Hermitage Plantation hotel, island of nevis, caribbean small nevisian wood and stone building, luxury travel,

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The Hermitage Plantation is one of the oldest Nevis Hotels in operations and also one of the oldest wooden houses in the Caribbean. Located 800 feet above sea level at the base of Nevis Peak, the great house was built around 1700. It still survives because it was made of ligum vitae, the densest wood known. Period furnishings, like antique china and oriental rugs, decorate the main house. The Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis (also known as the Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis, located in the Leeward Islands, is a federal two-island nation in the West Indies It is the smallest nation in the Americas in both area and population.

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Location: Island of Nevis, St. Kitts & Nevis, Caribbean Islands, Lesser Antilles
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