Must-see attractions in Windward Islands

  • Barbados Museum

    Barbados

    This excellent museum is housed in an early 19th-century military prison. It has engaging displays on all aspects of the island’s history, beginning with…

  • Quarantine Point Park

    Grenada Island

    A lovely grassy area at the end of the peninsula dividing Grand Anse and Morne Rouge Bay, Quarantine Point affords fine views over the water to the…

  • Lower Bay

    Bequia

    Not quite as famous as the island's star Princess Margaret Beach, this is an equally splendid stretch of sand that has a couple of places to get meals and…

  • Camerhogne Park

    Grenada Island

    A well-maintained green space running from the Spiceland Mall down to the white sands of Grand Anse. If you're visiting for the day, it's a good place to…

  • Heywoods Beach

    Barbados

    One of the best strands on the west coast for day-trippers from elsewhere on the island, Heywoods Beach offers good parking, a location well off Hwy 1 and…

  • Annandale Falls

    Grenada Island

    An idyllic waterfall with a 30ft drop, Annandale Falls is surrounded by a grotto of lush vegetation and has a large pool where you can take a refreshing…

  • Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception

    Grenada Island

    Sitting pretty at the top of the capital’s hill, St George’s Roman Catholic cathedral provides a great vantage point over the town. Though Hurricane Ivan…

  • White Island

    Carriacou

    White Island makes for a nice day trip, with a good, sandy beach and a pristine reef for snorkeling. It’s about a mile off the southern tip of Carriacou…

  • Point Baptiste Beach

    Dominica

    This beautiful quiet beach at the foot of a massive rock face has reddish sand, shallow waters and lots of shady coconut palms. You can snorkel right off…

  • Choc Beach

    St Lucia

    A promontory separates Vigie and Choc Bays. The southern section of this long swath of honey-colored sand is flanked by the highway (noise!) but if you…

  • Cas-en-Bas

    St Lucia

    Apart from kitesurfers who come here for the excellent winds, few visit this wide curve of gray sand because it’s a bit off the beaten track. It’s a…

  • Vigie Beach

    St Lucia

    This 2-mile beach runs parallel to the George FL Charles Airport runway. Vigie Beach is where you can find locals taking a quick dip on hot days. The…

  • Cherry Tree Hill

    Barbados

    A historic avenue lined with mahogany trees that leads from St Nicholas Abbey down to the Atlantic. The view from the top is spectacular.

  • Gateway to Soufrière

    St Lucia

    Around a mile and a half up the road to Castries, this lookout at the side of the road affords fantastic views across the Soufrière valley to the Pitons.

  • Mayreau Catholic Church

    St Vincent & the Grenadines

    This cute stone church sits atop the hill in the center of the island. Make sure to head around the back for fantastic views of the Tobago Cays.

  • Grooms Beach

    Grenada Island

    A lovely secluded bay with a swath of soft powdery sand and warm blue waters that are good for snorkeling.

  • Fort Charlotte

    St Lucia

    Sitting atop the 853ft Morne Fortune, about 3 miles south of Castries center, is Fort Charlotte, whose construction began under the French and was…

  • Sunbury Plantation House

    Barbados

    Built between 1660 and 1670, the handsome Sunbury Plantation House was painstakingly restored after a 1995 fire. The house has 60cm-thick walls built of…

  • Malgretoute Beach

    St Lucia

    This rugged gray-sand and pebble beach, just north of looming Petit Piton, has some good snorkeling just offshore. There is an interesting petroglyph…

  • Gun Hill

    Barbados

    This 1818 hilltop signal tower has impressive views of the surrounding valleys and the southwest coast. The island was once connected by six such signal…

  • Morne Coubaril Estate

    St Lucia

    This 18th-century estate off the Vieux Fort Rd, about half a mile northwest of the Sulphur Springs turnoff, offers a great insight into the plantation…

  • St Lucia Rum Distillery

    St Lucia

    On this popular tour you learn the colorful story behind the island’s only remaining distillery and about the the rum-making procedure. The one-hour tour…

  • Archer's Bay

    Barbados

    Fierce waves pummel stone cliffs, eroding them into mushroom-shaped oddities at Archer's Bay, a desolate and ruggedly attractive bit of the north coast…

  • Emerald Pool

    Dominica

    This lovely swimming hole is fed by a 40ft waterfall and hemmed in by sumptuous foliage which gives it its distinctive green tinge. It's one of Dominica's…

  • Mount Richmond Petroglyph

    Grenada Island

    Located a couple of miles south of Sauters, this large riverside stone is covered with carvings and is among the most important indigenous relics on the…

  • Lake Antoine

    Grenada Island

    A shallow crater lake in an extinct volcano, Lake Antoine hosts a large variety of wildlife. It's possible to walk down from the car park to the lake's…

  • La Sagesse Nature Centre

    Grenada Island

    The former estate of the late Lord Brownlow, cousin to Queen Elizabeth II, this nature center occupies the entire length of La Sagesse Bay. Unfortunately,…

  • Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception

    St Lucia

    The city’s Catholic cathedral, built in 1897, looks like a fairly typical grand stone church from the outside, but step inside and check out the…

  • Barclays Park

    Barbados

    The reason to come to this remote Atlantic facility Is more about the beach below than the park itself, which is really just a collection of picnic tables…

  • Leaper's Hill

    Grenada Island

    It is from this cliff face that indigenous Carib families are said to have leapt in order to avoid advancing French forces. The small museum is no longer…

  • Labrellotte Bay

    St Lucia

    This quiet, sheltered bay is fringed by a good strand of golden sand backed by steep hillsides. It has shallow, calm waters, making it ideal for families…

  • LaBas Beach

    St Lucia

    Studded with a strand of palms, this small sliver of sand that juts out into the bay is the picture-perfect place for sunbathing, swimming, snorkeling or…

  • Long Bay

    Barbados

    Down below Sam Lord's Castle, this coconut-lined, windswept bay doesn't get many visitors. It's not a safe place for swimming, but is a good place for a…

  • Fond Doux Plantation

    St Lucia

    At this bijou hideaway you can catch an informative one-hour walking tour that allows you to take in the plantation and a cocoa-processing plant. They…

  • Toraille Waterfall

    St Lucia

    It's not particularly spectacular, but this refreshing waterfall is a popular place to cool down, or wash off the sulfur after a visit to the volcano. The…

  • Martin's Bay

    Barbados

    Fronted by a sliver of sand, this little village is about as local as you get. It has a combined bar/restaurant, a shop and some picnic tables – that's it…

  • Coco Hill Forest

    Barbados

    Covering 53 acres of the interior of the island, this small private nature reserve contains tracts of forest that protect some of the tallest native palms…

  • Public Market

    St Vincent & the Grenadines

    There are some permanent stalls in the market building, but the real action is on the streets outside. Bananas in shapes and sizes that will never get…

  • Layou Petroglyph Park

    St Vincent & the Grenadines

    Around half a mile off the main road, this lovely park is centered around a large rock perched on the side of a rushing stream that was carved by St…

  • Beausejour Bay

    Carriacou

    Hillsborough’s beach isn’t the island’s best, but it’s pretty nonetheless. Fishing boats pull in along the Esplanade, where there are a couple of shady…

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