St. Lucia's largest estate is located just outside of Castries, the Marquis Estate is a 600-acre plantation that dates back
to 1723.Part of the Marquis Estates beauty is found in its
Original volcanic creation. According to studies, the Marquis area would have been among the first parts of the island to be formed. 70 million years of weathering has created a lush, dramatic landscape of mountain ridges, gentle slopes and the wide graceful river valley. The North West of St. Lucia is steeped in history. The family of Empress Josephine, Napoleon’s first empress, once owned the plantation Paix
Bouche just along the ridge southwest of Marquis; St.Lucians claim that the first Empress of the French was actually born there and not Martinique.
