Nevis
Coin-shaped Nevis (pronounced ‘nay-vis’) is a smaller, neater version of St Kitts.
Coin-shaped Nevis (pronounced ‘nay-vis’) is a smaller, neater version of St Kitts.
The ferry from St Kitts docks right in the pint-size center of Charlestown, Nevis’ cute little capital, where banks and businesses coexist with tourist facilities and gingerbread Victorians.
St Kitts definitely has a beat, and it’s not just the one blasting from the many minibuses hauling folks hither and yon.
Basseterre (pronounced ‘bass-tear’) was founded more than 380 years ago as the first French town in the Caribbean.
Frigate Bay, located 3 miles southeast of Basseterre, is an isthmus dividing the calm Caribbean side and the rougher Atlantic side, which is dominated by the massive Marriott resort.
A drive around the northern part of the island is a must.
The circular road crosses the southern part of Nevis between cloud-shrouded Mt Nevis and Saddle Hill, passing through the districts of Fig Tree and Gingerland.
The coast north of Charlestown has Nevis’ best beaches, from long and lovely Pinney’s and busy Oualie to romantic Lovers and picture-perfect Nisbet, which is home to a grand seafront plantation inn.
St Kitts’ south is a scrubby wild plain filled with sandy beaches, grassy hills, barren salt ponds and the occasional meandering goat.
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