia. In 1713 Louis XIV gave this 2,000 acre estate to three brothers from Normandy – their descendants are still the owners. Follow the gorge on the estate and it will leave you to Diamond Waterfall. Next to the falls are the Diamond Mineral Baths....
Category: Sightseeing - St. Lucia Attractions & Activities
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Along St. Lucia's eastern coast lie the rocky Fregate Islands. Walk along the preserve's nature trail and you will see nesting fregate birds, sea caves, a mangrove swamp and, during the rainy season, a waterfall. Carib Lookout on the island boasts the remains of Amerindian pottery. This area is one of the best for seeing St. Lucia's natural...
Category: Sightseeing - St. Lucia Attractions & Activities
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Maria Major and Maria Minor are the two islands off St. Lucia's southeast coast that compose the Maria Islands Nature Reserve. On the 30 protected acres you will see more than 120 species of exotic plants and reptiles, several thought to be extinct outside of St. Lucia. The islands are also a bird refuge where you can see terns, the Caribbean...
Category: Sightseeing - St. Lucia Attractions & Activities
Address: Castries
This working banana plantation is St. Lucia's largest estate, conveniently located just outside of Castries. Call to arrange a tour that includes a walk among stands of mahogany and teak, a boat trip on the Marquis River, and lunch in the plantation house. Your tour will explain about St. Lucia's history exporting coffee and cocoa, and more recent...
Category: Sightseeing - St. Lucia Attractions & Activities
Address: Soufrière
This sprawling 250-acre estate was the first major estate established on the island, and dates from 1713. Treat yourself to the 90-minute tour that interprets 18th century plantation life. You will walk along a track originally built for the mule-carts used on the estate. Beautiful tropical vegetation surrounds the workers village and renovated...
Category: Sightseeing - St. Lucia Attractions & Activities
Address: Castries
Morne Fortune means "Hill of Good Luck" but this little mountain has seen its share of good and bad. This was one of the most fought-over regions in the Caribbean during the 18th and 19th centuries. The fortifications were begun under French colonial rule in the mid-18th century. After the French surrender in 1796 the British continued building...
Mt. Soufriere Drive-in Volcano
Category: Sightseeing - St. Lucia Attractions & Activities
Address: Soufrière
You will smell one of St. Lucia's most famous attractions before you actually see it. Billed as "the world's only drive-in volcano," Mt Soufrière is still technically an active volcano. However it is classified as a "solfatara," meaning it emits gases rather than ash and lava. You can drive your car right up to the ancient crater, then walk among...
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The Pigeon Island Interpretive Centre is located at Fort Rodney in a building that was once the officer's mess. Multimedia displays and ancient artifacts teach about the island's ecology and history from the Carib Indian settlers, through French and British colonization, until today. The highlight of the museum is the "Battle of the Saints" when...
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St. Lucia's most remarkable natural attraction rises from the sea off St. Lucia's southwest coast. Gros Piton and Petit Piton were formed 30 million years ago by a volcanic eruption. These twin, cone-shaped hills were once actively volcanic, but are now covered with vegetation. Climbing is allowed on Gros Piton but the services of a guide are...
