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Optional Tours
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Here are just a few of the exciting excursions Discount Vacations can arrange to enhance your vacation.Your Discount Vacations Destination Representative will help you choose and then make the necessary arrangements.
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Sample Itinerary
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Discount Vacations gives you the freedom to create your dream vacation.Here's a sample to get you started.
Summary : 7-night Itinerary
Day1
Arrive in St. Lucia and enjoy the colorful tropical ambiance as you're transferred to your hotel. Check into your hotel and relax by the pool or simply get familiar with the breathtaking flowers, mountains and lush rainforests. The lush greenery and endless banana plantations makes this unique island a tropical paradise.
Day2
Enjoy the day at Pigeon Point! A fine selection of secluded white sand beaches which is unique and is connected to the island by a man made causeway, a great spot for swimming. Pigeon Point is named for Admiral Rodney's carrier pigeons, which were at one time housed at the ruined Fort. The area is presently a national park that contains Arawak remannts.
The Pigeon Point museum located by the park entrance features stone and brick military ruins. You can interact with the exhibits by listening to narratives through headphones.
Friday nights many Villages host Street parties know as "Jump Ups." The most popular one is held in Gros Islet a small fishing town in northern St. Lucia. Locals and tourists enjoy this carnival atmosphere of spicy Carribean delights, Reggae, and Soca.
Day3
Spend the day bathing in mineral rich pools! Follow the path through landscaped
grounds and you will end up at an amazing waterfall.
Day4
Have you ever seen a drive-in volcano? La Soufriere Volcano features the only drive-in crater in the world! The bubbly sulphur springs produce steaming bursts of sulphurous gasses. This is a great experience and quite a sight to see.
Day5
The Unicorn a 140-foot replica of the 19th-century brig is a vessel that once appeared as the slave ship in the movie Roots. Passengers can depart for a land excursion at Castries. The Unicorn docks for a short time at Marigot Bay a tropical setting and yacht harbor once featured in Dr. Dolittle. You will have lunch and beverages as part of the trip and also have a chance to swim at Anse Cochon on the return boat trip.
Day6
Great views of St. Lucia's beautiful terrain and lush rainforest can be seen by helicopter. Flights pass by the inspiring twin Pitons and the 18th-century fortifications on Morne Fortune.
Day7
Spend the last day at one of the many beautiful beaches. Marigot Bay, a nice tropical cove with many colorful yachts, is a great place to relax in the shade or take a swim in the peaceful cove.
Day8
Departure day. You'll be transferred to the airport in plenty of time to make your flight.
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Calendar Of Events
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Here's a sample of festivals, holidays and special events.You may want to plan your vacation around events that interest you.
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New Year's Day
Masquerade
Cricket Season
Calypso
Calypso tents are a major attraction during Calypso season. Each tent is comprised of a number of calypsonians who organize a series of shows leading up to the main calypso competition, to introduce the public to their songs for the current year. There is a high level of audience participation as a commentary on the people's acceptance or rejection of the talent. Opening of Cricket season marks increased inter-community activity.
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| February |
The highlight of February is preparations for Carnival, a gala event with activities held throughout St. Lucia. Various camps are set up for the production of costumes for the many shows and street parades. Under the guidance of designers and band leaders, individual and group costumes are created for band members. Calypso tents are now in full swing and contenders for the "King" and "Queen" crowns are now rising. Short fun filled month.
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| March |
Traditional Lent Period
Calmer tropical weather period supports many marine-based activities
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| April |
Lent
Holy Week
Good Friday
Easter Sunday
The days of Holy Week are the most solemn on the St. Lucian calendar. The dominant Catholic traditions are most evident at this time, particularly on Good Friday, a day of church services and restraint from pleasurable things. Highlights of the meal on this day is "Akwa" or fish cake, and pain d' espices (penepis), a thin oval biscuit. Easter Sunday resembles Christmas Day with its church services, gift-giving and fetes. End of lent season and season of abstinenence celebrated with dates and banquets after forty day abstinence
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| May |
Labour Day
Mother's Day
African Liberation Day
Whitsuntide
Aqua Action
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| June |
Father's Day
Fisherman's Feast
Corpus Christi
St. Lucia Squash Open
The Fisherman's Feast begins with a church service, followed by the blessing of gaily decorated boats and boat sheds on the beaches. Feasting and merrymaking lasts the whole day into the early morning hours.
St. Lucia Squash Open: World renown squash players get together with amateurs for a casual but very competitve event.
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July - September: Kids' Safari SummerThis event brings together local and visiting children, between the ages of 5 to 18, to learn about St. Lucia's environment, nature, folk traditions and history. Activities include hiking, canoeing, craft making, birdwatching and photography. Traditional Holiday period for students: round-island field trips, Kid's Safari Summer, various community day celebrations and Fisherman's feast
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| August |
Emancipation Day
Market Vendors Feast
The Rose Festival
Major Flower Festival
The market vendors celebrate their feast day with a religious service, followed by a festival of food, song, dance and general merriment in the island's various markets. The Castries market is usually the main center of activities. The Rose Festival honours the rose with great pomp and ceremony, including a royal kingdom complete with king, queen, dignitaries and loyal subjects. There is a grand party at which no expense is spared to make the day successful. The Market Vendor's Feast brings out vivid cultural expressions.
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| October |
Jounen Kweyol celebrated in different communites where kweyol speaking people congreate to enjoy traditional foods, folklore, and other traditional exhibitions
International Creole Day
Bill Fish Tournament
On International Creole Day, St. Lucians join hands with kweyol-speaking people around the world in solidarity and in celebration of their exciting common culture. Special activities include preparation of traditional foods, exhibitions of traditional items and folklore.
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| November |
All Saints Day
All Souls Day
Remembrance Day
St. Cecilia's Day
ARC - major yacht event
International Food Fair
On All Souls Day, St. Lucians remember their departed loved by keeping a vigil lamp burning in their homes, beautifying cemeteries, repainting tombs and laying fresh flowers or wreaths on graves. Remembrance Day honors those who fought in the two World Wars with wreaths, ceremonial parades and parties. Poppies and stickers are sold to help aid families of ex-servicemen. St. Cecilia's Day honors the patron saint of music and musicians with a church service, street music and sporting events for musicians. At ARC, the major yacht event, boaters can enjoy fine facilities available to yachters.
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December in St. Lucia is a month-long festival, revolving around National Day celebrations and the Christmas season. The focus on National Day is building pride in the country with sporting, cultural, religious, social, and commercial activities, such as the Festival of Lights, featuring a lantern-making competition and the decoration of towns and villages with lights. Other events include the National festival of choirs, a festival of bands and a market festival akin to the market vendors feast day.
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