Kingstown Travel Guide

 Assenczo Says:  There is no better place for sweeping view of the bay that embraces Kingstown than the fort Charlotte’s promontory. And there is no coincidence that this strategic location was appreciated early enough to be exploited successfully by the British Navy. Nowadays, it is a... 

 pollon Says:  still up on the hill of Fort Charlotte, you almost don't notice it but there is a lighthouse with even the keeper, it's at the end of the line of bastions... 

 pollon Says:  the market is a real must see to me! Here it's placed in a cement building of three floors each of which is for specific selling: fruit at the ground floor, household and body care articles on the first floor and gifts & fancy goods and a hairdresser on the last floor.and... 

 pollon Says:  over 200 metres (600 feet) on the bay there is Fort Charlotte which when I asked how to reach changed sex and became fort Charles but this was just the beginning ;-)... infact the most unusal was how I reached it... I'll bother you about this in the general tip...I had read... 

 pollon Says:  the entrance to Fort Charlotte is free and so is that to the old barracks turned into a museum now a little bit devoid of objects but a sign apologizes for work in progress and at least, in each barrack, you find modern paintings showing the history of Black Caribs... 

 pollon Says:  going up to Fort Charlotte on foot you get nice views of the bay but above all you meet friendly people waving their hands to you for an hallo and asking were are you from: it's a normal wonderful habit here to greet new people and with my white skin I didn't mingle with the... 

 pollon Says:  at the Botanic Garden you can see a descendent of the original breadfruit tree which captain Bligh brought to Carribean and not in the so famous passage of the mutiny on the Bounty but five years later on the HMS Providence...and here, in my travelogue you can see among what... 

 pollon Says:  the entrance to the Botanic Gardens is free but you'll be for sure approached by a guide offering his knowledge of the park, it's up to you to get his offer or not only you must be very firm to convince him if you don't want... 

 pollon Says:   I got the meat soup listed on the blackboard of the menu: a rich soup with lots of meat, various vegetables included the breadfruit and that tuber with the dark brown peel, the green banana - which is not sweet and frequent in dishes here - and those kinds of gnocchi which... 

 Assenczo Says:  Transportation options are not varied on St. Vincent. It is going to be a minibus or minibus-cum-taxi. The first one is inexpensive but crowded while the second costs arm and leg, considering the location but offers flexibility and comfort. So the choice is yours. It seems... 

 pollon Says:  on these islands you can ride by taxi which are normally for tourists and so expensive or you can take take a collective taxi also called bus - a van of about 9 seats which can become more if packed in the right way ;-) - which usually costs 1 EC$ (0.4 US$) if the run is in... 

 pollon Says:  I flew Carribean Star from St. Vincent to the island of St. Lucia but various flying companies operates from and to the Grenadines, the other Caribbean islands, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Canouan.There is an exit tax of 35 EC$ - Easter Carribean Dollar - or 14 US$ while the nice... 

 pollon Says:  in supermarket - and here in Kingstown there is one on the side of the market - next to packed commodities like flour, rice, sugar you can find some bisquits, crackers, canned meat and chips - pay attention there is an inviting orange one with a sun on the package which... 

 pollon Says:   due to a mistake to take the right bus to Fort Charlotte, I had what I remember like a nice adventure and what my mom would call irresponsability but I have been said I trust people too much ;-)... anyway this time it worked wonderfully: I had got in the wrong bus to the...