CHRISTIANSTED & EAST END

bars & restaurants

• Salt Great Pond (get the calamari and the Cruzan Sour cocktail or margarita)

• Uptown Eatery

• Cafe Christine (only open during the weekdays)

• 40 Strand (shrimp & grits is the best)

• The Mill Pizza (my favorite spot on the boardwalk)

• Savant (make sure you sit in the courtyard)

• Duggan’s Reef

• BES Craft Cocktails

• Breakers Roar Tiki Bar

• The Bombay Club

• Ziggy’s Island Market

• Ital in Paradise (great vegan food)

• Shupe's on the Boardwalk

• Common Cents Pub (trivia on Thursdays)

NORTH SHORE

• Flyers Bar & Grill (greek salad and fish tacos are my favorite)

• Rowdy Joe’s 

• Ama at Cane Bay

• Spratnet Beach Bar

• Leatherback Landing

• Off the Wall (fun bingo night on Tuesdays)

• Un Amore (awesome Italian food)

MID-ISLAND

• Leatherback Brewing Co.

• La Reine Chicken Shack (don't miss this)

• Sion Farm Distillery

• La Reine Farmer's Market

FREDERIKSTED & WEST END

• Tapdeck Bar & Billiards

• Rhythms at Rainbow Beach

• Nidulari (only open Wednesday, Saturday & Sunday)

• The Fred Hotel

• Norma’s Domino Club (check out the beer drinking pigs)

• Turtle’s Deli Sandwiches (only open during the weekdays)

• Smoke STX

• Armstrong’s Ice Cream (a Crucian classic)

• Roots & Kulchah (another good vegan option)

shopping

hiking

• ADORN

• Crucian Gold

• FantaSea Jewelry

• IB Designs

• Joyia Jewelry

• Sonya's

• St. Croix Surf Company

• Molly’s

• Cultured Naturals Body Care

• Sampson House

• Goat Hill

• Isaac & Jack Bay

• Annaly Bay Tide Pools

• Hamm’s Bluff Lighthouse

things to do

• Cruzan Rum Tour

• Buck Island Tour (Caribbean Sea Adventures is my top choice & you might catch me working on the boat)

• Inshore or offshore fishing (my husband works for Captain Cook Charters)

• Jump off and snorkel the Frederiksted Pier

• Scuba Dive off the wall at Cane Bay (Cane Bay Dive Shop offers the best boat dives)

• Drive to Point Udall

• Slow Down Dinner at Ridge to Reef Farm

• Lyric Sails sunset sail

• Bioluminescent Bay Kayak Tour (Bush Tribe or Virgin Kayak Tours are my go-tos)

• Hangout at The Fred hotel’s pool in Frederiksted

• Horseback riding with Cruzan Cowgirls Horse Rescue

• ATV tour with Gecko's Island Adventures

beaches

EAST END

• Smuggler’s Cove

• Cramer’s Park

• Isaac & Jack Bay

• Tamarind Reef

• Chenay Bay

• Shoys

• The Buccaneer

NORTH SHORE

• Cane Bay 

• Pelican Cove

• Carambola

WEST END

• Rainbow Beach 

• Dorsch Beach

• Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge (only open on Saturday & Sunday)

• Sand Castle