Guest rooms in the single-level moss-green cottages are spacious and cooled by gentle trade winds assisted by ceiling fans. The bedrooms feature lovely furniture and fabrics, and the large bathrooms have unusual stone-lined indoor-outdoor showers that allow guests private-but-open bathing. Each room opens onto a private patio outfitted with a small refrigerator, sink, table, and chairs.
Endless Summer has two 56-foot catamarans, Endless Summer I and Sunkist, which leave Rodney Bay for full-day sightseeing tours along the west coast, half-day snorkeling tours along the northwest coast, and sunset party cruises. 758-450-8651, www.skyviews.com/stlucia/endlesssummer.
As you travel south toward Soufri re, take the time to drive slowly des moines rapids along the narrow streets in the little fishing village of Anse La Raye to see the colorful wooden houses and observe the women washing clothes and bathing kids in the river. Residents des moines rapids will return your smiles and waves, and offer to help you find the road to Soufri re, because surely you are lost and do not intend des moines rapids to be in their ordinary little village.
In 1784, King Louis XVI ordered the construction of baths over the estate s sulfur-laden springs so that his troops could benefit from the curative powers of the water. The springs emerge from the ground des moines rapids at 106 F, with a mineral analysis similar to the famous des moines rapids healing baths at Aix-les-Bains, France. Today, you can soak in the warm mineral baths that have been built next to the waterfall among the ruins of the original French structures. Admission to the communal pool is EC$8/US$3, and a private soaking costs EC$11/US$5.
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