The sixth step of my trip to Guadeloupe in January was a visit to the Saintes islands.
This is a small archipelago of ilets south of the main islands, comprising mainly the ilets of Terre-de-Haut (where we stayed for three nights) and Terre-de-Bas.
It is served by several sea links, but we opted for the shortest one from Trois-Rivières, which was a good thing, as the sea was very rough and we were very shaken up, some passengers threw up and I kept my gaze fixed on the horizon to avoid doing the same.
Les Saintes is very close to Dominica further south, where I plan to go one day.
Les Saintes is one of Guadeloupe's most touristy spots, often compared to the Riviera.
Numerous sailboats are anchored in the cove and large cruise ships regularly stop over, but tourists generally only stay for the day.
There are virtually no cars here, so everyone uses electric buggies, and a few brave souls ride bicycles, but the roads are very steep.
In the evenings, there's a bit of entertainment, as there's a UCPA center offering sailing courses.
Iguanas can also be found here, in street art but also in real life if you're a bit careful, as they don't move around much.
The only swordfish we saw was on a restaurant sign, but due to the rough sea, the fishermen didn't come out.
We'd also planned to go catamaran sailing, but that wasn't possible.
We were staying in a beautiful wooden house with a kitchen on the terrace, it was close to a pond and I was worried about mosquitoes, but there weren't any more than elsewhere, and we enjoyed the singing of the frogs.
We sampled a number of Ti'Punch, for which I'll give the Guadeloupean recipe in another post.
For swimming and snorkeling, we mostly went to Pompierre beach, which is beautiful and full of fish to see and pelicans fishing while diving.
There is some seaweed (sargasso) on the shore, but it's not a nuisance.
Very important too, there are no Mancenilliers on this beach, as they are toxic and very dangerous trees, so don't eat or touch their fruit, and don't take shelter under them when it's raining, as they can cause corrosive burns. They are marked with a red cross.
Close to the beach there was a small restaurant where we ate our first Ouassous (shrimps), prices were very affordable at around 20€ a menu and the gendarmes used to pick up their takeaways there which is a good indicator, we did the same for our evening meals.
The main place to visit in Les Saintes is Fort Napoléon, a defensive structure that was never used and has been turned into a very interesting museum, which we visited.
There are beautiful views from up there and a lovely cactus garden.
This was the penultimate leg of my trip to Guadeloupe, and I hope you enjoyed the photos, which were taken by my wife and me.
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(French Version)
La sixième étape de mon voyage en Guadeloupe qui s'est déroulé en Janvier a consisté en un séjour aux iles des Saintes.
C'est un petit archipel d'ilets au sur des iles principales et qui comprend principalement les ilets de Terre-de-Haut (où nous avons séjourné trois nuits) et Terre-de-Bas.
Il est desservi par plusieurs liaisons maritimes, mais nous avons choisi la plus courte à partir de Trois-Rivières, bien nous en a pris car la mer était très agitée et nous avons été très secoués, certains passagers ont vomi et je gardais mon regard fixé à l'horizon pour éviter de faire de même.
Les Saintes sont très proches de la Dominique qui est plus au sud, où je projette d'aller un jour.
Les Saintes est un des endroits les plus touristiques de la Guadeloupe, souvent comparé à la riviera.
De nombreux voiliers sont au mouillage dans l'anse et il y a régulièrement de gros bateaux de croisière qui y font halte, mais les touristes ne restent qu'à la journée en général.
Il n'y a quasiment pas de voiture, tout le monde se délace en voiturettes électriques, et quelques courageux en vélo, mais les routes sont très pentues.
Le soir il y a tout de même un peu d'animation car il y a un centre UCPA qui propose des stages de voile.
Ici aussi on trouve des iguanes, en street art mais aussi en vrai si on est un peu attentif, car ils ne bougent pas beaucoup.
Le seul espadon qu'on ait vu était sur une enseigne de restaurant, en raison de la mer agitée les pêcheurs ne sont pas sortis.
On avait prévu aussi de faire du catamaran mais ça n'a pas été possible.
Nous étions logés dans une belle maison en bois avec une cuisine sur la terrasse, elle était proche d'une mare et j'étais inquiet pour les moustiques, mais il n'y en avait pas plus qu'ailleurs, et on a profité du chant des grenouilles.
Nous y avons dégusté de nombreux Ti'Punch, j'en donnerai la recette guadeloupéenne dans un autre post.
Pour nous baigner et faire du snorkeling, nous sommes surtout allés à la plage de Pompierre, elle est magnifique et il y a plein de poissons à voir et des pélicans qui pêchent en plongeant.
Il y a quelques algues (sargasses) sur le bord, mais ce n'est pas gênant.
Très important aussi, il n'a a pas de Mancenillier sur cette plage, ce sont des arbres toxiques et très dangereux, il ne faut pas consommer leurs fruits ni les toucher, et ne pas s'abriter dessous quand il pleut au risque de brulures corrosives. Ils sont marqués d'une croix rouge.
A proximité de la plage il y avait un petit restaurant où nous avons pu manger nos premieres Ouassous (crevettes), les prix étaient très abordables environ 20€ le menu et les gendarmes venaient y chercher leurs plats à emporter ce qui est un bon indicateur, nous avons fait de même pour nos repas du soir.
La principale visite à faire sur Les Saintes est le fort Napoléon, un ouvrage de défense qui n'a jamais servi et qui est transformé en musée très intéressant que nous avons visité.
Il y a de très belles vues de là haut et un beau jardin de cactées.
C'était l'avant dernière étape de mon voyage en Guadeloupe, j'espère que les photos vous ont plu, elles ont été prises par mon épouse et moi.
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