St Kitts

St Kitts is easily one of our favorite Caribbean islands. We have spent several vacations there and enjoyed every minute spent on this chicken leg shaped island in the middle of the lesser Antilles. There are numerous fun and interesting choices of ways to spend the days on St Kitts.  One of our favorite tours is a full day taxi tour of the entire island that we have set up by the hotel concierge. It includes most of the major attractions and some out of the way stops that are fun also. It started off with a stop in the shopping area of the capitol city of Basseterre where you can enjoy an ice cold local beer or soft drink while walking around the 2 or 3 block shopping area. The main road circles the entire island near the coast with many roadside vendors to stop and shop their local crafts. Along the trip there are many scenic spots to stop for pictures and enjoy the views. The major historical attraction is the main stop, The Brimstone Hill Fortress is an amazing piece of Caribbean history, and a very interesting place to spend part of the day.http://www.stkittstourism.kn/explore-st-kitts-activities-attractions-historical-sites-display.php?business=136. This very well maintained fort was started in the 1690's and construction continued for a hundred years. There are several plantation houses converted to hotels along the route to stop at . Some of these have very nicely maintained gardens and restaurants. Some of the stops along the coast include the black sand beaches of Conaree and Dieppe, another spot of interest is where the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea meet. There are more beautiful beaches on the southern end of the island, our favorite was Turtle beach. The restaurant/beach bar is a nice place for lunch and a frozen tropical drink. The most interesting attraction at Turtle Beach was Wilbert, a 600 lb. wild boar that was a pet of the owners. During our first visit he was asleep on the beach between the lounge chairs. Our hotel was the beautiful Marriott Resort on Frigate Bay which is on the Atlantic side of the island. This resort has a large beautiful white sand beach with plenty of cabanas. The resort was at full capacity during our stays and you felt like you were almost alone when you went to the beach for the afternoon. It was very relaxing to take a bucket of ice cold coronas and a good book to the beach every afternoon that we didn't go on a tour. One of the favorite places for dinner is an old-fashioned lobster roast at the Shiggety Shack for freshly caught lobster and seafood. It was less than ten minutes walk from our hotel on the Atlantic side of the island to Frigate Bay South on the Caribbean side of the island where there are several restaurant/beach bars complete with live music until the wee hours of the morning. Lunch or dinner here are great and consist of fresh caught lobster and snapper or other catch of the day, and delicious tropical rum drinks of your choice. For those who like gaming the Marriott has a casino connected to the hotel. Our favorite excursion is the windjammer cruises. We have taken the daytime lunch/snorkel/beach tour and the evening dinner cruise and loved them both. The day trip stopped in a seclude bay for some great snorkeling and then lunch. We went to the neighbor island of Nevis and spent several hours on the beach at The Four Seasons Resort. The tour agent recommended trying one of the drinks that the area is famous for , a killer bee. I don't recommend drinking more than one, I'm not sure what the secret ingredient is, but even though they taste like koolaid with no alcohol, they have a powerful kick. The evening dinner cruise was very relaxing complete with the beautiful scenery of the two islands. St Kitts is one of our favorite places to unwind and enjoy a tropical vacation.