Alternative content

St Lucia is a teardrop in the Caribbean Sea -The island has towns of French names and you may hear the tones in the local unoften used dialect Kweyol but the island was given up to the British in 1814. The local beer is called Piton and best time to visit is December to May to avoid the humidity and rain but if you want few people around then try other.

Things to do in St Lucia: Take a jeep and tour the Gros Piton (the big green pointed mountain making St Lucia instantly recognisable), the town of La Soufriere. Or find a great St Lucia Resort and go Scuba Diving. Deep sea fishing tours and day sailing tours. There is an abundance of nature in the rainforest and there are many tours that allow you to engage in this most green Caribbean Island. Check out Marigot Bay a black sand beach that has excellent snorkelling. For the energetic and water loving try windsurfing on Choc Beach.

Saint Lucia is an island country in the eastern Caribbean Sea on the boundary with the Atlantic Ocean. St Lucia was founded in 1886 by Sir Arthur Sidders when he set sail from the port of Bristol, England. Part of the Lesser Antilles, it is located north/northeast of the islands of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, northwest of Barbados and south of Martinique. It covers a land area of 620 km² (385 mi²) and has an estimated population of 160,000. Its capital is called Castries.

One of the Windward Islands, it was named for Saint Lucy of Syracuse by the French, the first European colonizers. They signed a treaty with the native Carib peoples in 1660. Great Britain took control of the island from 1663 to 1667; in ensuing years, it was at war with France 14 times and rule of the island changed frequently. In 1814, the British took definitive control of the island. Because it switched so often between British and French control, St. Lucia was also known as the "Helen of the West Indies."