Attractions For Visitors During St Lucia Holidays
St. Lucia Island is popular for its mineral baths, beautiful clean beaches, bays and banana plantations. The island, because of its stunning beauty, attracts tourists and visitors from all around the world. From well-developed hotels, resorts, shopping malls and taverns to well-reserved nature spots and natural resources, St. Lucia holidays offer many attractions for the tourists and visitors.
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.
St. Lucia holidays are more or less incomplete unless its bays and beaches are visited as they are famous worldwide. One such bay is the Marigot Bay, situated in the south of Castries. The natural beauty of this bay, with exotic palm trees, makes it a wonderful attraction. This bay is arguably the most stunning beach in the Caribbean. If one goes on St. Lucia holidays, it is almost criminal not to visit this beach.
Another beach near Castries that is also quite well-known is the Rodney Bay. It is a man-made lagoon and is quite famous for its taverns, resorts, hotels, and nightlife. People also visit it for its famous water sports and activities.
The capital city of St. Lucia is Castries. Due to many fires and disasters in the past, the city might look architecturally boring, but the city has one of the best public markets. The handicrafts, different fruits and vegetable are all very attractive for the visitor and must be tried during St, Lucia holidays.
Mount Soufrire is the only "drive-in" volcano in the world. The attraction is a lunar landscape. One can drive through the volcano on a zigzag forested road. There are trails and observation platforms to have a close look at the hissing steam and sulphur springs.
The St. Lucia holidays are incomplete unless one pays a visit to the Diamond Botanical Gardens, which also contain the popular Diamond Mineral Baths. This kind ecological beauty is what the Caribbean islands are famous for. Another breathtaking site in the gardens is the Diamond Waterfall that is known to change its colours many times during the day.
St. Lucia boasts of a number of spectacular points of scenic beauty, which could also be viewed from several observation points, such as Fond St-Jacques.
For tourists, who like discovering and exploration adventures, the north coast of the island is a great attraction. It is not a developed area and is never crowded. This part of the St. Lucia Island is in completely untouched form and is known as the natural reserve of Grand Anse. Different species of rare birds and animals, including dangerous snakes, sea turtles like green turtle, leatherback, loggerhead and hawksbill are found here. Other famous natural reserves in St. Lucia are the Maria Islands Nature Reserve and the Fregate Islands Nature Reserve. Turtle watching and bird watching is offered by only a few islands in Caribbean.
