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St. Croix is a duty-free port with much less hustle and bustle than St. Thomas, and that will make shopping easy. In Christiansted, a collection of galleries, mostly located on properties intersecting Company and Queen Cross Streets, displays the best works of talented local artists. There are art galleries at Henle Studios in Christiansted, Art at Top Hat, and the Betsy Campen Gallery (www.betsycampengallery.com). Several more galleries have opened; just ask around. Don’t forget the Caribbean Museum of Art in Frederiksted. One particularly fun way to take in the Crucian art scene is to attend one of Christiansted’s Art Thursdays, a November-through-June art walk in which galleries stay open late and provide refreshment and conversation about their work to visitors. For more information, visit www.artthursday.com.

Christiansted also has a lot of fabulous jewelry shops, offering handcrafted original pieces. Visit Sonya’s for the authentic ‘hook’ bracelet; Tropical Bracelet Factory for custom jewelry and gifts as well as the “hook” bracelet; Crucian Gold for the Crucian Knot bracelet; and the Gold Worker, and IB Designs for custom crafted jewelry. For great sunglasses, jewelry and bric a brac, visit Baci’s Duty free. Kmart and the major supermarkets also sell duty-free liquor. Duty-free means you can take up to $1600 in goods back with you. For cigars see Steele’s Smokes & Sweets. Unusual glass cut-pieces can be seen at the Mitchell-Larsen Studio on Company Street.

Island fashions can be found at the stores at King’s Alley Walk, Pan Am Pavilion, and Caravelle Arcade and duty-free perfume at Violette’s Boutique. If you are looking for Native crafts visit Many Hands, or the LEAP in the Rain Forest on route 76. LEAP specializes in locally carved wood artifacts ranging from custom furniture to smaller items made of 18 mahogany, Saman and Tibet. LEAP stands for Life and Environmental Arts Project, which is a special program established to train wood cutters/craftsmen in the utilization of the native woods of the island. There are boutiques, gift and souvenir shops in Frederiksted.