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A UNESCO World Heritage Site in the form of the Pitons – unique conical mountains rising out of the Cerulean blue sea - vies for attention with reefs inviting divers and snorkellers to view its marine bounty. With eleven different ‘quarters’ or regions, St Lucia encompasses places that each have a different feel. From Gros Islet in the north where St Lucia’s newest town is situated, home to Beausejour Cricket Grounds, scene of One Day International and Test Cricket, to Castries, the region containing the capital with its port and its popular Friday Night Street Parties, and finally Vieux Fort on the southern tip of the island, home to the international airport as well as the Maria Islands Nature Reserve. Many travellers, whether enjoying cheap St Lucia Holidays on a budget or staying at a higher-end resort, will holiday in the Soufrière quarter on the west of the island. Accommodation on St Lucia ranges from romantic inns, small self-catering cottages and cliff-top hotels to full-scale resorts with every amenity onsite and suited to those seeking a Package Holiday St Lucia-style. Luxury accommodation is fairly plentiful, with many very individual and distinctive properties available. One such is inspired by palace architecture in the British mode. Sandals Grande St Lucian has a magnificent stone facade and is located to make the most of fabulous mountain views. It is proud to boast four spacious pools, the most imaginative of which is a lagoon from where guests can swim directly to their rooms. Part of the illustrious Sandals group, five-star Sandals Grande St Lucian, in addition to offering traditional palatial suites and large restful guest rooms with balconies in the main hotel luxury, has also created castaway accommodation in the form of its new Rondovals, circular suites benefiting from cross-winds through the windows on all sides and from superb sea views.

St Lucia’s landmarks include the extraordinary Pitons, twin mountains and between them the 4* Jalousie Plantation, a very secluded beach resort which takes full advantage of its rare Caribbean setting in one of the world’s most spectacular settings—the Val des Pitons. The unparalleled beauty of the Pitons – a pair of dramatic coastal peaks listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO – creates a stunning and romantic backdrop to The Jalousie Plantation’s refined, elegant accommodations. The distinguishing feature of the plantation is its stylish vintage rooms and villas, designed to capture the French Caribbean feel. To cater to every taste, these are complemented by contemporary luxury villas as well as suites, all accommodation enjoying an outlook that incorporates either the Pitons or the waters of the Caribbean. Located in St Lucia’s Soufriere quarter, the resort offers a spa as well as diving and excellent dining choices. Those seeking St Lucia Late Deals might just be lucky and find accommodation at this award-winning hotel. For the all-inclusive St Lucia Package Holiday of every couple’s dreams, you could certainly do worse than  the 4* Rendezvous located on Malabar Beach, especially following its refurbishment, recently completed at a cost of around £8 million. This boutique hotel is dedicated to delivering a fabulous package to its couples-only clientele, all meals and most drinks included. Weddings are a speciality. Activities at the 100-room resort range from free scuba-diving to aerobics, or you might just want to hang out beside the lazy river pool. Couples and families contemplating a Holiday in St Lucia can enjoy the Almond Morgan Bay resort on its 22-acre expanse, offering well-planned holiday accommodation with fully inclusive packages, on St Lucia’s sun-kissed west coast, not far from Castries. Enjoy truly all-inclusive services, down to water sports, such as snorkelling and fun activities such as banana boat riding, including the use of all equipment. With French Creole cuisine featuring on just one of the four restaurants’ menus, and seafood on another, to name but two, guests are spoilt for choice. Visitors with cheap St Lucia holidays in mind might be drawn to Coco Palm.  The 3* resort at Rodney Bay Village near Reduit Beach is part of the Coco Palm group, and offers a staggering ten different types of accommodation, from swim-up rooms to garden view family size suites, all complemented by a top award-winning beach virtually on the doorstep. A jolly and eventful St Lucia holiday is a dead cert here, with the rich array of activities, including every water sport, all types of beach fun as well as just loafing, and the attraction of Spinnakers bar and restaurant, complete with its views of Fort Rodney and Pigeon Point in the distance. Dine in the delightful Ti Bananne Bistro, a separate building looking like an exotic cricket pavilion and offering amazing fusion cuisine combining Trinidadian and French flavours. Mouth-watering dishes include Ti Bananne’s Orange & Ginger Glazed Mahi Mahi with Roasted Tomato Choka, Geera Crusted Grouper with Deep Fried Calamari, Mango Relish & Curry Coconut Broth, Grilled Lobster and a further set of vegetarian option. Hewanorra International Airport receives flights from the following carriers: Virgin Atlantic, British Airways and American Airlines. Virgin and British Airways have flights going to St Lucia direct from London, with a flight time of 8 hours, 45 minutes. Fortunately to experience hurricanes very rarely, St Lucia enjoys one of the best Caribbean climates. With the trade winds keeping everyone cool, you will never get too over-heated, even with mid-summer temperatures of between 78°F and 86°F. The island’s western shores tend to receive warmer sunshine.
When contemplating just when to time a holiday in St Lucia, a factor to consider might be the distribution through the year of rainfall; the island receives about 60 inches of rain annually, much of it between June and November. Rain showers occur at all times of year, but as elsewhere in the Caribbean, the weather clears up again and the warm sun beats down shortly afterwards. Since even at the top of the Pitons, the temperature on St Lucia is almost never lower than 65°F, and at ground level normally no less than 76°F, the holidaymaker who has seized a St Lucia deal, no matter at what time of year, is on to a winner, weather-wise. Another factor affecting St Lucia holidays is whether to coincide with traditional Carnival time, roughly the second two weeks of July, with parades and pageants as well as competing calypso bands, centring on the city of Castries. If jazz is your bag, be sure to be at the St Lucia Jazz, with headlining international acts, in May.