There are daily air services from Guadeloupe 0700, 1545 Mon-Fri, 0900 Sat, 1645 Sun (Air Guadeloupe).
Boat services from St-François, Guadeloupe (depart 0800, return 1600, 2 hrs), to La Désirade. The Mistral (as above) runs excursions from Saint-François to La Désirade daily, except Tues and Thur, 0830-1530 (1630 Sat, 1600 Sun), including minibus tour of the island and lunch, 180F. Minibuses normally meet incoming flights and boats. There are bicycles and scooters for hire.
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On the other wing of the island, Basse-Terre is the administrative capital of Guadeloupe and the entire Department. There are some very...
Pointe-à-Pitre on Grande-Terre at the S end of the Rivière Salée, is the chief commercial centre, near the airport of Le Raizet and the...
La Désirade is an attractive but rather arid island of 20 sq km, with 1,610 inhabitants, who occupy themselves in fishing, sheep-rearing...
B L'Oasis du Désert, Quartier Désert Saline, T 20 02 12, 8 rooms, restaurant, reservations advisable; Le Mirage, 7 rooms, T 20 01 08, F 20...
On Les Saintes (a string of small islands named Los Santos by Columbus: only Terre-de-Haut and Terre-de-Bas are inhabited) the people are...
Air
Daily flight from Pointe-à-Pitre, 180F one way, 1545, 1645, also Mon-Sat 0800, 1415, 15 mins, Air Guadeloupe.
Road Bus
mini-buses take...
Marie-Galante, a small round island of 158 square km , is simple and old-fashioned but surprisingly sophisticated when it comes to food and...
