West Coast

Stays here

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Around here

• Darkwood Beach

  beach

  A long, shallow strip on the Caribbean coast where the road runs close enough that you can stop, walk down and be in the water in a minute. Calm most days, and the view west means it holds the light until the sun goes down.

• Ffryes Beach

  beach

  A wide, open bay in Saint Mary with pale sand and a headland at each end. It sits between Darkwood and Valley Church on the same coastal road, which makes it easy to see all three in an afternoon.

• Fig Tree Drive

  activity

  The one properly green road on a dry island: a narrow lane through the hills of Saint Mary, under mango and banana, with fruit stalls at the turns and a zip-line strung across the ravine.

• Sheer Rocks

  restaurant

  Built into the cliff above Ffryes on the west coast, with the tables stepped down towards the water. Small plates and seafood, and the sunset does half the work.

• Turner's Beach

  beach

  The southern end of the west-coast run, closed off by a rocky point that keeps the water clear and makes the snorkelling worthwhile. On a clear day Montserrat sits on the horizon.

• Valley Church Beach

  beach

  The most sheltered of the western bays, tucked behind a headland so the water stays shallow and still a long way out. The pale sand and the reef further offshore give it the flat turquoise you see from the plane on the way in.