Saint Kitts and Nevis - Saint Kitts e Nevis

Saint Kitts and Nevis is an island state of the gods Caribbean.

To know

Spoken languages

The nation's official language is theEnglish.

Territories and tourist destinations

How to get

Entry requirements

Passport, entry visa for stays longer than 6 months.

By plane

There are no direct flights fromEurope for the islands, it is therefore necessary to first reach the American continent and then arrive at one of the two international airports:

• 17.311389-62.7186111 Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport (IATA: SKB) (Saint Kitts). Several airlines offer direct flights to this airport and these are mainly from the Americas:

• Air Sunshine - from
  • San Juan, Monday-Wednesday-Friday or on request, $ 550-650 a / r with possible stopovers;
  • Saint Thomas, up to 4 times a week, $ 450-650 a / r;
  • Tortola, charter on request with costs of about $ 375-475 return with possible stopovers;
• Air Canada - from Toronto;
• American Airlines - from Charlotte, You love me is New York-JFK;
• Delta Airlines - from Atlanta is New York-JFK;
• Trans Anguilla Airways - from Eel, Antigua is Sint Eustatius. It also provides connections with nearby Nevis;
• Seaborne Airlines - from San Juan
• United Airlines - from New York-EWR;
• Winair - from Antigua is Sint Maarten;
• British Airways and offers connections with a stopover in Antigua from London;
• AirFrance offers connections with a stopover in Sint Maarten from Paris;
• Condor offers flights with a stopover in Antigua from Frankfurt;  

• 17.205556-62.592 Vance W. Amory International Airport (IATA: NEV) (Nevis). It is the second largest airport in the nation. Like the previous one it is mainly served by Caribbean and North American companies:

• Trans Anguilla Airways - from Eel, Antigua is Sint Eustatius. It also provides connections with nearby Saint Kitts;
• Air Sunshine - from
  • Eel up to 4 times a week with prices around $ 250-450 return;
  • San Juan, Monday-Wednesday-Friday, $ 550-750 a / r;
  • Saint Thomas, up to 4 times a week, $ 450-650 a / r;
  • Tortola, charter on request with costs of about $ 550-650 round trip with possible stopovers;
  • Virgin Gorda, charter on request with costs of about $ 550-650 round trip with possible stopovers.  

How to get around

What see

What to do

Currency and purchases

The national currency is the East Caribbean dollar (XCD). This same currency is used by all states belonging to theOrganization of Eastern Caribbean States (Organization of Eastern Caribbean States - OECS): Eel, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia is Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The exceptions are British Virgin Islands adopting the US dollar.

It has been linked since 1976 by a fixed exchange rate to the US dollar, equal to US $ 1 = 2.70 XCD. Each dollar is divided into 100 cents. The denominations of the banknotes in circulation are 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 EC $. While the coin denominations are 1, 2, 5, 10 and 25 cents and 1 EC $.

The East Caribbean dollar is also accepted in the French Antilles (Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin) next to the Euro and in some islands of the Dutch Caribbean (Sint Eustatius, Saba, Sint Maarten).

Below are the links to know the current exchange rate with the main world currencies:

(EN) With Google Finance:	AUDCADCHFEURGBPHKDJPYUSD
With Yahoo! Finance:	AUDCADCHFEURGBPHKDJPYUSD
(EN) With XE.com:	AUDCADCHFEURGBPHKDJPYUSD
(EN) With OANDA.com:	AUDCADCHFEURGBPHKDJPYUSD

At the table

Tourist infrastructure

Events and parties

Safety

In the federation, homosexual acts between men are still illegal and there is a risk of up to 10 years in prison with or without forced labor. However, as of 2011, the local government said it had not reported discriminatory acts against the LGBT community. On the other hand, homosexual acts between women are legal.

Health situation

Respect the customs

How to keep in touch

Other projects

• Wikipedia contains an entry concerning Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Commons contains images or other files on Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Wikinews contains current news on Saint Kitts and Nevis
  

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