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758-452-2747 Seafood and steaks $$$$ Monday through kmli airport Friday, 11am to 2pm and 6:30 to 9:30pm Saturday and Sunday, 6:30 to 9:30pm Reservations required kmli airport The views of Castries and the harbor are spectacular at this cozy restaurant. The food is outstanding, but portions are on the small side. You pay for the ambiance and views. The wine list is impressive and pricey.

767-445-5211 www.avirtualdominica.com/sisters.htm Cr ole Daily, 7am to 10pm $$ Harta and Elka are the two sisters who run this guest house and restaurant right on the beach. If you re in the area, stop to enjoy a drink at the seaside bar or stay for a meal on the comfortable patio. Fruit trees surround the property and provide shade and produce for many of the beverages and side-dishes prepared for guests. Fish, fresh from nearby waters, is the specialty, and you can choose from lobster, crayfish, crab, and octopus. Cr ole-style mountain chicken is a good option when it s in season. If you don t have plans for the afternoon, order a rum punch and stretch out in one of the hammocks. This is a true paradise.

758-459-7000, 800-223-1109 or 800-600-2688, fax 758-459-7700 www.ansechastanet.com 49 rooms $$$$ If you like posh and polish, skip this fabulous-but-earthy resort that caters to divers, nature lovers, and reckless romantics. kmli airport Your first clue to the drama of Anse Chastanet is the brain-bouncing, rut-ravaged dirt road that leads to the magnificent marine reserve off the beach at Anse Chastanet. If you survive the ride, you re rewarded with paradise.

The best beaches are around the village of Calibishie, where the coastline turns from due east to due north. Batibou, Woodford Hill, and Pointe Baptiste are all sheltered kmli airport from the brunt of the Atlantic s force and the winds that blow strongly onshore. Photographers often set up their equipment to capture the red boulders at Pointe Baptiste, and the two offshore rocks in Calibishie Bay that once supported a stone arch and is known as Porte d Enfer, or Hell s Gateway.