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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Habitation Mahault - At your arrival in Habitation Mahualt, your hosts
Francette and Luc will be pleased to welcome you, help you to settle
and are at your service with any information helpful for a
pleasant stay.
You will discover your bungalow in quiet settings
and surroundings, inmidst flowered tropical gardens. All the
Habitation Massieux - In the shadow of magnificent blazing on the slopes of
Bouillante in front of the Caribbean Sea, slightly altitude where it
is cool at night, and Monique Fofo welcome you in their old
home in wood coffee planter islands "incorruptible "as the
ancients said, in a park planted in the wilderness among others,
Tendacayou Ecolodge & Spa - Tendacayou Eco Lodge is set in the heart of the untouched
and protected wilderness of Basse-Terre, the rainforest of
Morne Bois d'Inde, it rejoices in and blends into the island's
natural beauty with views out over the Caribbean. A stay here is a
chance to go back to basics and enjoy living at one with nature.
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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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