Essence of St. Lucia: Gardens & History Tour

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Duration: 3h
Location: Greenwood Terrace, Castries | Castries


Category: Tours & Sightseeing

Highlights:
Opportunity to learn about St. Lucia's diverse history
Beautiful examples of authentic creole attire & headwear
Traditional medicinal herb garden once used to treat illness
Chance to sample tropical fruits, rums & island delicacies
Demonstration of sugar, farine & coconut oil processing

Inclusions:
Guided tour
Samples of fruit, rum, and bread
Roundtrip transportation to and from your Northern St. Lucia hotel

Description:

Enjoy an authentic St. Lucian experience blending the past and present. See historic places, taste mouth-watering fruits and smell exotic flowers as you explore this island paradise and learn about its past.

Depart your hotel for the well-maintained ground and fertile slopes of Greenwood Terrace. Stroll along paths bordered by tropical fruit trees and flowering shrubs growing in abundance. Nearby, visit a medicinal herb garden to find out how the islands ancestors and medicine men used the plants to treat illnesses and ailments.

Travel back in time to watch how sugar and farine—a starchy byproduct of Cassava—were once processed using traditional methods. Follow your guide to the site of an old chicken house and observe the outdoor clay oven where bread is still made to this day. Sample the smoky results as you head toward more exhibits and how locals make the island’s aromatic coconut oil and delicious bay rum.

Wrap up your tour with a look at historic creole attire and headwear, on display among other artifacts representing the area’s American Indian, European and African descendants.