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St.Kitts and Nevis

St. Kitts is located in the Eastern Caribbean at 17 20 North, 62 45 West, roughly 1,200 miles from Miami, 1600 miles from New York, 4,000 miles from London and about 45 minutes by plane from Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. The island is 69 square miles with a population of 31,880. Basseterre is the capital located on the Southern  side of the island. Intoxicating natural beauty, sunny skies, warm waters, and white sandy beaches combine to make St. Kitts one of the most seductive spots in the Caribbean. Christopher Columbus first spotted St. Kitts in 1493, when it was populated with native tribes, but the Europeans did not colonize until the British arrived in 1623.

 

Its strategic location and valuable sugar trade led to an advanced and luxurious development that was among the best in the Colonial Caribbean. While development has been of the highest quality, it has fortunately remained in low quantity, so St. Kitts remains un-crowded and unspoiled, famous around the world for excellent preservation of the ecosystems. St. Kitts and Navis are volcanic islands; a fact to which it owes its dramatic central mountains that were created through lava formations. St. Kitts Pre-Columbian Carib inhabitants knew their island with the name of "Liamuiga" or fertile land, a reference to the island's rich and productive volcanic soil.

St. Kitts and Nevis were the pearls of the British Caribbean, rich and enormously important islands that were celebrated throughout Europe. Nevis, also known as the "Queen of the Caribbees," possessed unimaginable wealth from its super productive sugar industry, while on St. Kitts the impregnable fortress of Brimstone Hill stood as the "Gibraltar" of the West Indies. The atmosphere in St. Kitts and Nevis is palpably luxuriant an intoxicating blend of sunlight, sea air and fantastically abundant vegetation, tropical forest areas and seaside lagoons. A great aspect of St. Kitts and Nevis culture is they folklore such as: Clowns, Moko-Jumbies, Masquerade, Bull and Actors.

All come on display in the tremendous exuberance at Christmas time during they carnival to entertain and educate the community about they culture. St. Kitts and Nevis offers its visitors a wide variety of attractions, some of which include Brimstone Hill, Romney Manor, Black Rocks, and beautiful beaches. Boating tours and scuba diving expeditions are also favorite activities. Quaint shopping areas and beautiful Colonial architecture draw visitors to the tiny towns. If a quiet vacation in a luxurious and alluring corner of paradise is what you seek, you'll find it on St. Kitts so come take a virtual trip to St. Kitts and Nevis and see this island in all its beauty and enjoy its people !

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