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Sign up to receive Virgin Islands articles, updates and offers. Email Address. Sign Up Today! Advertise with Us Connect with travelers that are planning vacations right here, right now. The architectural quality of the town is remarkable, with cobblestone walkways shaded by large arched galleries.
The Danes discovered how to adapt 18th Century-style buildings in the West Indies to reduce heat, maximize breeze, and withstand tropical storms. Trey ceilings let warm air rise in the days before ceiling fans and air conditioning, and cross ventilation is enhanced by rectangular shaped buildings. In fact, even today, many buildings and homes on St. Croix are not air conditioned thanks to this ingenious pratcical design.
The buildings were constructed from cut coral blocks look closely, you'll wonder how they were ever harvested! Thick walls keep the interiors cool, and courtyards and arcades provided shaded retreats. Narrow streets were wide enough for the mule carts of the s! This area, once prestigious residences and mercantile shops of the wealthy Danes, today forms the shopping and restaurant district. Ongoing interest continues and plans are underway for the historic restoration of old buildings on the outskirts of town.
Frederiksted: Victorian Gingerbread, wide streets, and a picturesque waterfront the full length of the town make Frederiksted one of the most beautiful in the Caribbean. Freedom City, as it is known, has a rich history. Smugglers and pirates of the mids necessitated the construction of Fort Frederik in The city was destroyed by fire in , and rebuilt in the Victorian style of the era. Time seems to have passed the city by, but the beautiful park, and open air vendors mart comes alive on the days the sleek cruise ships dock at the new pier.
On those evenings, Harbour Night turns Strand Street into a festival, with mocko jumbie stilt dancers, steel pan bans, and street vendor offering local food and drink. Croix is part of the U. Virgin Islands, U. Citizens traveling to and from the 50 states as well as the territories of the United States do not need a passport when arriving in the U. Virgin Islands from the U. Non- U. For more info, check the U. State Department website: Click Here. Easterly trade winds blowing gently across the islands keep the humidity low.
Most island showers are quick, tropical, over in minutes. Average annual rainfall is 50 inches with September and October less dry than the winter months. As there are few wells, residents collect rainwater from rooftops into household cisterns. Salt water distillation plants help the supply.
Accordingly, water is precious and cost;y so conserve. For St. Croix Weater: Click Here. Boutiques can fill in or add to your holiday wardrobe.
Simple cottons are preferred year round. Men seldom wear ties or jackets. Nobody bothers with raincoats, nor is there much call for sweaters, even at night. Wide-brimmed hats, however, are often required sun protectors. American travelling irons, hair dryers, razors do not require adapters. Croix lies 18 degrees north latitude and 65 degrees west longitude, close enough to the equator so that twilight comes quickly with, almost always, a brilliant sunset.
Croix is surrounded by the Caribbean Sea. A smile and "good morning" go a long way to starting the day off right. Everyone speaks English, or a lilting version thereof.
Defined linguistically as Creole, commonly called Calypso, it is spoken throughout the West Indies with speech variations from island to island. The distance between St.
Thomas and St. Croix is 40 miles. The coasts of St. Croix are generally flat and uniform, but St. John have very irregular coastlines, broken by bays and rugged headlands. Both St. John and St. Thomas have excellent natural harbors that provide shelter for boats against the many hurricanes that strike the area.
The highest elevation on St. Thomas is Crown Mountain at 1, feet. Unlike St. Croix, there are relatively few flat areas on St. The island is virtually one long ridge of hills running east and west.
Its landmass is 31 square miles, and St. Thomas is about 4 miles wide and 13 miles long. John are volcanic in origin, whereas St.
Croix was formed by a coral reef, which explains why it is flatter. Lying 4 miles off St. Thomas's East End, the small island of St.
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