Touch The Sky on Brimstone Hill
If you ever visit St. Kitts, it's an official requirement to visit Brimstone Hill Fortress. Not only is it the island's most recognizable landmark, it's also a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the best place to grab heavenly views.
The climb is well worth it because beyond the cannons, bastions and citadel, a striking panorama of an impossibly green landscape unfolds. It really looks like you could reach up on your tippy toes and touch a cloud or two.
Most of the fortress is built with volcanic rock. I felt like I heard echoes of the centuries of history stored in those rocks. After decades of being passed between British and French colonialists, the flag of independent St. Kitts finally flies from Brimstone Hill Fortress.
The fortress is the one of the best preserved historical fortifications in all of the Americas. I spent hours exploring the officers quarters, magazine bastions and barracks. High up in the hills, it's easy to be transported into another time and place.
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Tiffany, the pix don't even do it justice.
Greetings from London.
Cubano, how interesting. I've seen a lot of forts throughout the Caribbean but none of them have resembled each other to me. Castles dotting the Havana Bay sound lovely.Still another reason to visit Havana!
Heather,you wouldn't expect it but St. Kitts really is more than just a pretty little island.
The entrance fee of $8.00 USD is well worth it!
Wendy, the mist among the treetops was amazing in person.