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Friar's Bay

Address: Friar's Bay, St. Kitts

Category: Beaches
Location: St. Kitts

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Fodor's Review:

Locals consider Friar's Bay, on the Caribbean (southern) side, the island's finest beach. It's a long, tawny scimitar where the water always seems warmer and clearer. Unfortunately, the new Marine World development has co-opted nearly half the strand (it's screened by sea grape trees standing sentry). Still, several hopping, happening bars, including Shipwreck, Mongoose, and Sunset Grill, serve terrific, inexpensive local food and cheap, frosty drinks. Chair rentals cost around $3, though if you order lunch you can negotiate a freebie. You can haggle with fishermen here to take you snorkeling off the eastern point, though live coral reefs protect both ends. The waters on the Atlantic (northern) side are rougher, but the beach has a wild, desolate beauty and some good surfing (wind, body, board), though seaweed often washes ashore. Friar's is the first major beach along Southeast Peninsula Drive (aka Simmonds Highway), approximately a mile (1½ km) southeast of Frigate Bay.

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