hancock airport syracuse If you re driving to Gros Islet, turn off the highway from Castries onto Dauphine Street, just north

Take the well-maintained John Compton hancock airport syracuse Highway north out of Castries, connect with the Gros Islet Highway, and continue north past George F.L. Charles Airport. A left turn to the west and another left turn onto Peninsular Road will bring you parallel to Vigie Beach. The beach may be littered, but the sand is shaded and the water is calm. Follow the road uphill to the far western tip, where you will see some government buildings (built by the military in the late 1800s) and a lighthouse dating from 1914. You can't get into the lighthouse without permission from the St. Lucia National Trust, but the views from here are excellent. In fact the peninsula has been used as a signal hancock airport syracuse station since 1722 (in French, vigie means lookout ). On a clear day you may be able to spot the Pitons and Mount Gimie, the island's tallest peak.

If you re driving to Gros Islet, turn off the highway from Castries onto Dauphine Street, just north of Rodney Bay Marina. Don t plan to spend much time in town, because there s little to see. The only interesting structure is the Catholic church on the north side of the village. St. Joseph the Worker was built in 1926 on the site of another church that was destroyed by an earthquake 20 years earlier.