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Top 5 Live Music & Nightlife Experiences in St. Lucia
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Top 5 Live Music & Nightlife Experiences in St. Lucia

From the Friday Jump Up in Gros Islet to a countryside dance floor, here is where St. Lucia's nights actually get loud — and where locals themselves go after dark.

St. Lucia Nightlife & Entertainment
Top 5 Local Restaurants in St. Lucia
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Top 5 Local Restaurants in St. Lucia

Five kitchens where St. Lucians actually eat: creole plates near the Pitons, Castries lunch spots, highway-bakery bread and grilled fish on a Vieux Fort beach.

St. Lucia Food & Drinks
Top 4 Beach Bars in St. Lucia
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Top 4 Beach Bars in St. Lucia

Four St. Lucia bars with sand under your stool — from a ferry-hop hideaway in Marigot Bay to a Reduit Beach stalwart and a kitesurfers' hangout in Vieux Fort.

St. Lucia Food & Drinks
Top 5 Restaurants for Foodies in St. Lucia
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Top 5 Restaurants for Foodies in St. Lucia

Five kitchens worth routing a St. Lucia trip around, from a cacao-estate dining room above the Pitons to a 1960s Creole institution on Castries' Vigie Cove.

St. Lucia Food & Drinks
Top 4 Hotels With a View in St. Lucia
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Top 4 Hotels With a View in St. Lucia

Four St. Lucia stays chosen for the outlook alone — from a harbour lookout on Morne Fortune to a Caribbean-facing ridge villa on the island's quiet west coast.

St. Lucia Accommodation
Top 5 Romantic Dinner Experiences in St. Lucia
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Top 5 Romantic Dinner Experiences in St. Lucia

Five St. Lucia tables worth your one dressed-up evening — a clifftop terrace at Cap Estate, a cacao estate near Soufrière and a Castries harbour classic.

St. Lucia Food & Drinks
Top 4 Places to Eat for Around $25 or Less in St. Lucia
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Top 4 Places to Eat for Around $25 or Less in St. Lucia

Where budget travellers eat well in St. Lucia: creole bread on the Micoud Highway, a Rodney Bay fermentory, Castries pastries and a Gros Islet grill truck.

St. Lucia Food & Drinks
Top 5 Water & Boat Experiences in St. Lucia
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Top 5 Water & Boat Experiences in St. Lucia

Catamaran days to the Pitons, sailing out of Marigot Bay, kayaks on a quiet east-coast bay — five St. Lucia crews that turn a beach holiday into a day at sea.

St. Lucia Tours & Excursions
Top 5 Adventures in St. Lucia
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Top 5 Adventures in St. Lucia

Trade the sun lounger for mud and rainforest: St. Lucia's best ATV trails and guided hikes, from Babonneau farm country to waterfall rides above Soufrière.

St. Lucia Tours & Excursions
Top 5 Cultural Experiences in St. Lucia
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Top 5 Cultural Experiences in St. Lucia

Five morning-sized doses of St. Lucian history, from Pigeon Island's fort to a working estate near the Pitons and a Victorian battery hidden above Castries.

St. Lucia Attractions
Top 5 Experiences for First-Time Visitors to St. Lucia
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Top 5 Experiences for First-Time Visitors to St. Lucia

Four days in St. Lucia? Start here: a drive-in volcano, a Piton-view trail, a cocoa estate, a colonial fort and Gros Islet's Friday night street party.

St. Lucia Attractions