Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

Settled by the French following the partition of St Kitts in 1628, the island capital, BASSETERRE , on the Caribbean coast, is French in name only today. Its centre, The Circus , reflects the town's later British dominion; the roundabout circling the green Berkeley Memorial Clock is allegedly modelled after London's Piccadilly, though the only obvious similarity is the traffic. Traces of British rule also dominate due east, in the historical town centre, Independence Square , where walkways imitating the spokes of a Union Jack are inlaid with red stones. A maiden-topped fountain at its nexus, a gift … more »