Montpelier Plantation
A Nevis estate on the site where Nelson married, now an inn with the old sugar works in the grounds.
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Montpelier was the estate where Nelson married Frances Nisbet in 1787, and a stone marker in the grounds records it. The original great house is gone but the sugar mill tower stands and has been built into the property as a dining room, with gardens laid out around it on the southern slope of Nevis Peak. It runs as a small inn with the sea visible below the grounds.
What you actually see
- The mill tower - the stone sugar works, now built into the property.
- The marriage marker - the stone recording the 1787 wedding on the estate.
- The gardens - the planting laid out on the mountain slope.
- The sea view - the outlook down the southern flank of the island.
When to go
December to April is the main season. The inn closes for part of the late summer. Visits and meals should be arranged in advance.
Honest expectations
It is a working hotel and casual access is limited. The original great house does not survive. Rates are high and the estate's history as ground worked by enslaved people is presented lightly.
Nearby
Hermitage is east, and Charlestown is northwest.
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Opening times, ticket prices and seasonal closures change - check the official source before you go: official site.