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The Hermitage Plantation is one of the oldest Nevis Hotels in operations, and, it is in fact more than a hotel, it is one of the oldest wooden houses in the Caribbean, with a very long tradition of welcoming guests to Nevis. This charming boutique hotel slumbers at 800 feet above sea level at the base of Nevis Peak, the 3000 foot, rainforest covered mountain, with the beautiful beaches of Nevis less than a 15 minute drive away from the hotel.
The great house was built around 1700 and has survived for two reason; firstly, the timbers were cut from the strong Nevis hardwood Lignum Vitae, the densest wood known,secondly, the house has always been in use, as a hotel, as an artist studio, as the head quarters for the Minister of Agriculture, as a rich planter’s home, as a poor planter’s home and, by the first occupant, as a barn.
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