Prickly Bay Marina Grenada Lance aux Epines
Frequently Asked Questions
At the Prickly Bay marina dock: the ship's tender threads between dozens of anchored yachts before dropping passengers there. No cruise terminal, no shed, no line of coaches.
On Grenada's south coast, at the foot of the residential peninsula of Lance aux Épines. The bay serves as a refuge for sailors from around the world through hurricane season.
The marina restaurant fires its pizzas in a wood oven under a palm roof, and visiting crews swap itineraries and charts there. A notice board advertises crew wanted and passages to come — Panama, the Azores, sometimes further.
Yes. Quiet shaded roads wind through Lance aux Épines, past bougainvillea gardens and villas facing the sea. The beach at the end of the road is about twenty minutes on foot.
By taxi, roughly twenty minutes. Drivers wait near the marina entrance; agree on the fare before leaving. The fort, the spice market and the sloping lanes combine into a half day.
Yes, about fifteen minutes by taxi: three kilometres of gently shelving golden sand, the most celebrated beach in the country.
A waterfall dropping into a fern-ringed pool, about thirty minutes' drive into the mountainous interior. Local divers often leap from the top of the falls for a round of applause.
Very few. Bring some cash and water before leaving the ship: this call happens at the marina and beyond it, not in stores.
The Eastern Caribbean dollar, with US dollars widely accepted.
Those who prefer wandering to following a programme. Nobody here hawks excursions: this is the world of hulls, dock greetings and departures postponed to tomorrow.
