ST. LUCIA HONEYMOONS

Local Flavours: Creole, French and West Indian dishes are the order of the day on St. Lucia with stunning seafood dishes available on most menus. Local specialities such as fried plantain, salt fish, lambi (conch) and callaloo soup are scrumptious alternatives to the Western cuisine that you are used to in the UK.

On a Night: Rodney Bay is the island’s main nightspot, with clubs, restaurants and live music bars the order of the day. Reduit Beach has regular calypso nights whilst the weekly ‘jump up’ in Gros Islet is popular with tourists and locals alike. The winter months prove the most lively with more options open to travellers.

Shopping: Castries Market offers honeymooners some good opportunity to bargain and barter for local specialities such as dolls, bowls, beads, woodcarvings and unique silkscreen and batik products. La Place Carenage and Pointe Seraphine provide great duty-free shopping opportunities and the chance to grab a real bargain.

Top Resorts: Towards the North of the island, Castries and Gros Islet are two of the more popular and lively resorts and the popular Rodney Bay and Pigeon Point can be found here. The South of the island is less tourist-orientated than its Northerly counterpart, but the towns of Soufriere, Micourd and Vieux Fort are helping to change that and attract a small infux of couples each year looking for a St. Lucia honeymoon with a difference.

Out & About: Catamaran and boat trips around the Island are always popular with visitors, or why not hire your own vessel for the day and head out and catch a whopper – barracuda and kingfish can both be found in the waters around the island. For those wanting history, check out the Pigeon Island National Landmark and its nearby museum for the ‘story of the island’ or if it is more natural history you’re after then visit St. Lucia’s most famous landmarks – the two extinct volcanoes (the Pitons) looming above the island’s second largest town Soufrière. If after this you still need more hot volcano action, then take a trip to the drive-in volcano at Sulphur Springs. The Diamond Waterfalls are eye-catching and the Plantation tours available on the island offer a unique insight into it’s colonial past. For something you won’t find everywhere, why not spend a few hours turtle and whale spotting – St. Lucia is said to be one of the finest places in the world to do this.