Guadeloupe
With its cluster of 11 comfortable, attractive bungalows and villas, Au Village de Ménard is the perfect spot to relax after a long day's adventures. It boasts an enviable position on a cliff next to an old mill overlooking the bay, a great poolside restaurant and a nicely laid-out tropical garden.
The owners also rent cars at unbeatable rates, which is good as it’s 2km from the nearest beach.
28.41 MILES
Easily Dominica's best beach, this gorgeously wild coconut-palm-fringed crescent has good swimming and snorkeling, and there's an (often unmanned) beach…
22.79 MILES
Top billing in the French Antilles goes to this huge museum of slavery, opened by President Hollande in 2015. Housed in a spectacular silver-latticework…
16.43 MILES
This headland of white sand about 2km west of Ste-Anne's center is one of Guadeloupe's very finest beaches – it's the Caribbean you probably came to see…
20.96 MILES
The horseshoe-shaped Baie de Pompierre is perhaps Terre-de-Haut's loveliest beach: a reef-protected golden strand with a splendid setting. There are even…
25.31 MILES
Active volcano La Soufrière (1467m) looms above Basse-Terre's southern half. For an adventurous 1¾-hour hike to the sulfurous, moonscape-like summit, a…
28.9 MILES
This idyllic jungle waterfall drops from a Basse-Terre mountainside into a small riverside pool where you can swim. It's a wonderful and therefore popular…
19.59 MILES
Possibly Guadeloupe's best beach, Datcha is a dreamy strip of cream-hued sand, backed by shade-giving trees and fronted by calm, reef-protected sea. The…
Edgar Clerc Archaeological Museum
23.95 MILES
This relatively small but informative museum has a fascinating display of archaeological finds made on Guadeloupe and elsewhere in the Caribbean. Much of…
5.84 MILES
Midway between St-Louis and Grand-Bourg, this famous distillery bottles the island’s best-known rum under the Père Labat label. There's also a good…
6 MILES
This remotely located rum distillery has a historic setting and a wonderful old windmill. The modern operation uses totally sustainable and nonpolluting…
6.18 MILES
Between Grand-Bourg and Capesterre, this historic distillery offers free self-guided tours of its age-old operation and a fully stocked gift shop selling…
16.43 MILES
This headland of white sand about 2km west of Ste-Anne's center is one of Guadeloupe's very finest beaches – it's the Caribbean you probably came to see…
16.61 MILES
Around 3km east of Ste-Anne and only accessible by car, this heavenly, off-the-beaten-track beach with its shallow warm water and white sand backed by…
16.91 MILES
The real reason to head to St-François, Plage des Raisins Clairs on the western outskirts of the town is a popular sandy beach where it's safe to swim…
17.2 MILES
St-François' boldest piece of architecture is its perfectly circular art-deco farmers market slap bang in the middle of town. Packed with fruit and veg in…
17.24 MILES
In the center of St-François, Guadeloupe's biggest marina is the playground of the Caribbean yacht-owning classes. The only other reason to come here is…