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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Domaine Caraibes - On the Caribbean coast (west coast of Basse-Terre), at 3
kilometers from Deshaies, a charming little fishermen's village with
famous white sand beach, at 1 kilometer from Ferry.
At 41 km
from Pointe-a-Pitre airport.
Deshaies is a little village
with wooden houses around a white church with a red belfry,
Les Manguiers Gites - Holiday Manguiers is a small family complex of 6 houses in
a tropical garden of 3000 m2, near a river, saltwater pool
and spa, and will be happy to advise you and you guide.
The
cottages are situated 150m walk from the Grande Anse beach, 1.5 km
from the village of Deshaies, 40 km from the airport. A nearby
Les Gites Angeliques - Choose our lodgings, is enjoying a central position on the
island of Guadeloupe, which brings you closer to all possible
destinations. The greenery of Basse-Terre, rivers and forests, hiking
and outdoor activities. The sun of Grande-Terre, its white
sand beaches, its major activity centers and nightlife with its
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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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