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When you think of St Lucia, chances are your mind will be filled with images of palm-fringed beaches, lush rain forest, and a never-ending vista of the bright blue Caribbean Sea.
While this isn’t an incorrect view - as a Caribbean island, of course St Lucia does have its fair sh
A mere few minutes away from one of St Lucia’s most popular resorts, Rodney Bay, is Pigeon Island. This picturesque 44-acre nature reserve was once fully an island, completely surrounded by water; but in 1972 a causeway was built, linking the island to St Lucia’s mainland. In its lifetim
It all started as an idea for attracting more tourists to St Lucia during the traditionally quiet month of May. This is toward the end of the island’s annual peak visitor season, but the tourism providers were of course keen to extend that season just a little more, and so the idea of a music
Once upon a time, Friday night was like any other in the little town of Gros Islet on the Caribbean island of St Lucia.
Then someone - one of the bar owners; nobody knows any more which one, but it probably doesn’t matter - thought of a good way to attract customers: they start
The island of St Lucia is actually the tip of an underwater volcano; it’s been described as "as mountainous below sea level as it is above", and that’s a pretty fair description. Hot water vents create perfect living conditions for marine life usually found in the Caribbean&rsq
October is a wonderful time to visit St Lucia, as this is the time of year when visitors are able to see St Lucians celebrating the cultural traditions that make the island such a special place.
The entire month of October is ’Creole Heritage Month’, where the traditional
The world’s first timeshares were advertised in Europe in the 1960s, when an imaginative ski resort developer advertised his new properties by inviting guests to "stop renting rooms - buy the resort instead".
This turned out to be an extremely popular strategy, and the
Marigot Bay is without doubt one of the Caribbean’s most beautiful destinations. Lush hillsides sweep down towards mangroves which dip their toes into the clear blue waters of the Caribbean Sea, which are filled with a great variety of fish and other marine life. The trees and shrubs, as well
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