Famous American writer James A Michener broadly portrayed it as "the most wonderful inlet in the Caribbean" and pleasant Marigot Bay on the western shore of St Lucia more than satisfies the visitors. Only twenty minutes south of Castries, the island's capital, the confined white sand inlet of Marigot Bay is a world far from the humming commotion and brilliant city lights.
Wedged between a trio of emotional emerald slopes and trimmed by coconut palms and dark red hibiscus, this tranquil straight is home to some especially fine shorelines and a well-shrouded resort. With translucent blue-green waters, this stunning tropical fjord lies sluggish and welcoming, with many sparkling white sailboats specked about the shore. With its untainted regular excellence, Marigot Bay additionally offers the absolute best in water sports, from scuba jumping, swimming and snorkeling to windsurfing, angling and cruising. Beguiling waterfront restaurants appreciate unrivaled perspectives over the waters, where Caribbean breezes fan the shorelines and a multiplication of tropical sprouts.
From the north side of Marigot Bay, a ship administration associates guests to the area where the goliath pink ocean snail scene was recorded for the 1967 Rex Harrison motion picture, Doctor Dolittle. In 2013, sections of the snail shell were uncovered in a hitched tangle of mangroves and can now be found in Doolittle's Restaurant and Bar, a particular token of Marigot Bay's artistic past. On the inlet's south east corner, in a favored spot adjacent to the wooden breakwater, St Lucia's most lavish and best-ensured berthing is home to a flotilla of stunning super yachts and wooden ships, with an extra two-dozen mooring floats that weave on the inward narrows. Adjacent, the year-round Marina Village offers an accumulation of upscale boutiques, chic shops, interesting bars and gourmet nourishment stores, found near an airstrip for private planes.
Quiet, beautiful waters offer safe entry for cruising Tobago, Grenada and the other lovely palm-bordered southern islands of the Caribbean through the Saint Lucian National Marine Reserve. From the deck, perspectives of St Lucia are genuinely verdant with grapefruit, mango, orange, lime, lemon, banana, plantain and wax apples developing in plenitude on an undulating scene thick with emerald foliage and splendidly shaded greenery.
Rich in beautiful sea legacy, Marigot Bay is additionally one of St Lucia's main attractions as the site of various fights in the middle of French and British naval force strengths. Yet much sooner than European frontier realms touched base on St Lucian shores, this shielded harbor and its dynamite view was a most loved fort among raiding privateers and swashbuckling privateers. Myths and legends about troves of sparkling fortune in the sands and mystery sanctuaries keep on captivating guests - however Marigot Bay islanders as of now feel rich beyond anything they could ever imagine living in a spot presented with such surprising characteristic excellence.
