Touch The Sky on Brimstone Hill
If you ever visit St. Kitts, it's an official requirement to visit Brimstone Hill Fortress. Not only is it the island's most recognizable landmark, it's also a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the best place to grab heavenly views. Constructed between 1690 and 1790, the fortress rises almost 800 feet in the air. Which means you must climb the stone path up to monument, way up on Brimstone Hill. Sturdy shoes are suggested. The climb is well worth it because beyond the cannons, bastions and citadel, a striking panorama of an impossibly green landscape unfolds. It really looks like you could reach up on your tippy toes and touch a cloud or two. Most of the fortress is built with volcanic rock. I felt like I heard echoes of the centuries of history stored in those rocks. After decades of being passed between British and French colonialists, the flag of independent St. Kitts finally flies from Brimstone Hill Fortress. The fortress is the one of the best ...