Roseau
Roseau (rose-oh) is Dominica’s compact, noisy, chaotic but vibrant capital, situated on the coast and the Roseau River.
Roseau (rose-oh) is Dominica’s compact, noisy, chaotic but vibrant capital, situated on the coast and the Roseau River.
This national park stretches across 17,000 acres of Dominica’s mountainous volcanic interior.
At the heart of Soufriere Bay, which is the rim of a sunken volcanic crater, Soufriere is a sleepy fishing village whose undisputed ‘hot spot’ is the Soufriere Sulfur Springs.
On Dominica’s southernmost tip, the fishing village of Scotts Head has a gem of a setting along the gently curving shoreline of Soufriere Bay.
This sweeping bay is on Dominica’s south coast.
This is one of Dominica’s most unusual underwater playgrounds.
The coastal road south of Roseau takes you through a handful of seaside villages clinging to Mediterranean-flavored Soufriere Bay, dead-ending at Scotts Head in about 30 minutes.
This pretty village is dominated by a huge hilltop church but the main reason to stop is the wonderful Creole fare at Randi’s.
Your camera will have a love affair with these misty twin waterfalls, whose easy access puts them on the must-see list of just about every visitor to Dominica.
The Layou River, Dominica’s longest, empties into the sea just south of Layou, at the center of the west coast.
Across the valley from Trafalgar, and linked to it by a road across the River Blanc, Wotten Waven is famous for its natural hot sulfur springs and, thanks to some enterprising locals, has become a low-key ‘spa’ destination.
About halfway up the coast, grayish-black Mero Beach is the west coast’s most popular sandy strand.
The 3700-acre Carib Territory, which begins around the village of Bataka and continues south for 7.
Dominica’s second-largest town, set on attractive Prince Rupert Bay, is popular with the sail-boat set but otherwise not particularly attractive.
East of Roseau, the Roseau Valley is a ribbon of rural villages giving access to some of Dominica’s most dramatic terrain and top wilderness sites.
Sprawling Marigot encompasses Melville Hall Airport, a huge fisheries complex and several neighborhoods strung along the highway.
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