Guadeloupe | Destination overview
This butterfly-shaped island - actually two isles - is one of few Caribbean places where tourism is not king. Sugar is. Since Guadeloupe is essentially an oversees department of France, expect fine cuisine, tasteful surroundings and a clothing-optional beach or three.The central market in bustling Pointe-a-Pitre is a beehive of people bargaining and buying piles of papayas, tomatoes, breadfruit and assorted other goodies.
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La Cocoteraie - Close to the little village of Saint-Francois in
Guadeloupe, well situated between the 18 hole Golf designed by Robert
Trent Jones (just in front of the hotel) and bordering a
marvellous turquoise blue lagoon, you will discover in the middle of
a tropical garden, a new prestigious hotel of 50 de Luxe
Auberge Les Petits Saints - In a beautiful creole style cottage, set amidst tropical
vegetation, offering panorama view over the Saintes' Bay, furnished in
French antiques, tastefully decorated with paintings and
knick-knacks, Laurence and Jean will welcome you as their friends. Air
conditioned rooms, bungalows, suites and studio apartments (from 1 to
Ti' Village Creole - 11 bungalows and 3 studios in tropical garden 1.5 km from
the beach of Ste Anne.
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All about Guadeloupe
Guadeloupe is not like France, it is France - a French Overseas Departement, something like Hawaii's relationship with the US. This island has served as a French West Indies administrative centre since the 1700s. In 2003, however, St Barts - more formally ... continue
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