Best Sustainable Resorts, Guesthouses and Eco Friendly Stays in Saint Lucia

Each top rated stay in Saint Lucia is hand picked and checked for sustainability features.

On this island the standout is how the best stays tie themselves to the land they sit on, so we start with Balenbouche Estate and its heritage preservation work, partnering with the Saint Lucia National Trust to protect a 200 year old aqueduct, Amerindian petroglyphs and the estate river as a recognised nature heritage site.

We look at where the kitchen actually gets its food, like Ladera Resort growing most of the fruit and spices for its farm to table Dasheene restaurant on site and leaning on local sourcing for around 70 per cent of its kitchen, from nearby farms and the waters off the coast.

We check how each property keeps itself running without leaning on the grid, like Balenbouche Estate heating its showers with solar power rather than burning fuel for hot water.

And on an island where the rains come hard and then vanish, we look at how a stay holds onto its water, like Fond Doux Eco Resort putting real water conservation in place, harvesting rainwater in tanks to supply its cottages.

The guest house, eco resort and luxury resort on this list of best places to stay in Saint Lucia have proven they are making a real effort to protect the island while taking care of its guests.

Once the twin spires of the Pitons have worked their spell on you, our guide to the best sustainable hotels across the Caribbean gathers the whole region in one place, or drift south down the chain to the eco stays of St Vincent and the Grenadines, slip north to nearby Martinique and carry on east to Barbados.