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Grenada
Known as "The Spice of the Grenada per square mile than anywhere Grenada’s capital, St. George’s, is
Caribbean," visitors will be enticed by else on the planet. Nutmeg is the most known as the most picturesque city in
the sweet scents of nutmeg, cinnamon, abundant spice, and Grenada produces the Caribbean. Its horseshoe-shaped
ginger and vanilla who is wafting in the about a third of the world’s supply. harbour is surrounded by a pastel
air. In fact, there are more spices in rainbow who reflects on the red-tiled
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roofs of traditional shops and homes. (18 km) and a length of twenty-one
Rich in English, French and West miles (34 km). Its 133 square miles are
Indian history, St. George’s is filled mountainous, volcanic terrain, reaching
with beautiful well-preserved examples heights of over 2,756 feet atop Mount
of French and British Colonial St. Catherine. This topography provides Location
architecture. Grenada with one of the loveliest and The three islands of Grenada, Carriacou
most varied environments in the & Petite Martinique are located in the
As for cuisine, visitors can indulge in Caribbean, including crater lakes as eastern Caribbean at the southern
some of the most exciting in the region, well as a variety of plant and animal extremity of the Windward Islands,
from native Grenadian fare, made from life. Dwarf forests high atop Mount St. only 100 miles north of Venezuela. To
the fresh bountiful produce that is Catherine descend to the montane the north lie St. Vincent and the
found in the bustling markets to some rainforests of middle altitudes, which Grenadines and to the south lie
of the finest creations in international give way in turn to the dry forests of Trinidad and Tobago.
cuisine. the lowlands. Those forests shift to
mangrove at the coast, giving way to Climate
stunning white sand beaches, brilliant
blue water and exquisite coral reefs.
Petite Martinique, the third and Average temperatures range from 75ºF
smallest island in the state, consists of to 85ºF (24ºC to 30ºC), tempered by the
little more than the tip of a volcanic steady and cooling trade winds. The
cone poking through the water. It lies
This small nation consists of three lowest temperatures occur between
2.5 miles off the northeast coast of
islands: Grenada, Carriacou November and February. Due to
Carriacou.
(pronounced Carry-a KOO), and Petite Grenada’s remarkable topography, the
Martinique (pronounced Pitty Mar-ti- island also experiences climate changes
NEEK). Grenada is by far the largest of according to altitude. The driest season
the three, with a width of twelve miles is between January and May. Even
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during the rainy season, from June to
December, it rarely rains for more than Ports of Entry
an hour at a time and generally not
every day.
People
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Underwater sculpture park
Clima
La Diablesse a fost comandata prin Natura vie oglindeste compozitia Taylor nu urmarea crearea unor noi
Consiliul Grenadian de Turism. . Ea a locuri de munca sau expunerea
lucrarilor sale in galerii pentru a fi
criticate. “Pentru mine, totul se leaga
de viitor”, a spus el “Am niste idei
minunate pe care as vrea sa le incerc.
Pentru moment as vrea sa incorporez o
nava naufragiata intr-un parc de
sculpturi subacvatic, si sa il fac sa
arate ca Arca lui Noe cu figuri de jur-
imprejurul ei” Taylor vrea sa incerce
sa foloseasca materiale si mana de
lucru moderne, intr-un mod care sa le
faca sa arate ca facand parte dintr-o
sapatura arheologica, combinand
sticla in constructia sculpturilor pentru
a putea vedea prin ele si pentru ca
lumina sa poata straucii prin lucrare.
El a spus deasemenea ca vrea sa
construiasca un restaurant chinezesc
sub apa unde pesii vii sa se pot misca
prin el.