St. Lucia
If islands were supermodels, St. Lucia’s voluptuous peaks and lush curves make it the Caribbean’s answer to Kate Upton. With sandy beaches and picturesque harbors, St. Lucia is hot destination for hipster honeymooners and couples looking for adventures beyond working on their suntans.
under mosquito netting and wake up to stunning views of the Piton mountains. The rooms are all missing a wall—leaving guests exposed to the elements… and star-filled skies.
Sexy Sleeps Book a Colonial chic cottage at Sugar Beach, a Viceroy resort, where you can ride a jitney to the beach and spend your day drinking cocktails served in coconuts. Their Rainforest Spa is nestled in a UNESCO World Heritage Site and features treehouse huts for treatment rooms.
If you want a more untamed vibe, head to Ladera Resort, where you’ll sleep Tropical Eats If you don’t stay at Ladera, you definitely need to come for dinner at Dasheen. Guests have first dibs on the best chairs in the bar, which features a spectacular open air view of Pitons at sunset. Local musicians play live music in the bar at brunch and dinner and the food is top notch but not stuffy. There are squirt guns on the tables to fend off local birds who might want to sample your island sugar cane shrimp.
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Hot chocolate St. Lucia grows a lot of cacao and exports it to chocolate companies abroad. On the island, Boucan restaurant focuses on “cacao cuisine.” The chocolate -infused daiquiri isn’t overly sweet and the cacao martini is almost as memorable as the views.
Drive-in volcano If you get bored at the beach, head to Soufriere Hotwire and go ziplining between Banyan and mango trees on a working coconut plantation. Or take a hike through the rainforest to Diamond Waterfall and Botanical gardens, where you can soak in a naturally hot mineral bath warmed by the nearby volcano, Sulphur Springs. You can drive into the volcano, hike near the crater and get all kinds of dirty taking a mudbath. Sunset sails into Soufriere Harbour are also popular, and wildly romantic.
