Located at the heart of the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean in the north of Trinidad and Tobago, Saint Lucia is one of the top tourist destinations of the Carribbean Islands due to its exotic locations and leisurly lifestlye.
The Island, which has been named after the Roman Catholic Saint Lucy of Syracuse has been the center of attraction because of its strategic loaction and exquisite surroundings from centuries. Such was the importance of this island that Great Britain and France fought over it fourteen times in a span of only four years. In 1979, the island gained the status of an independent island and was included in the Commenwealth.
The island supports a tropical climate, and is regarded at one of the breeziest places of the world- thanks to the northeast trade winds. The capital city of this most mountainous island in the carribbean is Castries, where most of its population resides. English being the official language of the region, tourists from around the world doesn’t face any difficulty in communicating.
One of the major landmarks of Saint Lucia is the famous cone-shaped Piton peaks situated at south of soufriere. This Windward island is loaded with scenic beauties, magnificent beaches, gardens with tropical flowers, glorious mountain peaks, historical marine sanctuary, infinite bars, breathtaking natural views and fantasic French and British artitecture. The island also possesses one of the world’s few drive-in volcanos.
The island has a numerous number of resorts, hotels, self-catering villas, condos, vacation apartments and cottages, which offers accomodation fit to suit all pockets. The people here are famous for their loving nature and hospitality.
Saint Lucia has two airports, Vigie Field Airport and Hewanorra International Airport with the latter being the bigger and the busiest of the two but it is a little far from all the main resorts in the northern island than the Vigie Filed airport. Frequent flights both in and out operate from North America and Europe from Hewanorra International Airport
The best method to travel around the island is by taxi, as the island supports organized Taxi service. Taxi service can be availed from virtually any place in the island. Other than that, most of the resorts also offer their own exciting regulated resort tours to all the promient tourist hot spots.
