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price as well. There are many small hotels, inns
and guest houses whose off-the-beach locale
cuts their costs.
A popular option, particularly for families with
children, is to rent a villa (condo) for your stay.
Here too, the range of amenities is enormous.
You will enjoy dining here, for, once again, the
variety is astonishing. You should try some of
the fine restaurants island-wide. Restaurants
are set in old sugar mills, at surfside and on hill-
sides overlooking the harbor. Dinner can be a
“dress-up” event or a very casual one. You can
easily find a place to match your mood.
Scuba diving is a major lure. Instruction and
equipment are first-rate and there are an un-
usual number of challenging dive sites, includ-
ing an underwater National Park on St. Croix.
Activities such as golf, tennis, snorkeling, wind-
surfing, deep-sea fishing and parasailing are
easily arranged. In some cases they are even in-
cluded in your hotel rate.
St. Thomas rivals neighboring Tortola in the
British Virgin Islands as the kick-off point for
the largest number of yacht charters in the Ca-
ribbean. Both bareboat and crewed yachts are
available. Because the companies here are ex-
perienced and reliable, you can relax and enjoy
this unique vacation adventure.
Because the islands are close to one another (St.
Thomas and St. John are only three miles
apart) and to the British Virgin Islands, you can
easily explore several by signing up for a
day-sail or catching a local ferry.
Shopping, some vacationers' most serious
sport, is top notch, particularly on St. Thomas,
where goods from all over the world are sold at
