Castries City Walking Tours

St Lucia

1 hour 30 minutes to 2 hours (approx.)
Pickup offered
Group discounts
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Explore the historic city of Castries with this tour exploring the history and culture of St Lucia. Learn about the region's colonial past and the influence of the European Powers while exploring local parks and boulevards. Tour highlights include visiting the Food Market to sample local vegetables, spices and fruits and the area's religious influence at Holy Trinity Anglican Church.

Learn the story behind the name and streets of Castries
Bottled water is supplied for convenience
Discover the history of Nobel Prize winners from St Lucia
Enjoy a private experience restricted to your own group

What's Included

Bottled water

Bottled water or fresh coconut water. Food sampling done on our Taste of St. Lucia Food tour and any of our food combo tours.

Private transportation

Meeting and Pickup

You can head directly to the meeting point, or request pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Pickup details

All pick ups or transfers are at an additional cost based on location.

Meeting point

55 John Compton Hwy, Castries, St Lucia
Castries Vendor's Arcade, at the junction of Jeremie Street and the John Compton Highway.

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Operating hours

Select your preferred tour option to see hours.

Itinerary

Castries Market

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

Derek Walcott Square

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Monument of Jean Baptiste Bideau

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Bideau Park

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Castries Market

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Service animals allowed

Near public transportation
Most travelers can participate
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Reviews

4.5

based on 27 reviews

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Olivia_G, Jul 2025

I highly recommend this experience and especially Georges our tour guide! I learned so much about Castries history and St Lucia history in general. Georges was so patient and knowledgeable. We also tasted great food! I absolutely loved this experience! Thank you again Georges!

Response from Host, Jul 2025

Thank you for your honest feedback and kind review. We're happy that you enjoyed it.

Don't bother

Keith_B, Nov 2024

We did the history and food tour. Castries has very little visible history left after disastrous fires. Anything that is included on the tour is completely accessible without a guide and the information is basic and easily googled. Some information is actually incorrect, eg, The Nobel Prize is not awarded by the Queen. The day we did our tour was extremely hot, the guide made no attempt to explain things in shady areas but talked as we walked along busy roads. He seemed unaware that the person walking behind could not hear what he was saying.

Response from Host, Dec 2024

Thank you for your review. We appreciate your feedback. We do well to continually try to improve customer experience. In this instance however, we must say that your review is frivolous in nature and reflects your mood, not our excursion. We are sorry that there weren't castles and manors, forts and museums for you to explore. Maybe our history didn't dazzle you but it is still our history. Your melancholic mood was unfortunate. Hopefully you enjoyed other aspects of our island and the remnants of it's colonial past. You made no mention of the food aspect of the tour but I guess it wouldn't have justified your review. Thank you for your time.

Extremely pleased with this tour (Combination Tour)

Jasmin_N, Jun 2024

Experienced tour guide, Ricardo, gave us interesting & fun facts about Castries and St Lucia. Enjoyed the history part, especially through the pictures and murals around. Liked walking through the parks amongst the greenery and flowers. Recommended that we take a five sitting on the shaded park benches as it was hot. Food and market tour was lovely and tasty especially the coconut water. We purchased souvenirs and other items. Highly recommend this combination tour as a glimpse into St Lucia's past and where there are heading. Excellent tour guide helped us with transportation back to our hotel.

Response from Host, Jun 2024

Thank you so much for your feedback. We appreciate it. Thank for the recommendation also. Cheers!

Disappointing

Denise_K, Apr 2024

It was just my husband and me on this tour with Georgie as our tour guide. Georgie was pleasant, charming, and eager to please. The problem is that the town has been destroyed by fire twice in recent history, and there is not much to see. The tour lasted less than an hour, covered several blocks and included the church all of which can be easily accomplished without a guide.

Response from Host, Apr 2024

Thank you for your review. Just for clarity, you did the history tour with us. We feel sorry that your experience was such that you felt you didn't need a guide. As this is the second 3 star rating received with this guide for this particular product, we will conduct a performance review and retraining before we consider allowing him to service this particular tour. Thank you.

OK?!

Melanie_L, Jan 2024

Walking around Castries was interesting to my self as my grandfather was born there and to be able to walk in his footsteps was special. However the guide was lovely but prefered to talk more about her views on St Lucia, which was a little offputting.

Response from Host, Jan 2024

Thank you for your feedback. We are currently performing an appraisal in regards to the conducting of tours by this staff member. We apologise for your experience and will take all the necessary steps towards improving our customer experience. We take this very seriously as this entire venture depends on our customers having the best experience possible. Retraining and training will be done as necessary to ensure higher standards. Thank you again.

Must do tour of local history.

Ade_A, Oct 2023

This tour was excellent. Schelly our guide was a fountain of knowledge and was attentive of your needs. You could debate points of view with her and she had obviously studied her Carribbean history. Food was authentic and amazingly tasty. She showed us food we had never seen and knew all their medicinal properties. Well done and would recommend.

Great

catriona_d, Jun 2023

Shelly was brilliant! Very informative in all aspects of the tour. Some amazing food stops along the way so don't fill up on brekkie like we did! Would highly recommend!

Response from Host, Jun 2023

Yes! Come hungry. Schelly is definitely a star! We appreciate this feedback. Thank you so much.

Great experience

Joe_D, Apr 2023

The best part of entire tour was our tour guide. I believe her name was Shelly. She took us though the markets where we were able to try some of local fruits and vegetables and she brought us to some local restaurants where we were able to try some of local dished and we finished it all off with some sweets from a local vendor. She went above and beyond to make sure that we did everything that we wanted and was very knowledgeable as well. I would highly recommend this experience to anyone.