A wonderful introduction to the island of Guadeloupe, as well as a travel keepsake, is the coffee-table book Carnet de Route-Les Saintes on sale in shops for around €20.
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Guadeloupe
Be sure to pick up this great gift while visiting Guadeloupe
Windstar Offers Deals on Winter Caribbean Sailings
Sailing-ship line Windstar has just announced discounts on 24 of its winter Caribbean sailings, beginning December 17 and running through March 17. Reserve by November 15 and you can get a weeklong cruise on some of my favorite ships for as little as $1,599 per person (compared to regular rates that usually start...
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Transportation Antigua and Barbuda
Airplane From Antigua to join the French West Indies, you will be of interest to companies LIAT (with flights from Guadeloupe and St. Martin) and Winair (St. Martin). LIAT is generally cheaper for a good 20%. Winair is the only service to Barbuda, with two daily flights, one in the morning, late afternoon...
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Club Med Super Sale – Pay For The Weekend, Stay The Whole Week!
The 7-Day Weekend sale must be booked by 10/31/11 and is valid for travel all winter long through to April 13, 2012! Guests pay the usual price for a three-night stay and stay for seven. That comes out to approximately $250 per couple ...
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Antigua and Barbuda
Neighboring Guadeloupe, Antigua and Barbuda does not have much in common with her. Here is an island of English culture (cricket in the spotlight!) Rather flat, now without sugar. Idyllic beaches, among the finest in the Caribbean, are Antigua and Barbuda a great family destination. Powdery white as snow, beaches are lapped by...
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Soufriere Sulphur Springs, St Lucia
Keeping up with all the Soufrieres in the Caribbean is not easy. There’s a La Soufriere in Guadeloupe and one in St Vincent. There are the Soufriere Hills in Montserrat and then there’s the well known Soufriere Sulphur Springs in St. Lucia, commonly referred to as a drive-in...
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£30k benefits fraud by cruise dad – Express.co.uk
Express.co.uk £30k benefits fraud by cruise dad Express.co.uk Simon Daymond-Harris's young son Oliver described how they were visiting paradise islands such as Guadeloupe, Martinique, Antigua and St Lucia in the ... and more??
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Discover Dominica Travel Video
Travel videos can be green ways to inspire and inform your travels. One of our favorite, new travel videos is Discover Dominica in a Minute (above). Called “The Nature Island”, Dominica is located between the French islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique in the Eastern Caribbean. It is the largest and most mountainous of the...
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Round-the-world: Two half-days in Noumea
Filed under: Oceania , France Coming and going between Australia and Lifou afforded us long layovers in Noum?a in both directions. The driving force behind my interest in Noum?a is the Centre Culturel Tjibaou . The cultural center was named after Jean-Marie Tjibaou, a leader of the Kanak ...
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Three extraordinary Caribbean hotels for under $150
Filed under: France , Dominica , Jamaica , Hotels and Accommodations , Budget Travel , Caribbean Yes, the Caribbean is awfully hot right now. And yes, faithful watchers of weather, hurricane season is indeed upon us. But for the next several months, visitors to the Caribbean will benefit from low-season rates that make...
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