St Lucia is a small, lush tropical island that is still relatively unknown and is located midway down the Eastern Caribbean chain, one of the Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, between Martinique and St Vincent and north of Barbados. The Atlantic Ocean lies on its eastern shore, the west coast lies on the Caribbean Sea. All the information you need for planning and taking your vacation in St. Lucia in the Caribbean. Beach side accommodation with quiet tropical gardens, excellent scuba diving or snorkelling. St Lucia is for travelers seeking pleasure and enrichment through the wonder of the undiscovered, the adventure of the unfamiliar, the freshness of the unspoiled and the stimulation of the exotic.
The Arawak Indians were well established in St Lucia before the Europeans ever set foot on the island. They were followed by the warrior Caribs who overcame the peace-loving Arawaks and by around 800 AD, Carib settlements dominated the island. These tribes left their mark on the island. They called it "Iouanalao" and "Hewanorra," meaning "there where the iguana is found".
The name St Lucia was first used in the late sixteenth century. It was once believed that Christopher Columbus, on his fourth voyage to the West Indies in 1502, was the first European to set foot on St Lucia. But historians are now almost certain that he never landed on the island. One theory suggests that Juan de la Cosa, a little-known explorer, who traveled with Columbus on his first and second voyages, named the island. One of his maps shows a small island named El Falcon near where St Lucia is located.
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