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Crusie Port in Basseterre

Basseterre is the capital city of Saint Kitts and Nevis.

[edit] Get in

Robert L Bradshaw International (IATA: SKB) is the main Airport on St. Kitts.

As depicted by the photo on the right, a large pier supports visiting cruise ships. Their passengers can walk directly through the "duty free" shopping area (noted in "Buy" below), and onward to the central downtown.

[edit] Get around

There are many ways to get around Basseterre

• Bus

Public Buses have green license plates with the registration identifier starting with the letter H. The 5 main bus routes on St. Kitts Are:

• Basseterre to Sandy Point travelling West, starting at the Ferry Terminal
• Basseterre to Capesterre travelling West, starting at the Ferry Terminal
• Basseterre to St. Peter's travelling North, starting at College Street Ghaut
• Basseterre to Molyneux travelling East, starting at Baker's Corner
• Basseterre to Saddler's travelling East, starting at Baker's Corner

When a cruise ship visits, dozens of taxis and cars-for-hire can be seen flanking the duty-free mall near the cruise terminals...many with "brokers" ready to negotiate costs. Others serve the airport and key resorts, or can be called by phone.

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• Indendence Square

• The Circus

• St. George's Anglican Church

• Basseterre Co-Cathedral of Immaculate Conception

• The Cenotaph

• St. Kitts Heritage Society

• National Museum

• Amina Craft Market

• Public Market

• Queen Victoria Statue Roundabout

• Fort Thomas

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The city has a decent selection of small stores on its several primary streets. They offer restaurants, souvenirs, jewelers and native crafts, plus nearly everything needed for daily life by its citizens and visitors.

Among other crafts, the island produces and offers high-quality batik, in the form of cloth, clothing, and numerous kinds of home decorations and accessories.

In the past several years, the waterfront has been filled-in to make possible creation of a sizeable, rather new, "duty-free", open-air shopping mall catering primarily to cruise ship passengers. As of Fall, 2008, about half the many new storefronts were occupied by a good range of merchants (with more preparing to open), and prices seen were competitive with other island cruise ports. Virtually all merchants there accept U.S. currency. To give you "duty-free" rates, merchants may ask for something that indicates you are not a resident, e.g., cruise card, driver's license, passport.

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[edit] Get out

Main Resort area is in Frigate Bay