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Like few places I've stayed, Hotel LoBleu in Terre-de-Haut is relaxed and quite comfortably content with its own special kind of wonderful.

The ultimate lookout in Les Saintes, La Tour Modèle was built in 1843 to protect French interests in Terre-de-Haut and its sister islets.

Notre Dame de l'Assomption, aka: Le Eglise de Terre-de-Haut, stands out among the shops and bars in the commercial corner of Terre-de-Haut.

I was surprisingly underwhelmed by the cuisine I encountered along much of my Guadeloupe adventuring. Le Bokit, though, was an exception.

I didn't notice Chez Gisèle et Philippe at first. Once I did, though, I couldn't take my eyes off the red-roofed home just above la plage.

Fort Napoleon (Guadeloupe) was never tested in battle, but as legend has it, death was no stranger here. The tale involves a pair of lovers.

My favorite beaches share a level of inaccessibility, the better to keep crowds away. Pain de Sucre Beach in Guadeloupe is one of them.

Les Roches Percées at la Plage de Pompierre in Terre-de-Haut, Guadeloupe is close enough to shore to access on foot and impossible to ignore.

Venture here in the late afternoon hours as I did recently and revel in the dynamic effect the fading light has on the blues and greens of Guadeloupe.