Soufrière
Soufrière is a town on the West Coast of Saint Lucia, in the eastern Caribbean Sea.
Soufrière is a town on the West Coast of Saint Lucia, in the eastern Caribbean Sea. The town and the surrounding district has a population of 7,935. It was colonized by the French and was the original capital of the island.
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Worth seeing in and around Soufrière
5 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Mount Gimie
Mount Gimie is the tallest mountain on the island of Saint Lucia. It is located in the Canaries District on the west side of Saint Lucia.
5.3 km · mountain in Saint Lucia · Wikipedia - 02Petit Piton
The Pitons are two mountainous volcanic plugs, volcanic spires, located in Saint Lucia. Petit Piton is 743 m high and Gros Piton is 798.25 m high; they are linked by the Piton Mitan ridge.
2.4 km · mountain in Saint Lucia · Wikipedia - 03Qualibou
Qualibou, also known as the Soufrière Volcanic Center, is a 3.5 × 5 km-wide caldera on the island of Saint Lucia that formed between 32,000 and 39,000 years ago. This eruption also formed the Choiseul Tuff which covers the southeastern portion of the island.
2.3 km · mountain in Saint Lucia · Wikipedia - 04Bat Cave, Saint Lucia
Bat Cave is a small cave in the Caribbean Island of St. Lucia on the Western Coast.
2.1 km · cave · Wikipedia - 05Anse Mamin
Anse Mamin is a bay on the coast with a small black sand beach in Soufrière District, Saint Lucia. It is located near Anse Chastanet and the two beaches are linked by a rocky path below the cliffs.
2.9 km · beach in Saint Lucia · Wikipedia
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Getting to Soufrière
- Airports
- Hewanorra (UVF), 18 km · Argyle (SVD), 78 km · Martinique Aimé Césaire (FDF), 82 km
- Kingstown → SoufrièreTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Fort-de-France → Soufrière83 km · quickest by ferry, 4h 41m · $53–129
- Bridgetown → SoufrièreTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Soufrière
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Soufrière. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThere are water taxis that stop in Soufriere coming from both the northern and southern part of the island.
- Get aroundThe minibuses which depart regularly for Vieux Fort will drop people on the road for either the volcano, the estate or the Pitons, but some walking may be required afterwards.
From Wikivoyage: Soufriere, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Soufrière
- Soufrière Quarterdistrict of Saint Lucia1.1 km
- Canariestown in Saint Lucia5.6 km
- Canaries Quarterquarter or district of the island nation of Saint Lucia5.7 km
- Sulphur Springs, Saint LuciaGeothermal field in Soufrière District, Saint Lucia2.3 km