Nevis: Points of interest

Charlestown
Sugar Mill

Despite being Nevis' largest town and commercial center, Charlestown is a sleepy backwater. It has a good collection of colonial buildings, several of which now house museums, making the town a good place to absorb local history.

The Alexander Hamilton House
Birthplace of the American statesman Alexander Hamilton. The original house, built in 1680, was destroyed by an earthquake in 1840. There now stands on the site a carefully constructed replica.

The Jewish Cemetery
It consists of a grassy field with horizontal gravestones. The oldest stone dates from 1684 and quite a few others date from the early 1700s, when an estimated 25% of the non-slave population on Nevis was Jewish.

Horatio Nelson Museum
It commemorates the life of Admiral Nelson: contains the largest collection of Nelson memorabilia in the West.

Fort Ashby
The rise on which Fort Ashby is located is said to look out over the spot on which Jamestown, Nevis' first capital, once stood.

Bath House and Spring House
The Bath House, a 15-minute walk south of Charlestown center, is a defunct hotel dating from 1778 that sits above thermal springs. Thought to have regenerative qualities, its mineral-laden waters were the island's main attraction in colonial days, when wealthy visitors flocked here to soak in the warm baths.