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St-Lucia
Attractions
A Captivating Landscape
From exotic windswept savannah coastlines to mountains and lush rain
forests, St. Lucia offers travellers much more than just white sandy beaches. Beneath
the peaks of the magnificent Pitons are coral reefs and marine parks, nature reserves,
therapeutic spring baths, waterfalls and dozens of secluded coves.
The Northern Part of the
Island
Union Nature Trail,
Medicinal Herb Garden, Wildlife Collection & Interpretive Centre: this park also
operates a small zoo that offers a close look at some of the island's fauna, including
agoutis, iguanas and St. Lucia
parrots.
Castries and
Surroundings
The Folk Research
Centre is located in a restored colonial mansion which is perched on a hill at the end
of a long, shaded driveway. Its museum displays a collection of cultural artifacts and
traditional musical instruments.
The Vigie Lighthouse
was built in 1914 on Vigie Peninsula. Like its namesake, Vigie has served as an
invaluable lookout post since 1722. The panoramic view of Castries, the harbour and the
blue expanse of the Caribbean Sea is splendid from
here.
Originally built in 1895, picturesque
Government House was the former residence of British governors and is now home to St.
Lucia's Governor-General.
The
West Coast
Visitors can go for
a dip in the public mineral baths of the Soufrière Estate's Diamond Botanical Gardens,
Mineral Baths and Waterfall. The waterfall tumbles over a colourful rock wall, while the
botanical gardens feature an impressive collection of indigenous plants and
flowers.
Morne Coubaril Estate: from its charming
estate house to its pitiful slave huts, everything on this estate has been preserved or
rebuilt to provide visitors with an understanding of what life was like on a plantation
over a century ago.
Established during the initial
wave of French settlement during the early 18th century, Fond Doux is one of the
island's oldest estates. In 1795, brigand units fought off British forces here during
the Battle of Rabot and, as a result, maintained control over this part of the
island.
The Enbas Saut Falls Trail starts off on a
narrow ridge and winds through tall stands of bamboo and over the roots of huge trees.
One of the most striking waterfalls on the island, Enbas Saut drops about 18m into a
pool that is deep enough to swim in.
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