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St. Kitts and Nevis - History and culture

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Things to Do: History and culture

TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #1 of 36 attractions in St. Kitts

This 38 acre fortress, dubbed "the Gibraltar of the east" is situated on the upper slopes of an 800 foot high mountain with superb views all around.  Six other islands can be seen on a clear day and...

Attraction type: Historic site; National park
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #3 of 10 attractions in Basseterre

This old plantation estate houses the Caribelle Batik works. You can watch colorful, tie-dye clothes being made.

Attraction type: Historic home; Factory tour; Garden
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #3 of 12 attractions in Charlestown

The Bath Hotel in Nevis is considered to have been the first tourist hotel in the Caribbean. Built in 1778, it was a rather grand "spa" hotel, and it rapidly became a very successful venture...

Attraction type: Historic site; Hot spring/geyser
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #4 of 10 attractions in Basseterre

The old cemetery has graves dating back to 1724.

Attraction type: Religious site; Historic site; Cemetery; Architectural building
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TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #6 of 12 attractions in Charlestown

The Museum of Nevis History is situated in a handsome Caribbean Georgian stone building near the water at the north end of Charlestown, the capital of Nevis. The museum is administered by the Nevis...

Attraction type: History museum
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #7 of 12 attractions in Charlestown

The great American statesman Alexander Hamilton was born on the Caribbean island of Nevis in 1757, and grew up on the island until the age of eight, when his mother moved to St. Croix. The Alexander...

Attraction type: Historic home; History museum
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TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #15 of 36 attractions in St. Kitts

The first permanent West Indian English settlement. Find old Indian pictographs on nearby boulders.

Attraction type: Historic site
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TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #6 of 33 attractions in Nevis

The Horatio Nelson Museum is a surprisingly rich museum of Nelson memorabilia; in fact this collection is considered to be the best in the New World. The museum recently celebrated the 200th...

Attraction type: History museum; Speciality museum
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #6 of 10 attractions in Basseterre

The heart of Charlestown was modeled – and named – after London’s Piccadilly Circus.

Attraction type: Town centre/square/plaza
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This interesting, supposedly haunted ruin, already has an Inside page and photo at: http://www.tripad...

Attraction type: Historic home; Mysterious site
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This small church on Nevis, also known as Fig Tree Church, or St. John's Fig Tree Church, has a copy of the Nelson marriage certificate. This church already has a page with a photo at...

Attraction type: Religious site
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Fort Ashby refers to a small fortified area on the Caribbean coast of Nevis, south of Cades Bay but north of the lagoon at Cotton Ground.  The fort was the first of many fortifications built by the...

Attraction type: Landmark/point of interest
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Folklore holds that this dried river bed once flowed blood for three days following a slaughter of Carib Indians by British and French colonial forces.

Attraction type: Canyon; Historic site
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Where 2,000 Carib Indians were slaughtered by colonial British and French troops in 1626.

Attraction type: Historic site
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Sir Thomas Warner, a key figure in St. Kitts colonial history and, as his epitaph reads, a much lamented gent, is buried here.

Attraction type: Religious site
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A well-developed area including luxury hotels, a casino, golf course, yacht club and oodles of shops.

Attraction type: Resort community
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This memorial to the former president of the General Legislative Council stands at the center of the Circus.

Attraction type: Monument
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Once the site of slave auctions and council meetings, the square exemplifies Colonial-style architecture.

Attraction type: Town centre/square/plaza
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A center for information on the historical and cultural heritage of St. Kitts. There’s a photography exhibition too.

Attraction type: Tourist/visitor centre; Museum
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