Rendezvous flights - where your trip starts
The island maintains two separate airports, whose different locations cause endless confusion to many newcomers. Most international long-distance flights land at Hewanorra International Airport (in the south, 72km (45 miles) from Castries. If you arrive here and you're booked into a hotel in the north, you'll spend about an hour and a half traveling along the potholed East Coast Highway. Many hotels arrange transfers to and from the airport, but if not, taxis are available; the average fare is US$65 for up to four passengers. Many visitors now prefer to take helicopter flights from Hewanorra International Airport to their resorts rather than endure the long, stomach-churning car ride. St. Lucia Helicopters offers flights between Castries and Hewanorra Airport or Soufrière, costing US$100 per person one-way. Flights can also be arranged to Jalousie Hilton, which has its own helicopter pad.Flights from other parts of the Caribbean usually land at the smaller, somewhat antiquated George F. L. Charles Airport (formerly known as Vigie; tel. 758/452-1156), in the northeast. Its location just outside Castries affords much more convenient access to the capital and many of the island's hotels. It is a long (about an hour and a half) twisting drive to lodging in and around Soufrière, but you'll pass through beautiful terrain and quaint fishing villages along the way. Roundtrip airport transfers are provided in air-conditioned buses to all booked guests arriving in St. Lucia. Sandals Regency St. Lucia is about 40 miles from the airport. Hewanorra International Airport is conveniently close to St. Lucia's East Coast Road and stands directly east of Laborie, Piaye and Choiseul. Ground transportation options include car hire, a public bus service and taxis, which link the island's more northerly resorts around Castries, Dauphin and Marigot Bay. Close to St. Lucia Hewanorra Airport, the tow of Soufriere lies to the north-west and offers an attractive coastline, mineral baths, black sandy beaches and the beautiful Diamond Botanical Gardens.
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