Travel Eye on St Thomas (US Virgin Islands, Caribbean)

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Overview:

On St. Thomas you will find everything from premiere hotels and quaint guesthouses to one-of-a-kind watering holes and fine dining restaurants featuring international cuisine. St. Thomas also has a spectacular 18-hole golf course, a marine park, several tennis facilities, boats for charter, and even a bowling center. Historical sites are plentiful, too.

The Visitors' Bureau and the Chamber of Commerce have plenty of flyers, maps and brochures on hand to keep you up-to-date with island attractions and activities.

The capital city is hill-encircled Charlotte Amalie, named for a Queen of Denmark. Many duty-free shops line the streets of this St Thomas mini-metropolis. Charlotte Amalie is where the ships dock and the white and pastel houses are heavily sprinkled against a background of emerald hills.

Colorful sloops dock along the waterfront, and a few steps back, down alleyways lined with old Danish warehouse buildings, is a world-famous shopping center.

Locality:

The islands are situated 64km (40 miles) east of Puerto Rico and comprise some 50 islands covered with lush tropical vegetation. St Thomas is long and narrow, rising abruptly to a ridge with an excellent deep-water harbour. St John is covered partly in bay forests. St Croix consists of 215 sq km (83 sq miles) of rolling ex-plantation land.

Entertainment/Facilities/Attractions/Things to do:

St Thomas is the second-largest and the most cosmopolitan of this chain of islands. Like St Croix, it has many associations with the Danes and retains much Danish influence.

The main town, Charlotte Amalie , is the group's capital. Imported goods from all over the world make it a marvellous shopping centre and stores tucked into remodelled Danish warehouses line each side of the picturesque Main Street .

Cobblestone alleys with numerous boutiques lead down to the waterfront.

Other attractions include Fort Christian , built in 1672;

the Coral World Observatory;

the Frederick Lutheran Church of 1850;

Government House on Government Hill (1866);

Venus Pillar on Magnolia Hill;

Bluebeard's Tower , the 19th-century pirate's one-time abode;

and the Synagogue on Crystal Gade , one of the oldest in the western hemisphere.

On the northern coast is Magens Bay , claimed to be one of the world's top ten beaches.