Castries

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Castries: tourist information

Castries is the capital and largest city of Saint Lucia, an island country in the Caribbean. The quarter with the same name had a population of 70,000 on 22 May 2013 and stretches over an area of 80 km2 .Castries is in a flood gut and is built on reclaimed land. It houses the seat of government and the head offices of many of foreign and local businesses. The city's design is in a grid pattern. Its sheltered harbour receives cargo vessels, ferry boats, and cruise ships. It houses duty-free shopping facilities such as Point Seraphine and La Place Carenage. Many restaurants offer menus from local to Chinese. Supermarkets and other shopping facilities provide goods. The city is well served by a bus system and taxi service.

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Castries Cruise Port Schedule

Castries in the News

• Apr 19, 2023
  Two Crew Members Chosen as Godmothers for New Cruise Ship Marella Cruises has revealed that it has selected two Godmothers to do the honors of christening ...
• Apr 17, 2023
  Another Itinerary Changed for Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship Another sailing of Royal Caribbean International’s Anthem of the Seas has been altered, wit...
• Apr 5, 2023
  Richard Branson’s Virgin Voyages Seeks New Funding Sir Richard Branson’s cruise-line venture, Virgin Voyages, is in the early stages of seekin...
• Mar 1, 2023
  Itinerary Changed, Port Cancelled for Norwegian Cruise Ship An upcoming sailing of Norwegian Epic is being changed, with one port of call cancelled and anoth...
• Feb 24, 2023
  Royal Caribbean Releases New Winter Cruises Royal Caribbean has announced that four ships will be based out of the Northeast of the United St...
• Jan 31, 2023
  New P&O Cruise Ship Makes Historic Arrival in Antigua Cruise tourism in Antigua and Barbuda reached new heights on Saturday, January 28, with the arriv...
• Jan 20, 2023
  Caribbean Cruise Port Welcomes Excel-Class Arvia on Maiden Call St. Lucia tourism officials staged a festive welcome ceremony for P&O Cruises’ newest ship,...
• Jan 12, 2023
  Cruise Line Has Biggest Booking Day in its History P&O Cruises has reported its biggest-ever booking day during the Wave Season of 2023, with fo...
• Dec 13, 2022
  NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line unveils winter 2024-2025 and summer 2025 voyages NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line unveiled its winter 2024-2025 and summer 2025 voyages sailing to bucket...
• Nov 26, 2022
  Fourth Virgin Voyages Cruise Ship Floats Out at Shipyard Brilliant Lady, the fourth cruise ship for the groundbreaking cruise line Virgin Voyages, reached...
• Nov 19, 2022
  Global Ports Holding Engages Cruise and Tourism Stakeholders In St. Lucia Global Ports Holding (GPH) executives took part in a series of government-endorsed stakeholder me...
• Nov 18, 2022
  Royal Caribbean Returning to Caribbean Cruise Destination After more than twenty years, Royal Caribbean is finally returning to Trinidad and Tobago. In a f...
• Nov 5, 2022
  P&O’s New Ship Arvia Set for Ems River Conveyance P&O Cruises’ newest ship, Arvia, will depart Meyer Werft in Papenburg on Saturday, November...
• Oct 28, 2022
  GPH close to adding St Lucia to its portfolio Following bilateral discussions, Global Ports Holding (GPH) has signed a Memorandum of Understand...
• Oct 26, 2022
  P&O UK's winter 2024-2025 collection includes 200+ new voyages P&O UK announced its winter 2024-2025 collection which includes 200+ new voyages with introdu...

Port rating and occupancy

Port of Castries ranks 67th in the world in terms of the number of tourists visiting it.

Number of cruise ship calls in the coming year: 235.

The total number of tourists (passengers) of cruise ships in the port of Castries in the next 12 months is 696487.

According to the popularity rating among more than 1,000 cruise ports in the world, Castries ranks 427.

Weather in Castries

Current water temperature in Castries now is 82°F (27.6°C)

Water temperature data provided by seatemperature.net.

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