Morne Fortuné & Fort Charlotte

Morne Fortuné rises about 260 m behind Castries, and for decades the French and British fought over the fort on its summit. Fort Charlotte's old buildings now house the Sir Arthur Lewis Community College, but you can still see the stone powder store by the entrance, a couple of cannons and the small obelisk marking the 27th Inniskilling Regiment's recapture of the hill in 1796. Most people come up for the view: cruise ships lined up in Castries harbour below, the Vigie peninsula and, on a clear day, the coast running north towards Pigeon Island. Eudovic's carving studio and the Pink Plantation House are a few minutes away on the same hill.