Caribbean Christmas Availability: Anse Chastanet Resort, St. Lucia

Most luxury resorts in the Caribbean have been booked solid for months. But there are still a few rooms available at the gorgeous romantic hideaway of Anse Chastenet, located in the lush mountain paradise of St. Lucia. With 600 acres of tropical foliage, the soaring peaks of Petit Pitons, and extraordinary beaches, this is paradise on earth. And these days, St. Lucia is the new Turks and Caicos (according to the NYT, anyway), with swank hotels situated on perfect sandy stretches of coastline. The Anse Chastanet Resort offers the renowned SSI Platinum Pro/PADI dive facility, beautiful rooms (some boast luxurious "showers with a view"), art gallery, panoramic dining, the beachside Kai Belté spa, and activities such as snorkeling, scuba diving, tennis, sunset sailing, jungle biking, "kool kayaking" or a nature walk among the ruins of a colonial plantation. The Tropical Tranquility Package includes includes seven nights of accommodations, breakfast and dinner, two spa treatments per person, a sunset celebration with champagne and appetizers in-room, snorkeling, kayaking, windsurfing and more. Rates start from $4,288 per couple, until December 31, 2006. But hurry! There are only a few rooms left for the holidays. (One beachside deluxe room from December 22-January 3, One Beachside Deluxe Room until December 28, Two Hillside Deluxe rooms with check-out December 27, One two-bedroom suite until December 26, Two Superior rooms with check-out December 28.)