The unspoiled Caribbean island of Saint Lucia boasts some of the top hotels in the world – WCVB Boston

The unspoiled Caribbean island of Saint Lucia boasts some of the top hotels in the world

Lush, green and tropical, Saint Lucia has something to please all five senses

Updated: 11:34 AM EDT Mar 18, 2022

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TAKES US BACK TO ST. LUCIA. ANTHON LY:USH, GREEN, TROPICAL. ST. LUCIA HAS SOMETHING TO PLEASE ALL FIVE SENSES. LOCATED IN THE LESSER ANTILLES, THIS IS STUNNING AND SQUARED ISLAND IS A TRUE CARIBANBEEM G. ST. LUCIAS I AN ISLAND OF MANY PERSONALITIES, MUCH DIFFERENT IN THE SOUTH THAN IT IS IN THE NOH.RT THE NORTH HAS THE BUSTLIN G CAPITAL CITY, AND HERE IN RONNIE BAKER -- ROEYDN BAY, A WORLD-CLASSARIN MA, RESTAURANTS, AND SHOPPING. TO THE STHOU IS THE TOWN OF SIOUX PRAYER. FROM A RAINBOW TO BOTANICAL GARDENS, RAIN FOREST, AND THE BE MAGNIFICENT PITONS. THEES BREATHTAKING TWIN PEAKS ARE THE ISLAND' TRADEMARK. EYTH SOARED 2000 FEET ABOVE THE CARIBBEAN SEA, AND LEAVE A LASTING IMPRESSION, SAYS THE MINISTER OF TOURISM. >> I THINK THE MOMENT PEOPLE SEE THE PITONS IS THE WAY PEOPLE SEE PYRAMIDS. IT IS OUR UNIQUE FEATURE AND IT IS VERY EASILY RECOGNIZAE.BL ANTHONY: ST. LUCIS' DOUBLE PERSONALITY IS ROOTED IN HISTORY, HE SAYS. THE ISLAND TRADED HANDS BETWEEN THE FRENCH AND ETH BRITISH 14 TIMES, UNTIL THE BRISHTI TOOK FILNA CONTROL IN 1814. >> WHENEVER THE FRENCH WERE IN POWER, SUE FAIR WAS THE CAPITAL, AND WHEN THE BRITISH WERE IN POWER,AS CTRIES WAS THE CAPIT.AL THEY TOOK ON TWO DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES IN TERMS OF ARCHITECTURE AND ADJUTANT PERSONALITY. ANTHONY: EVEN THE CLIMATE IS DIFFERENT. >> THIS IS THE RAIN REFOST AREA, AND UP NORTH IS DRY. EVEN BETWEEN THE TWO, GOING THROUGH THE DIFFERENT VILLAGES GIVES THE PERSON A VERY DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE. ANTHONY: ONE EXPERIENCE WORTH STOPPING FOR, RYMA GO-BAG, A TROPICAL HAVEN FOR THE YACHTING CLUB AND THE SETTING FOR THE 6719 MOVIE "DCDOORCT DOOLITTLE." >> BROTHERS OF WHERE YOU ARE, IT IS FULOFL ROMANCE -- REGARDLESS OF WHERE YOU ARE, IT IS FULL OF ROMANCE. ANTHONY: PERPSHA NOWHERE SAYS ROMANCE MORE THAN THE SECLUDED RESOSRT HIGH ON A HILLSE.ID WITH VOLCANIC BEACHES AND EXQUISITE ARCHITECTURE, THEY ARE CONSIDERED BY TRAVEL AND LEISURE MAGAZINE THE TOP HOTELS IN THE WORLD. NEARBY, LADE,RA NESTLED 1000 FEET UP BETWEEN THE PITONS. THIS RESORT AIS THREE-WALLED MARVEL. THE ROOMS HAVE NO FOTHUR WALL. >> WHEN YOU EAR HERE, YOU ARE A GUEST OF MOTHER NATURE. THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT THE DESIGN COMMITTEE ARCHITECTE,UR THE LOCATION -- DESIGN, THE ARCHITECTU,RE LOCATION, AND THE PEACE AND TRANQUILITY THAT IMBUES THIS RESORT. ANTHONY CLEMENT THE TRADE WINDS STEADY TEMPERATURE MAKE A FOURTH WALL UNNECESSARY, SAYS SCOTT, WHOSE TTMOO IS A VIEW WITH THE ROOM. >> BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION, THEYRE PERFECTLY SAFE HERE. WE DONT HAVE PROBLEMS WITH PRIVACY BECAUSE WE ARE 1000 FEET UP. WE DONT HAVE A VORACIOUS CRITTERS HEER IN ST. LUCIA. PEOPLE BEGIN TO LEARN THE INCREDIBLE NATALUR RHYTHMS OF LIVING WITH THE S,UN LIVING WITH NATURE. ANTHYON: NO PHONES, NO TELEVISIONS. GUESTS UNPLUG FROM THE OUTSIDE WORLD. PARADISE DOESN'TCOME CHEAP IN THESE LURYXU ROOMS, WHERE EVERYTHING IS MADE LOCALLY BY HAND. >> WE WANT THEM TO EXPERIENCE ST. LUCIAN HOSPITALITY. ANTHYON: THE EXPERIENCE IS TRULY A FEAST FOR THE SENSES. OWNER SCOTT CLAIMS ITS A SPIRITUAL THING. >> THERE ARE PLACES IN THE WORLD THAT ARE DESCRIBEDS A NEXUS POINTS FOR ENERGY, AND THE VALLEY OF THE PITONS IS ONE OF THOSE. WE ARE FORTUNATE BECAUSE AS ENERGY FLOWS UPWARD, IT FLOWS INTO THE HEART OF DELARA. SHAYNA:HE T CARIBBEAN AND SO MANY OTHER TOURIST DTIESNATIONS, OF COURSE, SUFFEREAD DEVASTATING BLOW BECAUSE OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. ST. LUCIA BOUNCED BA,CK WELCOMING 200,000 VISITORSN I 2021, DESPITE DAMAGE FROM HURRICANE ELSA THAT YEAR. HURRICANES ARE RELATIVELY RARE IN ST. LUCIA, UNLIKE MANY OTRHE CARIBBEAN ISLAS.ND ONLY 14 HURRICANES HAVE MADE LANDFALL IN ST. LUCIA SINCE 19.70 COMING UP, YOU MIGHT SEE THESE FELLAS ONCE IN A BLUE

The unspoiled Caribbean island of Saint Lucia boasts some of the top hotels in the world

Lush, green and tropical, Saint Lucia has something to please all five senses

Updated: 11:34 AM EDT Mar 18, 2022

Dare we say it? Winter is on the way out, and we are hankering for some warm weather trips. Why not spend spring break in tropical paradise? In St. Lucia, Anthony Everett drinks in views of the Pitons while experiencing nature up close at an open-air resort.

Dare we say it? Winter is on the way out, and we are hankering for some warm weather trips. Why not spend spring break in tropical paradise? In St. Lucia, Anthony Everett drinks in views of the Pitons while experiencing nature up close at an open-air resort.

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