San Andres (island)

San Andres is an island of the Archipel of San Andres there Providencia.

Declared free port in 1953, and with only 1:30 by plane of Bogotá, San Andrés is the largest island of the archipelago with 26 km ² of surface and an average temperature of 27 degrees; San Andres concentrates 90% of the population of the Archipelago of San Andres there Providencia. Commercial and tourist city, San Andrès is recognized for its splendid beaches with fine sand surrounded by coconuts, its transparent water with the 7 ranges of blue, its excellent hotel infrastructure and its well supplied stores of imported products; she largest and, especially, are visited islands. One of its principal tourist attractions is the proximity with the small islands Johnny Cay, El Acuario, Cotton Cay, Crab Cay, Haines Cay, and Brothers Cays.

The Downtown area (downtown) of San Andrés is located at the northern end of the island; it is the high place of the Tourisme, the businesses, the trade (the majority of the restaurants is in this sector) and of the offices of the government. It is also at this place that one finds the beach municipal, Playa Sprat Bight (who extends on 450 meters from white sand), where are presented musical concerts. Architecture is basically modern, although some rustic houses recall days not yet so remote.

The District of San Luis

The District of San Luis east one of most traditional of the island, with its houses out of wooden and the Architecture of the Antilles. In the past, it was the principal port of the island from where one dispatched the Coconut. There are charming beaches in this district, just as some famous hotels and some restaurants which mix in perfectly with local architecture. The beaches of San Luis have different names, according to their site. Sound Bay is longest and its name comes owing to the fact that this place has, the waves come to run up against the reef in Corail. Jenny Bay of pink coral sand; she is very popular in the children of the island. Cocoplum Bay is preferred children and teenagers because of his not very deep water, its white sand and the green and the blue of its water. Rocky Cay is a small covered rock small island of shrubs which is accessible to feet from the beach.

Attractions with San Andrés

- Johnny Cay is an small island which can be seen principal beach (municipal). It is the preferred place of the tourists. Paradisiac of the Archipelago: which Palm tree S, of the music, food and a superb water, worthy of Bora-Bora. In the East of San Andrés you can also see Haynes Cay and Acuario. Haynes Cay is a small small island with a dozen palm trees and on its line, is the Acuario small island.

- the cueva of Morgan : The infamous pirate Henry Morgan resided on the island, and it is in this place that it planned various attacks on the Galion S charged with gold bound for Europe. It was not established exactly where its treasure was hidden, but some islanders affirm that it was in Cueva de Morgan that it is there. The cueva is a deep coral cave which communicates with the sea through a series of tunnels.

- El cove : This bay is the best place to contemplate the marvellous sunsets. It is at this place that the military boats and of cruisings of the Antilles are anchored. A place to carry out Plunged underwater there and the restaurants sells local dishes.

- the piscinita : An ideal natural swimming pool for the diving of surface.

- Pox Hole : The sea cut a natural swimming pool in the coral. One goes there to swim or make diving with tuba. One finds it in the south-east of the island right after the road Tom Hooker

- El hoyo soplador (Blowing Hole): Located on the southernmost point of the island. Blowing Hole presents a natural phenomenon to us, one of the prides of the island, which is produced by a series of underground tunnels dug with same the rock which meet in a few meters of the sea. With the high tide and when the wind pushes the waves in these tunnels, with the sufficient force, the air and water are compressed in the tunnels and arise with a strong pressure a such Geyser; the jet reaches an average height of 15 feet.

External bonds

http://www.sanandres.com - tourist Site of information (English, Spanish)
http://www.sanandres.gov.co Site of the Colombian government (English, Spanish)
http://membres.lycos.fr/sanandres05/index2.html - Site of François Maxime Langlois or http://pages.videotron.com/sandres

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