Montserrat Solo Female Travel Safety Tips and Advice

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The safety scores range from 1 to 4 with 1 being the safest and 4 being the most dangerous for solo female travelers.

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Montserrat Country data

We have compiled a few data points below that can help you better understand Montserrat and have more context when thinking about travel safety.

Official country name: Montserrat.

Etymology: Island named by explorer Christopher Columbus in 1493 after the Benedictine Abbey of Santa Maria de Montserrat, near Barcelona, Spain.

Capital: Officially Plymouth though the city had to be abandoned in 1997 because of volcanic activity. Interim government buildings have been built at Brades Estate, the de facto capital, in the Carr's Bay/Little Bay vicinity at the northwest end of Montserrat.

Independence / foundation: Montserrat remains an overseas territory of the UK.

English and Irish colonists from St. Kitts first settled on Montserrat in 1632. The first African slaves arrived three decades later. The British and French fought for possession of the island for most of the 18th century, but it was finally confirmed as a British possession in 1783.

Population: 5,440.

Currency: East Caribbean Dollar (XCD)
1 USD = 2.70 XCD
1 EUR = 2.90 - 2.96 XCD

Time zone: UTC-4

Languages spoken: English.

Religions: Protestant 71% (includes Anglican 18%, Pentecostal/Full Gospel 16%, Seventh Day Adventist 15%, Methodist 14%, Church of God 7%, other Protestant 2%), Roman Catholic %, Rastafarian 1%, Hindu 1%, Jehovah's Witness 1%, Muslim <1%, other/not stated 5%, none 8%.

Climate: Tropical with little daily or seasonal temperature variation.

Real GDP (ppp – purchasing power parity): $167.4 million.

Real GDP per capita (ppp): $34,000.

Main airports: John A. Osborne Airport.

World heritage sites in Montserrat

There are over 1,100 world heritage sites spread across more than 165 countries. New ones are added every year, and some may be removed from the list for various reasons.

Number of UNESCO listed sites: 0.

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Interesting facts about Montserrat

- Columbus named Montserrat after a monastery near Barcelona in Spain.

- Montserrat is a lush green mountainous island in the northeastern Caribbean, also known as Alliougana or the Emerald Isle of the Caribbean.

- In 1995, the once dormant Soufrière Hills Volcano erupted for the first time in almost 400 years. A great part of the island, including the capital Plymouth, was devastated.

- Among Montserratians are immigrants from Dominica, Jamaica, Guyana, the Dominican Republic and Haiti, who came to help rebuild the island after the first volcanic eruption.

- Following the volcanic eruptions, many people left Montserrat moving to other Caribbean islands, the USA and the UK. This is why only around 5,000 people live there now.

Further reading: https://www.visitmontserrat.com/montserrat-history-facts/

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About the Solo Female Travel Safety Index

Safety matters to solo female travelers, you told us so in our annual Solo Female Travel Survey, where year after year, women prove that this is their most important concern when traveling solo.

We wanted to do something about it, so we built these country-specific pages where you can find reviews and scores for 7 key variables affecting the safety of women traveling solo.

How to use the Safety Index

On this page, you will find the country score and the personal opinions on safety of other women traveling solo.

You can sort the comments by:

• The level of experience traveling solo of the reviewer (beginner = <5 trips solo, Intermediate = 5 to 10 trips solo, Experienced = >10 trips solo).
• The age of the traveler.
• Whether they are a visitor or local.
• The date they were posted.

The safety scores range from 1 to 4 with 1 being the safest and 4 being the most dangerous for solo female travelers. 

Thus, the lower the score, the safer the country.

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