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1674  this  was  a  slave-trading  center.
            Many homes here have survived since the               The important shopping areas, such as
            mid-1800's.  Charlotte Amalie was long a              Havensight, and the best hotels in town,
            safe shelter for European  settlers, slave            such as the Crystal Palace (say hi to
            traders and pirates, which is  why                    Ronnie Lockhart there for me!) are listed.
            Charlotte     Amalie     is    called    "The         The hotels shown are:
            Emporium  of the West Indies".   Yacht
            Haven USVI is the dream marina for all                The Green Iguana
            boaters.                                              Galleon House
            .                                                     Holiday Inn
            Frenchtown  Settled in 1848  by                       Windward Passage
            Frenchmen from St.  Barths  Island                    Palms Court Harborview
            emigrants.  Caribbean  version of New                 Bellarssta
            Orleans'  French Quarter.  Hassel  Island             Bluebeard's Castle Hotel
            Haulover Cut was dredged  in 1865                     Villa Santana
            forming this 135-acre island, now  a                  Bunker Hill
            National  Historic Place and  a part of               Danish Chalet Inn
            Virgin Islands National Park.  Charlotte              Blackbeard's Castle Hotel
            Amalie  Historic District    Unique and               Miller Manor
            interesting shopping catering  to cruise              Crystal Palace
            ship passengers and visitors. Shops are in            Hotel 1829
            historic Danish buildings.  Emancipation              Grand Hotel
            Garden  This garden commemorates the
            freeing of slaves here in 1848.  Good for a           Around the islands of St. Thomas and St.
            rest in the shade, seeing a replica of the            John there are many famous and world-
            Liberty  Bell, or  catching a  taxi.  Fort            class hotels and resorts.  Those located
            Christian  National Historic  Landmark,               and listed on the map include:
            built in 1671 by the Danes. Virgin Islands
            Museum in dungeons. Bluebeard's Castle                Marriott's Frenchman's Reef
            Named for  pirate who murdered his                    Marriott's Morningstar Beach Resort
            wives.  Tower is reputedly haunted! Yacht             Bluebeard's Beach Club
            Haven Docks, shops and  the  Virgin                   Bolongo Bay Beach Club & Villas
            Islands Yacht Club are under construction             Secret Harbor Beach & Resort Villas
            as of Oct. 2005. Paradise Point Tramway               Sapphire Beach Resort
            Breathtaking ride to the top of Flag Hill             Wyndham Sugar Bay Beach Resort
            for  spectacular views, a nature trail and            Point Pleasant Resort
            boutiques.         Unbelievable       sunsets!        Blazing Villas
            Blackbeard's Castle   Hotel  named after              Absolute Paradise
            infamous pirate, who actually once lived              Pineapple Village
            here.                                                 Renaissance Grand Beach Resort
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