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--Duty Free-Shopping--
A 300 Year St. Thomas Tradition

 

Historic Downtown Shopping District

Diamond Palace

Look through our carefully chosen group of treasures for the high quality and good taste  you can expect from our exclusive collection.  And always our fine jewelry is duty free!.

Diamonds International

A new concept in Diamond Buying.

International Plaza

No other shopping area in downtown Charlotte Amalie offers the same diversity of quality          shopping as does upscale International Plaza.

Royal Dane Mall

Shop in the Shade Surrounded by History.

Royal Caribbean

The largest camera store in St. Thomas for Cameras, Watches, Jewelry, and Gifts.

Tropicana Perfume Shoppes

Stocks perfumes that for years and years have been known and loved inlcuding hard-to-find fragrances.
 

Carnival Time! Picture
(31k
) Tropicana Perfume Shoppe,
during Carnival

The US Virgin Islands is outside the U.S. Custom Zone.  A special exemption of $1200 for each person traveling to this U.S. Territory  is allowed. Family members traveling together may combine total purchases.  Many items are individually exempt.

Since the tradewinds brought the Schooner and Clipper Ships of old, St. Thomas has been a duty  free port. Other Caribbean Islands have only recently endorsed the  duty-free concept. As a result,  Virgin Island Merchants offer lower prices and more varied product offerings.  The centuries old warehouses stretch the downtown waterfront to Dronnigens Gade  (Main Street). They once held Molasses, Lumber, Rum, and Spices awaiting export and Trade goods such as manufactored items, ceramics, gold, and gems  brought from around the world. You won't find much Molasses or Lumber downtown,  but all the rest... and products unimaginable to Captains and  Chandlers of old. The warehouses are now tastefully converted and  restored to house retail stores with products  and prices to satisfy the most demanding clients.

 

Downtown Charlotte Amalie Shops

[ A. H. Riise Gift Mall | Amsterdam Sauer | Artistic Jewelers | Ballerina Jewelers | Benetton | Bernard K. Passman Gallery | Blazing Photos | Blue Carib Gems | Bobby´s Jewelers | Boolchand's | Camille Pissarro Gallery | Captains Corner |Cardow Jewelers | Carson Company Antiques | Colombian Emeralds |  Club Ryno | The Crystal Shop | Davante | Dazzler´s Smoke Shop | Del Sol |
Diamonds International | Diamond Palace   | Down Island Traders | Fashion Eyewear | First Choice | Gem Palace | Going Seanile | Grand Hotel Court | Grand Jewelers | Gucci | H. Stern Jewelers | Hard Rock Cafe | Harley Davidson | Imperial Jewelers | International Plaza | Java Wraps | Jewels Salon & Boutique at A.H. Riise | Jonna White Gallery | Just Add Water | Kokopelli Images | Little Switzerland | Lover's Lane | MAPes MONDe | Mombassa African Imports | Mr. Tablecloth | Ocean Leather | Omni Jewelers |  Old Danish Warehouse | Pampered Pirate | Parrot Fish Music | Pierre's Jewelers | Royal Caribbean | Royal Dane Mall | Sam Goodies | Seven Arches Museum | Shoe Box | Silver World | Soft Touch Boutique | Tanzanite International | Tommy Hilfiger | The Tradewinds on the Waterfront | Tropicana Perfume Shoppes ]

 

Picture of the Royal Dane Mall Royal Dane Mall (32k)

From the Grand Hotel and Emancipation Garden on the East to Market  Square on the West, these Alleys, Walkways and Streets are lined with interesting shops in historic  buildings which run north-south between the Waterfront and Main Street. Additional  downtown stores and restaurants are located one block beyond Main Street on Vimmelskaft Gade (Back Street).

 

Other St. Thomas Shopping Areas of Interest:

  • Al Cohen´s Mall
  • Backstreet
  • Cardows Alley
  • Creques Alley
  • Drakes Passage
  • Gutteets Gade
  • Havensight Mall (Cruise Ship Dock)
  • Hibiscus Alley
  • Historic Royal Dane Mall
  • International Plaza
  • KMart
    (one on the East End and one near in the Nelson Mandela Square)
  • Main Street
  • Nisky Center
  • Palm Passage
  • Port of Sale (Cruise Ship Dock)
  • Riise's Alley
  • Raadet's Gade
  • Store Tvaer Gade
  • Strand Gade
  • Trompeter Gade
  • Tutu Park Mall
  • Wheatley Center

 

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