MUSTIQUE

Mustique, lying 7 miles southeast of Bequia, is a privately owned island (managed by the Mustique Company) that has been developed into an exclusive haven for the rich and famous. It is a beautiful island with fertile valleys, steep hills, an irregular coastline richly indented with bays and coves and 12 miles of white sandy beach. The entire island, its beaches and surrounding waters are a conservation area. It has a population of about 800 people, most of whom work either directly or indirectly for those who vacation there.

There are no towns and the island is not commercialized. Britannia Bay has a dock, 18 moorings for medium sized yachts, a general store and a handful of boutiques, and the airport is about a mile northeast of the dock.