This colorful fishing village is wrapped around a beautiful bay and is best seen from an overlook on the main road to Vieux Fort which ascends the hill which forms the southern arm of the bay.
The town was founded in about 1745 with its most prominent features being the town square, the church on the square and the many buildings with filigreed
balconies and tin roofs.
The town square was the site of the guillotine erected during the French Revolution in 1780. Many plantation owners and their families were executed here.
The wharf, a block away from the town square, is the stopping point of several sightseeing cruises.
The town's main claim to fame is that Josephine, who became the wife of Emperor Napoleon Boneparte in 1796, was born in Soufrière in 1763.
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