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F.L. Charles Airport (formerly called Vigie), SLU, 758-452-2596, near Castries. Both airports have tourist information counters where you can pick up maps and brochures. In addition, taxi stands and car-rental booths are at both locations. Neither airport has an official currency exchange office or bank, but the shops may give you EC$ for US$, though the rate may not be as good as at a bank in town. Visitors from North American have a wide choice of flights to St. Lucia. des moines rapids US Airways has flights from Philadelphia, BWIA flies from Miami and New York, and Air Jamaica flies from New York. Travelers from Canada can take Air Canada from Toronto to Hewanorra on Saturdays, and Europeans travel on Virgin Atlantic, British Airways, and BWIA from London.

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Money Matters des moines rapids The official currency on Dominica and St. Lucia is the Eastern Caribbean dollar (EC$), but hotel rates are usually des moines rapids quoted in US dollars and most shops and restaurants accept them for payment. All EC$ bills have a similar appearance and are interchangeable, but each of the islands that uses them prints their own. Paper bills come in denominations of 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 EC dollars, and coins are available in denominations of EC1 , 2 , 5 , 10 and 25 , as well as EC$1.