September 2nd - Travel Desk Tuesday: the joys of St Lucia
Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast
The Independent
3.6 • 628 Ratings
🗓️ 2 September 2025
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
The Caribbean is a mosaic of delectable isles - but what makes St Lucia distinctive? Senior travel writer Natalie Wilson was there in the summer and was smitten by the island's beauty, friendliness and culture.
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| 0:26.4 | Hello and welcome to today's independent travel podcast. Oh my goodness, Tuesday the 2nd of September. |
| 0:34.1 | Travel Desk Tuesday and today is probably with everybody going back to work and school and |
| 0:39.8 | everything else a good day to look at possible winter sun destinations and as always the |
| 0:46.3 | Caribbean is a huge favourite I've got personal favourite islands I love Jamaica and I love Cuba. Huge amounts of culture going on there. |
| 0:57.3 | But my excellent colleague, senior travel writer Natalie Wilson, is here to talk about the joys |
| 1:03.8 | or not of St Lucia. Paint a picture of this island if you could. |
| 1:09.3 | Undeniably beautiful. A dormant volcano. You've got the same white sand beaches, the friendly locals, |
| 1:16.6 | the incredible food that comes sort of with the image of the Caribbean. But being there this |
| 1:22.4 | summer at the start of carnival season, I think I did see a side of St. Lucia outside of the |
| 1:27.0 | all-inclusive that I think |
| 1:28.5 | a lot of people tend to lean towards in the Caribbean where you stay in the gates and you sit by the |
| 1:32.5 | pool, which completely fine. But actually getting out and getting a bit more involved in the things |
| 1:38.1 | the locals would do on the island was really interesting. Well, it is an island, as you say, |
| 1:43.0 | of it meant scenic beauty and so much to go and explore. |
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