CASTRIES | Saint Lucia | Images and Urban Discussions

Un aporte a este tema, hace algo mas de un año estuve 3 dias en esta isla. Aca algunas fotos:

Todas las imagenes corresponden al centro de Castries

Hacia el norte de Castries se encuentra la zona mas turistica de la isla, como Grost Islet y Rodney Bay:

Tuve la oportunidad de visitar a Saint Lucia en el año 2010. Aqui les dejo mi aporte

Ya cerca de Pigneon Island, una pequeña peninsula que sale hacia el noroeste de la isla:





Rodney Bay Marina:

Master dock con bandera de Argentina:

La ciudad de Castries, St. Lucia

Castries is the capital of St.Lucia a country in the Caribbean. 457 miles southeast of San Juan,PR. The district with the same name had a population of 61,341 in 2001-05-22, and stretches over an area of 30.5 square miles (79 km2). Castries is located in a flood gut and is actually built on reclaimed land. It houses the seat of government and the head offices of many of the businesses both foreign and local. The city's design is in a grid pattern similar to a metropolitan city like New York but at a smaller scale. It has a sheltered harbour which receives cargo vessels and ferry boats as well as cruise ships. It contains duty free shopping facilities such as Point Seraphine and La Place Carinage; many restaurants which offer varied menus from local to Chinese; supermarkets and many other shopping facilities. The city is well served by a bus system and taxi service.

St Lucia's main post office is located in Castries. Because most parts of the country do not use standard street addresses, mail is largely sent to P.O. boxes. Any mail sent without a town name ends up in the Castries post office. One of the major tourist areas in St. Lucia, Castries is a port of call for cruise ships. Cruise ships dock at Pointe Seraphine, to the north of the harbour which is also a duty free shopping centre. A taxi service is readily available to take visitors on tours of the rest of the country or the city. There is also a water taxi available to take passengers from there to the city as well. The greatest concentration of hotels, resorts, and restaurants are near Castries and the island's other main towns Gros islet, Soufreire and Rodney Bay. The city maintains three tourist offices, and one in the airport. There are also many duty free shops within the town itself and several restaurants and other eating establishments including Burger King, Dominoes and KFC. From Castries on a clear day it is visible to the far north the island of Martinique you will only be able to see the south end of the island noticing the outline of the southern mountains only on a clear day.

gugi182 said:

From Castries on a clear day it is visible to the far north the island of Martinique [...]

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And we can see our neighbour too The nicest view to see Martinique is Pigeon Island that's the occasion to talk about this "island"


Pigeon Island

Pigeon island was an island but is now linked to St-Lucia by an artificial isthmus.

History:
Thanks to Pigeon Island, St-Lucia is an english-speaking island. By building a fort (that you can visit) on one of the two peaks of the island the English could easily prevent any French attack from Martinique. St Lucia change status between France and England 17 times ! :nuts:
Today it's the most french-influenced island of the english-speaking caribbean, they speak a french-based creole that I can understand, we use to consider them as cousin.

Culture:
It's here than take place the famous St-Lucia Jazz Festival


Pigeon Island, St. Lucia W.I. par madmack66, sur Flickr


Saint Lucia 2011 par joncallas, sur Flickr


Pigeon Island and Rodney Bay par Denise Caron, sur Flickr

I'm from Puerto Rico but 2 years ago i had my last and only chance to visit St. Lucia i grabbed some souvenirs from the island. If you are from St. Lucia you know what I'm talking about.



I still keep a bottle to remember St. Lucia here in Puerto Rico.









St. Lucia currency Eastern Caribbean Dollar (XCD) I took these two pictures in a car i was riding in St. Lucia.





My last memories in St. Lucia what a party!!!!

How to get to ST.LUCIA