There are several reasons for which St. Lucia Island is quite a sought-after holiday destination. These include its wonderful mineral baths, breathtaking beaches and bays and banana plantations. The beautiful island hosts tourists from all over the world. The list of attraction in St. Lucia are many, including, but not limited to, state-of-the-art hotels, malls, taverns, as well as natural beauty and beautiful sites.
One great attraction of the island that draws crowds is the Pitons. The imposing twin volcanoes are quite a sight, their names being Gros Piton and Petit Piton. As the volcanoes are not active any more, they are covered with beautiful plants and green vegetations. There are several holidays that come for St. Lucia Holidays with the intention to climb these pitons.
The main attraction for which St. Lucia holidays are world famous is its bays and beaches. Marigot Bay, located in the south of Castries, is one of these bays and is worth a visit. Bringing its visitors close to nature with its beautiful palm trees on the sea side, this bay is definitely one of the most beautiful, if not the most beautiful beach in the Caribbean. A St. Lucia Holiday is wasted if this bay is not visited.
Rodney Bay is also a popular beach near Castries. It is a man-made lagoon and is well known for its taverns, resorts, hotels and amazing nightlife. It is also a centre of different water sports and activities in St. Lucia.
Castries, the capital of St. Lucia, might appear dull to some but that is only because the city has a history of several fires and similar disasters. However, despite the less than stunning architecture, Castries has great public markets that offer handicrafts, a wide variety of fruits and vegetables, and other goodies that truly make it a treat on the St. Lucia Holidays.
St. Lucia also boasts of the only volcano in the world that one can drive through. Known as Mount Soufriere, one drives through the volcano in a zigzag forested road. On the road, there are areas and observation points from which one can look more closely at the whispering steam and sulphur springs.
A place that must be visited on the St. Lucia holidays is the Diamond Botanical Gardens. They also have the well-known Diamond Mineral Baths. This fantastic and stunning site is one of the greatest prides of the Caribbean islands. The garden also contains a spectacular Diamond Waterfall that changes colour several times in the day.
There are many beautiful places of exotic splendour in St. Lucia. It also has several view locations, one of them being Fond St-Jacques.
The northern shore of the islands has a lot to offer to the adventurous tourists who like to explore. Known as Grand Anse, this part of the island is hardly developed, with more natural reserves and sites, which are naturally not dense with population. Instead, one can find several kinds of birds and animals here that are hard to find elsewhere, such as dangerous snakes, the green sea turtles, leatherback, loggerhead and hawksbill. Maria Islands Nature Reserve and Fregate Islands Nature Reserve are other two popular natural reserve sites. There are only a few islands in Caribbean that offer turtle watching and bird watching.
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