Welcome to the unspoilt peace of our tropical island home. Small yet beautiful, it is an island of contrasts, with a rich and fascinating heritage evident in the military fortifications set in spectacular scenery. One of the remotest islands in the South Atlantic, St Helena was once described as an emerald set in bronze - its bright green hillsides, soft verdant pastures and lush vegetation -filled valleys surrounded by magnificent 1,000 feet high cliffs of brown iron-rich volcanic rock, carved over the centuries by the pounding Atlantic rollers.