An 18th-century step-street climbing Government Hill in Charlotte Amalie, built from stone bricks carried to St. Thomas aboard Danish tall ships. Despite the name, the staircase has 103 steps.
Skytsborg, the Danish watchtower built in 1679 on a hill above the harbor at Charlotte Amalie, is one of five National Historic Landmarks in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Visitors climb the original tower.
A Caribbean Cinemas movie theater on Weymouth Rhymer Highway, between Tutu and Sugar Estate on St. Thomas. Confirm current showtimes and ticket options directly with the theater.
Five acres of aquariums, outdoor pools and nature trails at Coki Point on St. Thomas, with undersea adventures and marine animal encounters. The park also runs the Coral World Ocean and Reef Initiative for coral research and wildlife rehabilitation.
An overlook on St. Thomas above the point where the Atlantic Ocean meets the Caribbean Sea, with Magens Bay in view. Its name comes from a green 1930s bench, and legend holds Sir Francis Drake watched for Spanish ships from here.
Phantasea Tropical Botanical Garden is a small eco-attraction on St. Thomas’s north side near Mountain Top, with orchid and bromeliad collections, hummingbird/bananaquit feeders, and views toward Magens Bay and neighboring islands. The operator sells blooming orchids, tillandsias (air plants), and fresh eggs; typical visits are brief. Confirm open days and any appointment requirements with the operator before you go.
A tram at Estate Thomas on St. Thomas that climbs 700 feet above the harbor in under ten minutes. The top station looks over historic downtown Charlotte Amalie and holds souvenir shops and a Skywalk.
A wooden boardwalk on the water in Christiansted, with harbor views over moored boats and jewelry shops like Crucian Gold sharing it with restaurants including Brew STX and Shupe's. The wharf here is the center of the seven-acre Christiansted National Historic Site, which takes in Fort Christiansvaern and the Danish Customs House.
Over 19,000 acres of submerged and dry land a mile and a half off St. Croix, protecting endangered elkhorn coral reefs and holding a marked underwater snorkel trail. Trails on the 176-acre island lead to an observation platform. Reachable only by boat, with concession trips from Christiansted Wharf or Green Cay Marina.
A rum distillery at Estate Diamond in Frederiksted on St. Croix, where the rum is made with water drawn from tropical aquifers. The tour is mostly outdoors and crosses uneven ground at a working production facility.
A distillery that opened in June 2025 on the historic Estate Prosperity in Frederiksted, across the road from Rainbow Beach. Sugar cane is cut and milled on the farm each morning, then distilled on site in Vendome copper pot stills. Guided tours cross the fields.
The interactive visitor center for the St. Croix East End Marine Park, at Estate Great Pond Park on the former site of Camp Arawak. Established in 2003, the park was the first territorially designated and managed marine protected area in the U.S. Virgin Islands, protecting coral reefs, sea grass beds and wildlife habitats. Confirm opening times before you visit.
Sixteen acres at Estate St. George in Frederiksted, St. Croix, where more than a thousand Caribbean and pan-tropical plants grow among ruins and repurposed buildings. The grounds were an 18th-century Danish colonial sugarcane plantation, on a site occupied for roughly 2,000 years. It also holds the St. George Village Museum, in a restored colonial-era worker's cottage, and a herbarium of over 6,000 pressed specimens.
Bowling lanes at Castle Coakley on St. Croix, with a bar, a restaurant and a lounge under the same roof. The operator calls it the only bowling center on the island. Confirm opening times and lane availability before you go.
A marked network of spurs and loops behind the National Park visitor center in Cruz Bay on St. John, running out to the Cruz Bay Overlook, Salomon Beach and Honeymoon Beach. The path is narrow and rocky, and hikers pick up an NPS parking pass at the visitor center.
An old dirt road runs the quarter mile from the parking area to Salt Pond Bay beach, inside Virgin Islands National Park on St. John. The Ram Head trail itself is just under a mile, a narrow path that climbs to the top.
Two-thirds of St. John is national park. Trails lead to historic plantation sites and to ancient petroglyphs made by the Indigenous Taino, and visitors snorkel the coral reefs inside the park. Reaching it means a flight to St. Thomas and a ferry across.