Known as the “Helen of the West” because of its rich natural beauty, St Lucia seems to offer usual tourist Caribbean cocktail of lush tropical forests and beautiful beaches, but its topography and ecology can’t be matched. Its twin coastal peaks, the primeval Pitons, soar 2,000 feet up from the sea making them a dramatic landmark on an Island that is only 27 miles long and 14 miles wide. Soufriere volcano is also the world's only drive-in volcanic crater, while the rain-forests, with their wild orchids, giant ferns and brilliantly-plumed tropical birds, are among the Caribbean's finest.
Accommodation
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Anse Chastenet
Anse Chastanet lies in six hundred acres of private rainforest on the lush southwest coast of St. Lucia.
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East Winds Inn
Small and intimate, this Caribbean hideaway is, according to the Financial Times, ‘full of tropical character and about as far from a typical Caribbean resort as you could imagine’.
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Jade Mountain
Jade Mountain offers grand suites which are deliberately technology free; there is no phone, television or radio to distract you from the perfection of the surroundings.
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Cap Maison
Cap Maison is set on a low cliffside with views over the turquoise Caribbean Sea and Pigeon Point with Smuggler’s Cove, one of St. Lucia’s loveliest beaches next door.
