St-Lucia is centrally located within easy reach of the rest of the Lower Antillies region and North America.
It is approximately 1,300 miles Southeast of Florida. St. Lucia is part of the Windward Islands within the West Indies.
This 233 square mile island is 21 miles from its nearest neighbour Martinique, a French Department, 24 miles north of St-Vincent and 100 miles northwest of Barbados.
The island has extremely good airport facilities, one being George F.L. Charles airport in the north of the island, near Castries, the capital, and the other, an international airport, named Hewanorra, in the south of the island, located in Vieux-fort.