La Suite Villa, Les Trois-Îlets, Martinique

Vive la Martinique!

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MARTINIQUE is an overseas region of France (a status akin to Hawaii’s station within the U.S.) that intoxicates with a sublime combo of French Riviera chic and authentic West Indian spice.

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Dinner with a view

Driving around Martinique, we stopped by this little ice cream parlour in Trois Ilets for some well-deserved cooling treats. While I'm fluent in French, my friend wanted to practice his learned-in-high-school vocabulary and started talking with a...

Great Welcome and Friendship

Traveling in Martinique, we stopped in a restaurant called "Le Ghetto"(North east of the island) to have lunch on Easter Sunday. The bar was open and few people were there. We started talking, having a drink, sharing a second one with the people...

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Le Marigot

Fort-de-France, Fort-de-France, Martinique

Ash Wednesday in Martinique

I was fortunate to be in Fort-de-France, Martinique on Ash Wednesday in 2011. While walking around the port city, I came upon a very colorful show of local music, dress and dance. The guests were not the only ones that enjoyed this amazing show....

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Coco Bar, Sofitel Bakoua, Martinique, Les Trois-Îlets, Martinique

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One Iconic Beach Bar in Martinique

This iconic bar sits on stilts above the sea at the Hotel Bakoua in the sultry resort area of Trois-Ilets, just across the Bay of Fort-de-France from the island’s capital city. People don’t come here for the drinks (stronger and better can easily...

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Coco Bar, Sofitel Bako...

Les Trois-Îlets

Look Back at the Little Pompeii of the Caribbean

Imagine that beautifully serene bay as a boiling cauldron of death. It’s hard to believe, but that was the case during the 1902 eruption of Mt. Peleé on the island of Martinique.

Hot magma rising from the earth’s core and a pyroclastic flow...

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Saint-Pierre

Bibliothèque schoelcher, Fort-de-France, Martinique

The Schoelcher Library: A Building Not Easy to Forget

If this library doesn't look much like your average Caribbean building, there's a reason for that.

It's not.

The entire library was first built in France back in 1889, then shipped piece by piece to the island Martinique as an exquisite monument to...

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Bibliothèque schoelcher

Fort-de-France

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An Exclusive Taste of the French Caribbean at Plein Soleil

Plein Soleil has only 16 guestrooms and suites spread among five colourful villas. Each villa is designed in the style of traditional Martinican creole cases, or petite houses adorned with wooden fretwork.