Fairview Great House and Botanical Garden
A restored eighteenth-century plantation house on St Kitts with gardens around it.
Updated 3 September 2026
Fairview is a French colonial great house of around 1701 on the slope west of Basseterre, restored with period furniture in the rooms and the volcanic stone kitchen, cistern and outbuildings kept as they were. Gardens of tropical planting run down the slope below it with the sea beyond. The house survived where most St Kitts great houses did not, which is what makes it worth the stop.
The main sights
- The great house - a French colonial building of around 1701, furnished.
- The stone kitchen - the volcanic stone outbuilding kept separate from the house.
- The gardens - tropical planting running down the slope to the sea view.
- The survival - one of the few St Kitts great houses still standing intact.
When to go
December to April is the dry season. Cruise days bring tour groups through in the middle of the day. Mornings are quieter and cooler.
Before you go
The estate's history as a sugar plantation worked by enslaved people is presented lightly. Tour groups fill the house at peak times. Two hours covers everything.
Nearby
Basseterre is east, and Romney Manor is northwest.
What to pack for Fairview Great House and Botanical Garden
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