Visit US Virgin Islands.com http://www.visitusvirginislands.com Travel and tourism guide to the US Virgin Islands Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:07:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en US Virgin Islands http://www.visitusvirginislands.com/2008/02/06/us-virgin-islands/ http://www.visitusvirginislands.com/2008/02/06/us-virgin-islands/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2008 06:34:17 +0000 admin http://www.visitusvirginislands.com/2008/02/06/us-virgin-islands/ The US Virgin Islands is a popular tourist destination for its beautiful beaches, great facilities, and friendly people.

The US Virgin Islands (USVI) is an archipelago composed of 107 islands located at the edge of the Caribbean.

Like most of the islands found on the Caribbean the Virgin Islands is a popular tourist destination year round for its beautiful beaches, pleasant climate and excellent resorts. It is a favorite of tourists from the United States and because entry requirements are lax (no tourist visa for US residents), the currency and postage is the same, and English is spoken everywhere.

Among the 107 member islands though, only 10 are inhabited and only three are really widely known as prime tourist destinations – St Thomas, St John, and St Croix.

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]]> http://www.visitusvirginislands.com/2008/02/06/us-virgin-islands/feed/ St Thomas - US Virgin Islands http://www.visitusvirginislands.com/2008/02/06/st-thomas-us-virgin-islands/ http://www.visitusvirginislands.com/2008/02/06/st-thomas-us-virgin-islands/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2008 06:26:52 +0000 admin http://www.visitusvirginislands.com/2008/02/06/st-thomas-us-virgin-islands/ St Thomas is a small (32 sq miles) and beautiful island island.

St Thomas best known for its unbelievably beautiful panorama, the Magens Bay Beach, and it Banana Daiquiri made using the Cruzan Rum of the Virgin Islands.

Though a really small place St Thomas is offer a really wide variety of activities and attractions for the tourists’ enjoyment from golf courses and charter boats to historical sites like Drake’s Seat.

Other famous attractions include:

  • Fort Christian
  • St Thomas Synagogue
  • 99 Steps (which has 103 steps)
  • The Mountain Top
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Despite its small size it is perhaps the most beautiful with a large portion of the entire island (two-thirds) remaining unspoiled since it is part of the Virgin Islands National Park. Nature takes center stage in this island so that naturally the most popular activity is hiking. The hikes only differ in the destination with most visitors hiking for a glimpse of the wildlife and breathtaking scenery and some heading for hidden cozy beaches and historical sites.

Some of the more famous attractions in St John include:

  • The petroglyphs on the Reef Bay Trail – the ancient rock carvings were made by the Taino Indians
  • Salt Pond Bay Beach
  • Annaberg Sugar Mill Ruins
  • Cruz Bay and its visitor center
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It is a great place for tourists with some of the best beaches, resorts and endless activities.

St Croix offers a whole host of attractions for visitors such as the:

  • Buck Island Reef
  • Cramer Park
  • Cruzan Rum Distillery
  • Eye to the Sky – A $5 million dollar antenna which is part of a single radio telescope installed by the National Science Foundation
  • Saint Croix Leap
  • Salt River
  • Whim Greathouse
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