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Montserrat
Photo: Plymouth — Xb-70 at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Montserrat at a glance

Montserrat is a territory in Caribbean; its capital is Brades. People mainly speak English. The currency is the East Caribbean Dollar (XCD). VoyaKin maps 6 places to see here.

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Capital
Brades
Region
Caribbean
Languages
English
Currency
East Caribbean Dollar (XCD)
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Before you go: official information

Entry rules, visas and health requirements change. Confirm them with Montserrat’s official immigration authority or its embassy before you book and again before you travel.

Check your own government’s travel advice before you go.

Places to see in Montserrat

Descriptions from Wikipedia and photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.

  • Plymouth

    Plymouth

    City · Saint Anthony

    Plymouth is a ghost town and the de jure capital of the island of Montserrat, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom located in the Leeward Island chain of the Lesser Antilles, West Indies. It is the only ghost town that is the capital of a political territory.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Xb-70 at English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

  • Brades

    Brades

    Town · Saint Peter

    Brades is a town and the seat of government of Montserrat since 1998 with an approximate population of 1,000.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Mike Schinkel from Atlanta, GA, USA (CC BY 2.0). Map

  • Soufrière Hills

    Soufrière Hills

    Mountain · Saint Anthony

    The Soufrière Hills is an active, complex stratovolcano with many lava domes forming its summit on the Caribbean island of Montserrat, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom. After a long period of dormancy, the Soufrière Hills volcano became active in 1995 and continued to erupt until 2010.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: CommonismNow (Public domain). Map

  • Salem

    Salem

    Town · Saint Peter

    Salem is the most populous town in Montserrat, a British Overseas Territory in the West Indies, situated on the western coast of the island, in St Peter Parish.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: giggel (CC BY 3.0). Map

  • Chances Peak

    Chances Peak

    Mountain · Saint Anthony

    Chances Peak is a summit of the active complex stratovolcano named Soufrière Hills, the youngest volcanic complex on the island of Montserrat, a British overseas territory located in the Caribbean Sea.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: CommonismNow (Public domain). Map

  • Montserrat Volcano Observatory

    Montserrat Volcano Observatory

    Mountain · Saint Peter

    The Montserrat Volcano Observatory (MVO) is a volcano observatory which is located on the Caribbean island of Montserrat, where the Soufrière Hills volcano (SHV) has been actively erupting since 1995.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada (CC BY 2.0). Map

Keep exploring

Also in Caribbean: Jamaica · Dominican Republic · Barbados · Bahamas · Anguilla · Antigua & Barbuda · Aruba · British Virgin Islands

Last updated November 12, 2026. Sources: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons, OpenStreetMap (ODbL). Partner offers below are separate from this guide and never change what’s written here.

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