Tourism in Guadeloupe

At the heart of the French West Indies, Guadeloupe, the largest island in the French Antilles and certainly the best, knows an average temperature between 20 and 35 °C throughout the year...



Characteristics

Area: 1370 km2 land for Grande Terre and Basse Terre, 1 700 km2 for the whole department.
Geographical position: near the 15th parallel,
3 000 kms east coast of the United States and 7 000 km of European coastline.
Climax: The Soufrière, 1 476 meters


The Guadeloupe is a French department and all agencies are represented, all security services and hospital services.
Banking services are the same as city and all major banks has established branch offices in Guadeloupe.
The Guadeloupe has a dense sales network and large, all consumer products available on the mainland are available in Guadeloupe. The food and drugs found on the mainland are available in Guadeloupe.
The Guadeloupe also has an extensive infrastructure of university education and research. At Pointe a Pitre are located the headquarters of the University of Antilles-Guyana and the Pasteur Institute of Guadeloupe.
Tap water is potable and there is no tropical disease in Guadeloupe.

Under a perfect climate, Guadeloupe offers a genuine change of scenery, safely and in comfort: discovery, rest, quiet and serenity, as the sweetness of the tropics.

An enchanting climate

The region enjoys a tropical climate tempered by trade winds, characterized by average temperatures between 20 and 35 °C, which offer a pleasant and gentle heat. Low Annual temperature variations provide high temperature stability in all seasons. The breath of trade winds which continues almost year round tropical climate tempered. Sunny or too wet or too hot, the climate is conducive to vacations, sea activities and summer, and enjoyment of life.
The average temperature of water is between 20 and 29 °C. Even at night it usually decreases slightly; midnight swim most enjoyable!

A change of scenery constantly renewed

One part to another of the island, the sill. Both by road or by sea, coast to Soufriere, Guadeloupe's all a region of incredible diversity to explore: the mountains and woods of Soufrière, the mangrove, the traditional country and cane fields sugar, "Normandy coast tropical" mold of the tip of the Grande Vigie, the national park of Guadeloupe, the "Cousteau Reserve", the Caribbean Sea, islands, marinas. ..
Snapper, lobster, chatrou, conch, ouassou, acras, colombo, callaloo, lamb, okra, christophine, pumpkin, bananas, soursop, guava, passion fruit ... In addition to rum, to taste products, seafood products, crops and livestock or wild fruits, are inexhaustible. The practice activities are endless: hiking, horseback excursions, canyoning, ULM, historical tours, cruises, tour marine catamaran, sailing, fishing, diving, surfing and kite-surfing.
In Guadeloupe the welcome is warm and there are many discoveries.