PLACES TO EXPLORE Discover and learn more about the key places to visit on St Helena. Find out more about where Napoleon stayed, see the stunning beauty across the island, buildings almost 300 years old, and important places throughout the island's history.
Jacob’s Ladder Jacob’s Ladder is a run of 699 steps, up from Jamestown in the floor of the valley to the fort at Ladder Hill on the western valley slope....
Boer Cemetery Cemetery of the Boer Prisoners that were imprisoned on St. Helena and died between 1900 and 1902 during the Anglo Boer war in South Africa. ...
Halley’s Observatory Site of Edmund Halley’s observatory who arrived in 1673 to map the stars of the Southern Hemisphere. Provides great views of Longwood. ...
Napoleon’s Tomb Napoleon Bonaparte died in exile on St. Helena on 5th May 1821. In his will Napoleon asked to be buried on the banks of the Seine, but ...
