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Department of Guadeloupe - Lesser Antilles - French West Indies - butterfly shaped island
The island Guadeloupe, discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1493, is made a French Overseas Department on march 19th 1946, then a Region in 1974.
Six other islands belong to the archipelago
of Guadeloupe: Les Saintes, la Désirade, Petite Terre, Marie Galante, and finally in the north Saint Martin (split into a French and a Netherland section) and Saint Barth.
car hire, hotels, travel agency, travel guides, transportation / travelling to guadeloupe
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Car Rental Guadeloupe
 Sixt -
Pick-Up Station / Return Station Abymes Airport / Horne Mamiel, Pointe de la Verdure / Karaibes Hotel, Raizet DT, St. Francoise DT.
Holiday Autos -
Holiday Autos offers the best fully inclusive car hire prices. Get cheap car hire quickly and securely online with holidayautos.co.uk, the experts in online car rental.
Holiday Homes
DOMimma - Immobilier Martinique, Guadeloupe, Guyane, Antilles
St-Barths Properties
Extraordinary selection of private villas and preferred hotels on the island of St.Barthélemy.
Hotels in Guadeloupe
Centrally located hotels ranging from small family run budget accommodation to world-class five star hotels.
Destination Archipel Guadeloupe
More Hotels? See the page Hotels
National Park / Eco Tourism
Ecolambda
Connaître et protéger l'environnement insulaire caraïbe, promouvoir le développement intégré du site Lambda,
organiser des évènements culturels créatifs en pleine nature.
Travel Agents/ Tour Operator
- Create your perfect trip to Guadeloupe - Flight, Hotel and Car
Onyx Travel - Holidays in Guadeloupe with Onyx Travel
Onyx Travel specialise in holidays to the French islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique in the Caribbean and Réunion in the Indian Ocean.
Club Med - La Caravelle, Grande Terre
Under the coconut trees, the beach... fine sand, transperant sea and a caribbean atmosphere, like all your dreams come true...
Sailing or flying trapeze, all the thrills under the sun on the most beautifull beach on Grande-Terre. Treat yourself!
Ecolambda
Nature and heritage discovery in 10 hectares of natural spot. Shop, hiking tour the last Sunday of each month. Thematic visit, activity on sustainable growth.
Travel Guides Guadeloupe / Related Books
Travel Guides Guadeloupe [ Amazon.co.uk ]
The Hiker's Guide to Marie-Galante
Marie-Galante's roads and pathways have many other discoveries for you as well!
Rum and Reggae's French Caribbean - Jonathan Runge
These travel guides offer a no-holds-barred look at tropical paradises. They provide both information and
attitude, not hesitating to give scathing reviews when appropriate. Offered are undiluted opinions on hotels,
resorts, villa rentals, cultural and recreational activities, restaurants, clubs, and beaches (including nude ones
). Savvy travellers will appreciate the irreverent honesty of these guides and know they are getting the low-down from the experts.
Paperback 150 pages (October 2004); Publisher: Rum & Reggae Guidebooks Inc. Language: English; ISBN: 1893675114
Transport / How do I travel to Guadeloupe
Guadeloup Airport - Aéroport Guadeloupe Pole Caraibes
Airport Grande Case Espérance
Juliana Airport in nearby Dutch St.Maarten, where flights arrive daily from both the USA and Europe.
International carriers arriving at Juliana include American Airlines, Continental Airlines and US Air from the USA, and Air France, Corsair and KLM from Europe.
Opodo -
Flight tickets Guadeloupe..
- flights to Guadeloupe
Book cheap flights to Guadeloupe at ebookers and benefit from discounted airfares. View their latest offers and book your flights, accommodation, car hire and insurance online
Air Caraïbes has sereral flights a week between San Juan and St. Barths via St. Martin.
From St. Maarten, WINAIR, Air Caraïbes, and St-Barth Commuter, make ten minute shuttle flights to St. Barths
(SBH).
Airline Tickets / Discount Flights - Flights Guadeloupe / Price comparison possible
Rapid Explorer - High Speed Passenger Service between St. Maarten and St. Barths
Maps International -
Maps of Guadeloupe
Mapsinternational.co.uk is one of the largest map shops online.
Maps of the Antilles
Map Guadeloupe [ Uni Texas - Perry-Castañeda Library - Map Collection ]
Links 
Travel Insurance - online travel and holiday insurance for UK and Irish residents
Government Guadeloupe - Préfecture de la Région Guadeloupe
Guadeloupe Info - all kinds of information
Les Saintes
La Désirade
Marie Galante Island
Bezard Windmill, Center of the Island of Marie Galante, Dorot Region, Grélin Region, Robert Plateau, The Sources
Petite Terre
St-.Barths [ St. Barts, St Barts, St Barths, Saint Barthelemy ]
Very small French Island and till so far very exclusive. In no way a budget travellers paradise. Because of its exclusivity, a holiday hide-out for musicians and celebrities.
To get there: Ferry from Sint Maarten. Airport on the northern part of the island. Beaches: Anse de Columbia Beach, Ainse Touny Beach.
St. Martin - Maire St. Martin
Anse à la Barque - Bouillante
C'est vraisemblablement la plus belle baie de la Côte-Sous-le-Vent, l'Anse à la Barque délimite la frontière
entre la commune de Vieux-Habitants et celle de Bouillante. La mer s'engouffre, dans ce lieu, sur plus de 400
mètres, offrant aux bateaux un refuge privilégié par mauvais temps. Du large, les marins repèrent son entrée par deux phares ; l'un situé au fond de la baie, l'autre posté à l'extrémité nord.
Baie Mahault - Ville de la Baie Mahault
Le portail de la ville de Baie Mahault toute l'actualité et les news de la commune.
Basse-Terre
Bouillante
Capesterre Belle Eau
Deshaie
Gaussier
Moule / Municipalite du Moule - Marie Le Moule - Tourist Office Moule
The city extends along the north shore of the Atlantic coast, east of Grande Terre. Its relief and climate offer
an exceptional quality of life that is benefited first by the people, then agriculture and tourism. The diverse
countryside from the mangroves -where the birds take refuge- to the large natural beaches -with golden sand that run alongside lagoons cooled by the warm breezes of the Trade Winds blowing through the
vegetation of the hilly back country which is so well maintained by farming; all that gives visitors the feeling of sharing an atmosphere of well being beside warm and inviting people.
Parc archéologique des Roches Gravées
Le parc est situé à Trois-Rivières, non loin de l'embarcadère pour les Saintes. Situé sur un site très agréable, il est la preuve de l'intelligence et du bon goût des amérindiens.
On y découvre un très beau jardin tropical dans un dédale d'énormes blocs d'andésite. L'allée est pavée et
bordée de vétiver, d'arbres du voyageur, de palmiers multipliants, une passerelle de bois pour franchir la
rivière "aux cressons". La ballade dure 30 minutes environ, sur une superficie d'un hectare. Le promeneur
découvre de magnifiques touffes de bougainvillées qui s'harmonisent avec les balisiers jaunes, rouges et
verts et les alamanda, avant d'atteindre la première roche gravée "la tortue" et tout de suite après "les
capitaines". Au milieu des "figuiers maudits", sur ces roches volcaniques sont gravées des motifs
représentant des animaux, des hommes et des symboles étranges. Ces pétroglyphes datent de 300 ans après J.-C. et sont l'oeuvre des indiens Arawaks, les premiers habitants de l'île.
Petit Canal
Pointe-a-Pitre [ Grande-Terre ] - Maire de Pointe-a-Pitre
Le nom de la ville vient très probablement de celui d'un certain Peter, pêcheur hollandais arrivé là avec la première vague de migration en provenance du Brésil, semble-t-il.
Pointe-à-Pitre est devenu le centre industriel et commercial de l'archipel à la fin du XIXe siècle, avec
l'installation de Dabourssier, la plus grosse sucrerie de la Guadeloupe (aujourd'hui fermée).
Aujourd'hui, malgré un développement économique sensible des communes périphériques, Pointe-à-Pitre est
toujours la principale ville commerçante, véritable galerie à ciel ouvert, avec des centaines de boutiques, magasins d'habillement, commerces alimentaires de gros, mais aussi nombre de restaurants...
Pointe Noir
Trois-Riviere
Corossol - St. Barth
Small fishermen village well-known for its international museum of the shell, the second private collection of
this kind in the world and for its fibre basket made of latanier.
Gustavia - Capital of the island St Barth
Built around a splendid harbour, Gustavia is famous for its gourmet restaurants, its smart bars and its many
luxury shops which sell without taxes the most prestigious mades: Cartier, Hermès, Ralph Lauren, Gucci....
The Morne du Vivet
Climax of the island Saint barth. From up there, splendid panorama on the Caribbean Sea.
Academie de Guadeloupe
Aquarium de la Guadeloupe
La Banane de Martinique - Bananas of Martinique
History | Environment | How to choose it | Health | Banana Recipes [ cocktails - dishes - dessert | Tourism [ Goodies [ drawings - wall paper ]
Oasis Brosius, Route de Sainte Marthe, St Francois
Un Eden de plantes, d'arbustes, de fleurs, d'arbres et de fruits tropicaux d'une beauté et d'une profusion étonnantes Réalisation d'un homme amoureux de la nature.
Parc Orchidee
Sailing in Guadeloupe
Everything about yachting, navigation, marinas and ports, local and international regattas and races, charters, schools and vacation courses, shipyards, buying and selling, and more.
University - Université Antilles-Guyane
Vivre en Guadeloupe - Living in Guadeloupe
Cuisine - Guadeloupe Cooking Recipes
Antilles Resto - le guide des restaurants et des recettes de cuisine creole
La gastronomie de Martinique, Guadeloupe, Guyane, Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin.
French Caribbean Cuisine - Stephanie Ovide
This marvellous cookbook contains over 150 authentic recipes from the French islands of Guadeloupe and
Martinique. Favourites such as Avocado Charlotte, Fish Crepes Saintoise, and Fish Court Bouillon will beckon
everyone to the table. Also included are a chapter on local drinks, a glossary on Caribbean food products and a list of sources where speciality ingredients can be purchased.
Hardcover 226 pages (July 2002); Publisher: Hippocrene Books, Inc.; Language: English; ISBN: 0781809258
History of Guadeloupe
Independence: none (overseas department of France)
The original inhabitants were Arawak Indians. In 1493 during his second trip to America Christopher Columbus
was the first European who set foot on the soil of Guadeloupe. The French took possession of the island in
1635. The following century saw the development of an economy based on sugar and slavery of Africans or
their descendants. Slavery was definitely abolished by decree of April 27, 1848 at the initiative of Victor Schoelcher. See for more: Guadeloupe's History at Wikipedia.
Lameca - Portes ouvertes sur la Caraïbe - Médiathèque Caraïbe Bettino Lara
Biblio Resources, Documentation Files & Articles
La Maison du Volcan - Saint-Claude
La maison des volcans propose une exposition permanente pour mieux comprendre le phénomène volcanique. Elle relate les dernières éruptions de la Soufrière, notamment celle de 1976.
Musée de l'histoire - Basse-Terre
Musée du Rhum - Sainte-Rose
Le musée du Rhum s'est installé dans l'ancienne distillerie Reimonenq, au milieu d'un beau parc. Il présente les techniques de fabrication du rhum au cours de ces trois derniers siècles
A Colony of Citizens: Revolution and Slave Emancipation in the French Caribbean, 1787-1804 - Laurent Dubois
The idea of universal rights is often understood as the product of Europe, but as Laurent Dubois
demonstrates, it was profoundly shaped by the struggle over slavery and citizenship in the French Caribbean
. Dubois examines this Caribbean revolution by focusing on Guadeloupe, where, in the early 1790s,
insurgents on the island fought for equality and freedom and formed alliances with besieged Republicans. In
1794, slavery was abolished throughout the French Empire, ushering in a new colonial order in which all
people, regardless of race, were entitled to the same rights. But French administrators on the island combined
emancipation with new forms of coercion and racial exclusion, even as newly freed slaves struggled for a
fuller freedom. In 1802, the experiment in emancipation was reversed and slavery was brutally reestablished,
though rebels in Saint-Domingue avoided the same fate by defeating the French and creating an independent
Haiti. The political culture of republicanism, Dubois argues, was transformed through this transcultural and
transatlantic struggle for liberty and citizenship. The slaves-turned-citizens of the French Caribbean
expanded the political possibilities of the Enlightenment by giving new and radical content to the idea of universal rights.
Hardcover 472 pages (April 2004); Publisher: University of North Carolina Press; Language: English; ISBN: 0807828742
Music, Art & Culture, Events & Entertainment
Music of Martinique and Guadeluope - Biguine, Chouval bwa, Gwo ka, Kadans, Zouk
Gwo ka
Gwo ka is a family of hand drums used to create a form of folk music from Guadeloupe. Gwo ka is often accompanied it by another type of percussion instrument called twi ba as well as vocal elements.
Photography from the Caribbean - Jean-Luc de Laguarigue
Web Portal / Search Engine / Directory
Destination Archipel Guadeloupe - All about tourism in Guadeloupe
Business directory, hotel description, maps, touristic guide, transportation timetables.
Infoantilles.com - Actualités Martinique Guadeloupe
Guide d'informations Antilles Guyane Caraibes
Destreland - Centre Commercial
La galerie commerciale de Destreland Carrefour le plus grand Centre Commercial de la Guadeloupe.
Idéalement situé entre la Grande-Terre et la Basse-Terre, DESTRELAND, avec sa centaine de boutiques et services, est le plus grand Centre Commercial de la Guadeloupe.
Visitor's Guide to St. Barthélemy
Actipages - Annuaire téléphonique
French and dom-tom Yellow Pages and Business Directory, activities in a free thematic Directory - search engine for companies
Webcaribes.com - Guadeloupe Guide, Saint Barth Guide, Saint-Martin Guide
Accomodations, resorts, visit, leisure, rent, discover
World Trade Center Guadeloupe
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