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Romney Manor is a tropical plantation garden located about 6 miles west of Basseterre. The grounds of Romney Manor are well-maintained and always full of colour. The centre-piece of the lower level of the garden is a spreading 350-year-old Saman Tree, in whose shade many a couple have exchanged their wedding vows. The middle level is a manicured lawn surrounded by orchids, flowering shrubs and an elegant traveller's palm. Still higher up many tropical flowers bloom around a small water fountain and ruins of a sugar estate tower. Visit at www.caribellebatikstkitts.com.
Brimstone Hill is ideally suited for those who love history with a touch of 18th century military flair. The fortress, sits atop a hill with a commanding view of the Caribbean Sea on one side, its cannons pointed outwards to protect the island from naval attack and to keep the surrounding waters safe for Britain. Nowadays, it is all peace and quiet and magnificent scenery. On the opposite side, the National Park slopes majestically upwards in various shades of green as the forest thickens towards the mountain top. Visit at www.brimstonehillfortress.org
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Turtle Beach is recommended for the many visitors whose mental picture of the Caribbean is of a white sand beach. And who dreams of exchanging their vows with the gentle waves of the sea lapping their ankles. Turtle Beach is situated near the end of the southeast peninsula. The Peninsula itself is an ecological contrast to the rest of St. Kitts. Its dry rolling hills are sparsely covered with shrubs. Turtle Beach looks across the two-mile Narrows Strait to the sister island of Nevis.
