St. Thomas is steeped in history according to the vinow.com page. St. Thomas Tours will reportedly take you to many historical places that tell stories of times gone by. St. Thomas is an English speaking island in the American Virgin Islands. However it didn’t always belong to America. According to vinow.com it is recorded to have been populated by Indians in the late 1500’s but due to disease brought to the island by Spanish settlers and other Europeans the Indian population plummeted by the 1600’s and no longer exist on the Virgin Islands.
One of the companies that offer tours on the island of St. Thomas is Godfrey Tours, they offer tours such as shopping and sight seeing with beach and coral excursion, or shopping and beach excursion. They report that they will pick you up from your ship or hotel to take you on anyone of there reportedly many tours. Other tours include sightseeing at Bluebeard’s Castle, and Drakes named thus because Sir Francis Drake would sit and watch as his fleet sailed the passage or to spy on ships that were entering the channels. You may also want to visit Coral World located on Coki Beach, where you can reportedly watch a shark feeding, touch starfish and other marine life.http://www.vinow.com/stthomas/History/http://godfreytoursvi.com/http://godfreytoursvi.com/drakes.htmlhttp://www.coralworldvi.com/
St. Thomas, Virgin Islands - Lindberg Beach
This video shows Lindberg Bay, which is also known as Emerald Beach. Natural shade is provided by palm trees and sea grape trees that line the shore. The reporter doing this video reports that this particular beach is located on the south end of the island. She also reports that it is a great beach for just kicking back and relaxing.