A country · 18 places · 4 regions

Saint Lucia, all of it.

18 curated places across 4 regions — photographed, mapped, and noted with the season each is best in.

Sulphur Springs (Saint Lucia), Saint Lucia
Sulphur Springs (Saint Lucia) · via Wikimedia Commons

Saint Lucia reads below in 4 chapters — Castries Quarter, Gros Islet Quarter, Micoud Quarter and Soufrière Quarter — in any order you like.

Chapter I · Castries Quarter · 4 places

Castries Quarter

A bustling covered market in the capital selling produce, spices, crafts and local hot food. Housed partly in a historic red iron-roofed hall, it is a lively hub of everyday island life.

Rodney Bay, Saint Luciavia Wikimedia Commons

Chapter II · Gros Islet Quarter · 2 places

Gros Islet Quarter

Saint Lucia's main resort enclave, curving around Reduit Beach with a large yacht marina and a dense cluster of restaurants and bars. Calm water, watersports operators, and the Friday-night street party in nearby Gros Islet village make it the island's most sociable base.

✦ December to May · $$

Chapter III · Micoud Quarter · 1 place

Micoud Quarter

A hillside garden on the site of a former estate, with themed plantings, woodland trails and archaeological remains of an 18th-century house. Views extend over Praslin Bay on the east coast.

Soufrière, Saint Lucia, Saint Luciavia Wikimedia Commons

Chapter IV · Soufrière Quarter · 1 place

Soufrière Quarter

A weathered French-colonial town set on a bay directly beneath the twin Pitons, serving as the base for most of Saint Lucia's natural attractions. Botanical gardens, waterfalls, and reef snorkeling sit within minutes of its market square and fishing wharf.

✦ December to May · $$

Every place in Saint Lucia

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