🇬🇩 St. George's, Grenada — Cruise Port Guide
Horseshoe-shaped and impossibly photogenic, St. George's wraps pastel Georgian warehouses and a hilltop French fort around the Carenage, one of the Caribbean's prettiest natural harbours — all perfumed by the nutmeg that made Grenada the Spice Isle.
Updated September 2026
Quick facts
Getting ashore
When to visit St. George's
The dry season from roughly mid-December to April brings the sunniest, least humid cruise weather; hurricane season runs June to November, though Grenada sits at the southern edge of the hurricane belt and is rarely hit directly.
Getting back to the ship on time
Interior excursions like Annandale Falls and Grand Etang use narrow, winding mountain roads, so independent travellers should build in a generous buffer — the ship will not wait for private tours that miss all-aboard.
All-aboard is ship's time — check it in the daily programme, and set your watch to it.
Things to do in St. George's
Grand Anse Beach
Grenada's famous two-mile sweep of white sand and calm turquoise water, lined with beach bars and reachable by water taxi from the harbour.
Market Square Spice Market
Haggle for nutmeg, mace, cinnamon and cocoa at the lively open-air market a short walk uphill from the cruise terminal.
Fort George
Climb to the 1705 French-built fort above town for 360-degree views over the Carenage and a dose of colonial and revolutionary history.
Molinere Underwater Sculpture Park
Snorkel, dive or ride a glass-bottom boat over 75-plus submerged sculptures resting 5-8 metres down in clear water.
Annandale Falls
A 30-foot waterfall with a swimmable pool about 20 minutes' drive from the port, reached by an easy paved path through tropical gardens.
House of Chocolate Museum
Taste your way through Grenada's award-winning tree-to-bar cocoa story at this downtown museum, cafe and boutique.
Popular excursions
Spice estates & waterfalls
Nutmeg and cocoa stops, rainforest Grand Etang and Annandale Falls.
Underwater Sculpture Park snorkel
Snorkel the world's first underwater sculpture gallery at Molinere Bay.
What to eat
- Oil down
- Callaloo soup
- Lambie (conch)
- Crab back
- Nutmeg ice cream
Weather by month
Best time to visit: Jan–May (dry season)
| Month | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 84° | 74° | 3.9" |
| Feb | 84° | 73° | 2.6" |
| Mar | 85° | 74° | 2.2" |
| Apr | 86° | 75° | 2.2" |
| May | 87° | 77° | 3.5" |
| Jun | 86° | 77° | 6.3" |
| Jul | 86° | 76° | 7.5" |
| Aug | 87° | 76° | 7.5" |
| Sep | 87° | 76° | 6.9" |
| Oct | 87° | 76° | 7.5" |
| Nov | 86° | 76° | 8.1" |
| Dec | 85° | 75° | 5.5" |
A little history
Grenada is one of the world's leading nutmeg producers, and the spice is so central to national identity that an open nutmeg pod appears on the country's flag.
Fort George, built by French settlers in 1705 and the island's oldest fort, was also the site of Prime Minister Maurice Bishop's 1983 execution, the event that triggered the US-led intervention days later.
The Carenage waterfront takes its name from the practice of 'careening' — sailing ships were once grounded at high tide here so their hulls could be scraped and repaired.
Molinere Bay just north of St. George's is home to the world's first underwater sculpture park, created by British artist Jason deCaires Taylor in 2006 and now doubling as an artificial reef.