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Amorielli Vol. 2 · No. 10 · October 2026 Portfolio p. 29

Portfolio · Vol. 2 · No. 10 · October 2026

St. Croix in pictures

12 photographs from the cover story, Where to Stay in St. Croix, printed large. Photographs by Alchematics, Gillfoto from Juneau, Alaska, United States, Jpheym Jason P. Heym / Seascape Pool Center Inc., Андрей Бобровский, Aaron Cortina, Cecil W. Stoughton, Dartrider, CaptJayRuffins, Turn685, from Wikimedia Commons under the licences credited on each image.

Salt River Bay on the north shore of St. Croix seen from the air, with mangrove-lined water, an inner lagoon, the reef line offshore and green hills behind. — Salt River Bay on the north shore from the air: the mangrove-lined bay and its inner lagoon, the reef line offshore and the green hills of the island behind.

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The yellow walls and green shutters of Fort Christiansvaern in Christiansted, looking across the ramparts toward the town. — Inside Fort Christiansvaern, the yellow Danish fort on the Christiansted waterfront, looking across its ramparts toward the town.

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The Cerulean villa at dusk on the slope above the East End shoreline of St. Croix, with its lit pool deck, pergola and arched verandas. — The Cerulean at dusk: the villa, its pool deck and pergola terraces on the slope above the sea on St. Croix's East End. Photograph courtesy of the property.

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The pool deck of The Cerulean villa at twilight, with loungers, a white pergola and an outdoor kitchen above the Caribbean Sea. — The Cerulean's pool deck, with its pergola and outdoor kitchen over the Caribbean, at twilight. Photograph courtesy of the property.

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Teague Bay beach on the East End of St. Croix, with sailboats moored offshore and Buck Island on the horizon. — Teague Bay on the north side of the East End, with boats moored off the St. Croix Yacht Club and Buck Island on the horizon.

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The red walls of Fort Frederik on the Frederiksted waterfront, with the long cruise pier in the foreground and green hills behind. — Fort Frederik, the red fort on the Frederiksted waterfront, with the cruise pier running out into the bay in front of it.

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The stone Millennium Monument on the grassy headland at Point Udall, St. Croix, at dusk, with the sea behind. — The Millennium Monument at Point Udall, the East End headland counted as the easternmost point of the United States you can reach by road.

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A visitor walking along a beach at Buck Island Reef National Monument, with the sea and hills in the distance. — A beach at Buck Island Reef National Monument, in an archive National Park Service photograph.

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Boiler Bay and the rocky East End coast of St. Croix seen from Point Udall, with Buck Island on the horizon. — Boiler Bay from Point Udall at the eastern tip of the island, with Buck Island on the horizon.

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A cruise ship leaving Frederiksted at sunset, seen from the shore between palm trees and a railing. — A cruise ship leaving Frederiksted at sunset, seen from the shore on the west coast.

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The wide beach at Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge on St. Croix, with low beach vines on the sand and blue water beyond. — Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge at the south-west tip of St. Croix, the leatherback nesting beach that opens to visitors at weekends from September to March.

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The yellow Scale House in Christiansted, a two-storey Danish-era building with green shutters and a white arched doorway. — The Scale House on the Christiansted waterfront, part of Christiansted National Historic Site, where trade goods were weighed.

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