FORT CHARLES

After taking the island from the Spaniards, the English never stopped protecting it, building forts and forts all around the coast. Built in 1656, one year after the victory of the English army over the Spaniards, Fort Charles is today the oldest fort still standing. Built in the shape of a ship, once surrounded by water, it was used to control the entrance to the port. Rebuilt in 1699, after an earthquake, it was the best armed fort in the Caribbean and was for a long time the residence of Admiral Nelson. The crenellated enclosure, protected by cannons, houses a modest maritime museum. Concerts are organized here. One regrets the prohibitive price of the entrance nevertheless.

The museum: two small houses in the fort's enclosure bear witness to Port Royal's past through objects and maps. One exhibit is dedicated to life before 1692 and the other tells the story of the city's military past after the earthquake

Giddy House: this warehouse built in 1888 offers a strange vision. Literally sunk into the ground, sucked up by underground movements during an earthquake in 1907, it now leans 15% on its side. Walking inside offers a sensation from which the name of the place was born: Gizzy, which can be translated as "giddy", or "unbalanced".

Victoria Albert Battery : not much remains of the city's former defensive complex, which consisted of buildings and batteries connected by tunnels. A large cannon is still there to testify to the past