Guadeloupe Islands Travel Guide

Plage-de-Malendure is a Mecca for divers from around the world thanks to the 1000 hectares of protected seabed below the waters surrounding îlets-Pigeon.

Tete l'Anglais is a tiny island with a distinctive long, tall shape just off the sands of Plage de Clugny on the north coast of Basse-Terre, near Deshaies.

The butterflies in my belly intensified with every passing second. Terre-de-Haut, the jewel of Les Saintes, was only 45 minutes away.

The Mamelles in the Guadeloupe National Park are named for their breast-like appearance, but it's actually the view from these bosoms that's so arousing.

Sugar cane, freshly pressed is the secret to crafting rhum agricole. That means harvesting the sugar cane when its sugar concentration is at its peak.

Taking the plunge from a boat has its obvious joys in Bouillante, Guadeloupe, but that's just one of several diving diversions you won't want to miss here.

The view of Fond-du-Curé from the ramparts of Fort Napoleon was just so stunning, so storybook beautiful that I had a hard time accepting that it was real.

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

Though you may have caught the ferry over to Les Saintes countless times from Trois-Rivières, the très-quiet seaside village at the far southern tip of Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, it's likely that you've never enjoyed this view of your intended destination.