BASSETERRE TO BRIMSTONE...THE BEST TOUR OF ST. KITTS
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Your first exposure to St. Kitts will be your entrance into Basseterre, the capital. It is a small port but the largest town on the island. By West Indian standards, it is quite big and has a different feel from its close neighbor, Charleston. Founded in 1720, it was hit with earthquakes, hurricanes, and finally a destructive fire that destroyed the town in 1867. You will be able to see the French architecture and the Victorian structures that have filled the spaces left by this disaster. St. George's Church, Independence Square, and a former slave market, as well as a visit to The Circus will be part of your tour.

As you travel north on the west coast of St. Kitts, you will stop at Bloody Point, the site of conflict between the Caribs and the combined efforts of the French and English forces in 1626. Your guide will stop and tell you the origin of the name of the site and give you a moment for pictures before continuing on to Wingfield Estate, a deserted sugar mill and the edge of the rain forest. Romney Manor Botanical Gardens and Caribelle Batik affords an interesting stop here, where you can see batik fabrics in production.

As you continue on to Middle Island, you will see Sir Thomas Warner's tomb at the church of St. Thomas. It shares space with the tombs of other earlier tombs of other patriots memorialized here. The story of Sir Warner is an interesting one and it will get you ready for the ride up to the historic Brimstone Hill Fortress and National Park, where you will have time to tour and take in the view from this incredible point. If its clear, you can see Nevis, Anguilla, Montserrat, Saba, ST. Eustatius, St-Barts, and St-Martin.

Your imagination will be in overdrive here as you learn the saga of the past that took place here. Your visit to Brimstone Hill Fortress will confirm to you the important place that St. Kitts played in the Caribbean.

You resume your tour around the island to your next stop, Dieppe Bay, which is thought to be the first French Town. It has one of the only natural harbours on the island, and is protected by a barrier reef not far from a stunning black sand beach. This small fishing village was once a thriving port teeming with warehouses, which stored the sugar before it was shipped overseas during the colonial period. The remnants of those buildings will also conjure fantasies in your mind of days long past.

One last stop for you before you complete your full circle tour around St. Kitts and that is the Black Rocks, a grouping of interesting rock formations left by lava flow and battered by the sea.

Now that you are full of knowledge and have your bearings, you can do a little personal exploring of the city of Basseterre with all its fine art galleries and shops or you can head back to the pier.

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