bjbj Travelguru.tv St Kitts Island Guide With BA offering direct flights from the UK, St
Kitts is now firmly on the Caribbean tourism map. Its an island that has all the usual
tick list of sun, sea and sand but what strikes me most about St Kitts is just how different
it is to many other Caribbean islands Getting around the island is really easy. If you go
on an organised tour, you ll be in a bus no bigger than this, you can of course have a
taxi driver, or I think St Kitts is a place to hire your own car, drive around and explore
it for yourself A straight drive round the coastline would only take a couple of hours
but there are plenty of distractions along the way. One of the most famous is the magnificent
Brimstone Hill Fortress, the only manmade UNESCO World Heritage site in the Eastern
Caribbean. The fort dates back to 1690 and is a monument to the ingenuity of the British
engineers who designed it, as well as the skill and endurance of the African slaves
who built and maintained it. m no historian, but I ve really enjoyed my time here today.
If you are interested in history you must allow a half day at least, there s so much
to see and find out about. Even if you re not I would call this a must see in St Kitts
in fact I d even go as far as to say it s a must see in the Caribbean Another interesting
stop is Romney Manor, set in beautiful gardens and home to Caribelle Batik a great place
to pick up some colourful souvenirs The capital, Basseterre also demands time
to explore. This is where the cruise ships dock so there s lots of shopping and restaurants
to enjoy. On weekdays (and especially for Saturday morning market) its buzzing with
life but I took advantage of Sunday morning calm to take a walking tour with local guide,
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history adds an extra dimension to a holiday here but there are also lots of other things
to see and do There s a huge range of accommodation here on St Kitts. The biggest by far is the
Marriott Resort, there s over 600 rooms everything you could possibly conceive of from a resort,
so if that s the type of place you like to stay in St Kitts has got it. There s also
much simpler Caribbean style hotels, Timothy Beach for example is literally on a great
beach and there s some really great bars to on the beach. I have a personal favourite
and it s the plantation inn style of hotel. Rawlins Plantation Inn ,is the smaller of
the two, really intimate. One of the rooms is actually a former Sugar Mill and you are
sleeping right in the middle of the sugar mill very romantic. Very peaceful, very quiet,
take a good book and expect to hear birdsong and very little else. Good food is a secret
to these places too and that applies at Rawlins and also at Ottleys Plantation Inn. It the
bigger of the two, sprawling across a magnificent estate with lovely views down to the sea,
a real gem St Kitts is relatively new to tourism but is catching up fast. There are lots of
new developments coming, most notably Christophe Harbour on the southern peninsula. So the
island is changing but I sense there is a strong desire locally to maintain its unique
charm and personality ve had a really good look round St Kitts and there s a lot to look
at. There s so much history here, the culture is fascinating, the island s very beautiful.
I think what s really struck me is the Kittian people that we ve met, who are so friendly
but in a very unforced and natural way. For me this is unmanicured Caribbean at its best.
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