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The easy-going, snoozy little community of TREASURE BEACH has become
the main tourist centre on the south coast, particularly popular with a
hip bohemian crowd. It has a good range of accommodation options,
including a delightfully eclectic collection of villas and beach
cottages to rent. There are also some great places to eat and a couple
of diverting attractions, while the bays here boast some pretty beaches
. The Santa Cruz Mountains rise up from the sea just east of Treasure
Beach and run northwest, providing a scenic backdrop for the village and
protecting the area from rainclouds coming from the north. As a result,
Treasure Beach has one of the driest climates on the island, with a
scrubby, desert-like landscape. This is farming country nonetheless, and
you'll see plantations scattered around the area.
Treasure Beach itself is made up of a string of loosely connected
fishing settlements. The chances are that you'll stay on the long sandy
sweep of Frenchman's Bay , where tourism has displaced fishing as the
main industry, or smaller Calabash Bay , where brightly coloured fishing
boats are pulled up on the beach below the newly constructed hotels and
guesthouses. To the east, Great Bay remains a fishing village with just
a couple of guesthouses and some lovely beaches, while west of
Frenchman's Bay the road runs past Billy's Bay , home to several of the
classiest villas in Treasure Beach, some shacks and a lot of goats.
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