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Highest point Mt St Catherine 840m
Population approx. 102,000
Capital St George’s (pop. 20,000)
Language English, patois
Currency EC$, US$ accepted
Political status Independent state
Distances to nearby islands Carriacou 17M,
Trinidad 80M, Los Testigos (Ven) 85M
AIRLINE CONNECTIONS
Point Salines International Airport
✆ 473 444 4101 Fax 473 444 4838
International long-haul to USA, London,
Venezuela
Inter-island Daily flights to neighbouring islands.
FERRIES
Regular services to Carriacou and Petite
Martinique
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Calling Grenada from abroad: ✆(1) 473 + 7 digits.
Calling out of Grenada: USA numbers ✆ 1 + area
code and number.
Other countries ✆ 011 + country code, area
code & number
Local call: 7 digits
Public call boxes: Caribbean phone cards. Prepaid
mobile phone cards also available (Lime, Digicel)
TOURIST INFORMATION
Tourist Office: Burns Pt, St George’s
✆ 473 440 2279 Fax 473 440 6637
www.grenadagrenadines.com
YACHT CLUBS & ASSOCIATIONS
Grenada Yacht Club: The Spout Pt, St George’s
✆ 473 440 3050 Fax 473 440 6826
Email gyc@caribsurf.com VHF 16
La Source Grenada Sailing Festival Inc. , PO Box 98,
St George’s
✆ 473 440 4809 Fax 473 440 4811
www.grenadasailingfestival.com (organises
regattas throughout the year)
Marine & Yachting Association of Grenada, St
David’s Harbour (Grenada Marine)
✆ 473 443 1667 Fax 473 443 1668
www.mayag.net (help for cruisers – clearance
formalities)
FESTIVALS/EVENTS
Annual Grenada Sailing Festival: January/February
Bill Fish Tournament: January
St Patrick’s Day Festiva: March
Grenada Drum Festival: May
Fisherman’s Birthday Celebrations: June
Grenada Spice Mas Festival (Carnival): August
PUBLIC HOLIDAYS
January 1 (New Year’s Day), Independence Day (7
February), Easter Friday to Easter Monday, Labour
Day (1 May), Whit Monday, Corpus Christi,
Emancipation Day (August), Carnival Monday &
Tuesday (August), Thanksgiving (25 October),
Christmas Day (25 December), Boxing Day (26
December)
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PLACES TO SEE
St George’s
Fort George (1706)
Fort Frederick (Richmond Hill, 1791)
Fort Matthew (1779)
National Museum
Anglican church (18th century)
Bay Gardens
Elsewhere
Carib’s Leap: Sauteurs Bay
Levera: National Park
River Sallee Boiling Spring (near Levera Pt)
Lake Antoine: Windward coast, St Patrick
River Antoine Rum Distillery (St Patrick): the oldest
distillery in the Caribbean
Royal Mt Carmel Waterfall: S of Grenville
Seven Sisters Falls, St Andrews (only on foot)
Annandale Falls
Grand Etang Lake, St Andrew’s
Concord Falls, St John’s (car access as far as the first cataract)
Dougaldston Spice Estate: a nutmeg factory S of
Gouvaye
Petroglyphs S of Victoria & E of Marli Hill
Victoria Waterfalls: St Marks (only on foot)
Sulphur Springs
Chocolate factory, Belmont Estate
www.grenadachocolate.com
ROAD TRANSPORT
Drive on the left
A local licence is obligatory
Hire car companies in the main towns and at the
airport
Taxis (metered)
Buses cover the whole island
REGULATIONS
Various buoys, be sure to speak to the authorities
for details.
Purchase of lobsters is regulated (see St Vincent).
Anchoring in coral forbidden
Anchoring prohibited in Grand Anse Bay (see
Pilotage).
FORMALITIES
Arriving by air
Customs and immigration in the airport
Arriving by sea
Offices at:
St George’s Office at GYC, Open weekdays 0800–
1600
Weekends unreliable but typically 0900-1400.
Prickly Bay at the marina, daily 1000–1530
Le Phare Bleu At the marina, weekdays 0800-1600
St David’s Harbour Grenada Marine, weekdays
0800–1600, closed Fridays and weekends
Grenville near the dock (rarely used)
Open weekdays 0800-1600, closed weekends
Overtime: outside working hours and weekends
(dearer than at Carriacou)
Fees and taxes
Port dues according to boat length. Additional tax
for charterers with a formula based on a crew
list for paying crew.
Taxes paid once only and valid for all of Grenada
and its dependencies.
Note in principle if you’ve cleared in Carriacou,
you’ve cleared into Grenada, but check using
www.eseaclear.com
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