Charlestown

Charlestown is a charming location sprinkled with fascinating old buildings made of time-stricken and weather-impaired wood, yet deliciously decorated with huge motley arches. Ancient stone houses and such luring historical places as forts, churches and museums elbow their way onto your sight. A case in point is the Alexander Hamilton Museum, an 18th-century building rimmed by fruit trees and featuring a spectacular view of the whole island and of neighboring St. Christopher. Another major architectural masterpiece if the Coconut Grove and the longstanding ruins sprawling on both sides of it that tell so much about the island's history. Charlestown stands for a nature reserve due to its exuberant vegetation, exotic flowers and precious beaches of crystal-clear waters. Since the dawn of time, a hot-water spring called Bath Spring used to be the main attraction among well-to-do farmers and estate owners who came here to rejuvenate themselves under its lukewarm waters. They were then bound to stay at the Bath Hotel, built in 1778, and that also served as a casino. Today, the ruins of this former hotel and the bath tradition remain. Driving around town you'll find restaurants offering the best dishes of local cuisine such as green vegetables soup, lobster and mutton. Plantations houses have been turned into jaw-dropping hotel resorts, as in the case of the well-known Nisbet & Plantation. Charlestown's main street features Eva Wilki's Art Gallery, one of the most significant studios in town, containing great exhibits about the local wildlife, the flora, landscaping and nautical scenes. This is the right spot for you to buy those gifts and items of your choice. Everybody around you will be green about the gills if you happen to say that you had the chance of watching the great carnival here full of cultural performances, street dancing and contests. Charlestown is known for being an elegant social hub where a brisk nightlife spills over its bars at inns and hotels.