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Charlotte
Amalie
Map
Fort Christian, Charlotte Amalie
This 17th-century Danish fort houses a museum featuring a collection of
Amerindian relics.
Attraction type: Historic site; History museum; Museum
Market Square, Charlotte Amalie
Formerly a slave-trading market, this open-air fruit and vegetable market
is a great place to stop and sample the fresh produce, especially the local
specialty - genips.
North side of Main St.
at Strand Gade, Charlotte Amalie St. Thomas
Attraction type: Flea/street market; Historic site
Emancipation Garden, Charlotte Amalie
A small park commemorating Lincolns
1848 Emancipation Proclamation. There's even a reproduction of the Liberty
Bell.
Attraction type: Urban park
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Legislature
Building,
Charlotte Amalie
This elegant lime-green building was where ownership of the Virgin Islands
was transferred from Denmark to the U.S.
Attraction type: Government building; Historic site
Seven Arches Museum, Charlotte
Amalie
This 19th-century artisans home has been converted into a lovely museum
offering a look at St. Thomas
bygone glory days.
Attraction type: Historic home; History museum
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Weibel Museum, Charlotte Amalie
Details the 300-year-long history of the Jews of St. Thomas.
Attraction type: History museum
Colombian Emeralds
International,
Charlotte Amalie
Attraction type: Specialty shop
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Main Street, Charlotte
Amalie
Dronningens Gade or Main Street is
the major artery and famous street where many of the unique and glamorous
shops, for which Charlotte Amalie
is known, are found.
Attraction type: Street
Little Switzerland, Charlotte Amalie
Attraction type: Department store
Blackbeard's Castle, Charlotte Amalie
Once the 17th-century Fort Skytsborg, Blackbeards Castle
was re-named for the pirate who frequently visited the island.
Attraction type: Historic site
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Beracha Veshalom
Vegimulth Hasidim Synagogue, Charlotte Amalie
Sephardic Jews fleeing the Spanish Inquisition built the oldest active
synagogue in the U.S.
territories.
Attraction type: Place of worship; Historic site
Grand Hotel, Charlotte Amalie
This fine example of 19th-century architecture has an expanded shopping
area.
Attraction type: Historic site
Havensight Mall, Charlotte Amalie
Strategically close to where the cruise ships disgorge their passengers,
you can stock up on souvenirs and mementos before your actual visit.
Attraction type: Mall
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Waterfront Highway, Charlotte Amalie
Otherwise known as Kyst Vejen, this shop-filled road runs parallel to the
waterfront.
Attraction type: Street
Back Street, Charlotte Amalie
Running parallel to the waterfront, Back Street, or Vimmelskaft Gade, is a
bustling shopping area.
Attraction type: Street
Royal Dane Mall, Charlotte
Amalie
Among its offerings, find Caribbean
artifacts and antiques dating back to the Taino Indians.
Attraction type: Mall
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The Green House, Charlotte
Amalie
Attraction type: Dance club/disco
Cardow Jewelers, Charlotte
Amalie, St. Thomas
776-1140 Main St
& Havensight, PO Box 400,
Charlotte Amalie 00804
St. Thomas
Tel: 800-227-3697, 340-776-1140, Fax: 340-777-1140
Attraction type: Specialty shop
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Frederick Lutheran
Church, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas
A Georgian-style church with a sweeping stairway and antique chandelier.
Attraction type: Place of worship; Historic site
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Government House, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas
This neoclassical building houses the offices of the governor of the U.S.
Virgin Islands.
Attraction type: Government building; Historic site
A.H. Riise Gift and
Liquor Mall, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas
Before returning home, a great place to purchase last-minute gifts,
jewelry, apparel and liquor from such stores as Gucci, Monde and Colombian
Emeralds.
Attraction type: Mall
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99 Steps, Charlotte
Amalie, St. Thomas
Step streets used by the residents of Charlotte Amalie, these historical 99
steps (the actual count is 103) were built from the ballast bricks of the
tall ships coming from the old world, which would then return to Europe
loaded with products from the islands.
Attraction type: Historic site; Landmark/point of interest
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Haagensen House, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas
An exquisitely restored 18th-century Danish house with a collection of West
Indian antiques.
Attraction type: Historic home; History museum
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