Castries

Understand

There is a tourist information office a 15-minute walk from the town centre in the cruise ship dock at Pointe Seraphine.

Free maps are available from the information desk in the La Place Carenage mall on Jeremie Street, just along from the St.Lucia Fire Service building.

Do

Wander around the lively local market on Jeremie Street. Visit the viewing point over the harbour, at Morne Fortune, just below Government House. Relax in Derek Walcott Square. Top up your suntan on Vigie beach. Cricket is played at Mindoo Phillip Park, but first class matches are at the Daren Sammy Ground in Gros Islet.

Buy

There are duty-free shops in Pointe Seraphine, where the cruise ships dock, and also in La Place Carenage mall on Jeremie Street.

For more local goods, the busy market on Jeremie Street is worth a visit.

Eat

There are cheap local eateries in a small alley that runs alongside the market and down to Jeremie Street.

A friendly and cheap cafe selling local food is on the first floor of a building on Derek Walcott square.

Go next

Take a bus or taxi to Marigot Bay, where the 1967 film Dr. Doolittle was filmed.