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Air France's New Miami-Guadeloupe Flights

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There’s a new way to get from Miami to the heart of the French Caribbean.  Air France has launched a new nonstop route between Miami International Airport and Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe.  The nonstop flights, which take about three and a half […]

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The Club Med Resorts of the Caribbean, Explained

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Club Med helped pioneer the concept of all-inclusive vacations in the 1960s and 1970s, and people of a certain age doubtless remember the hotel chain’s jingle from the time: “The Club Med vacation/The antidote for civilization.” Originally a no-frills concept […]

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Air France Relaunches Miami-Guadeloupe Flights

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Air France has relaunched nonstop service between Miami and Guadeloupe, Caribbean Journal has learned. The carrier is now running two nonstop flights each week, with service on Tuesdays and Fridays.  The flight takes about 3.5 hours, according to Air France.  […]

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Guadeloupe Is Now Open for Tourism

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The French Caribbean archipelago of Guadeloupe has officially reopened for tourism from the United States, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The chain of islands in the Eastern Caribbean is welcoming travelers who show proof of a negative PCR test taken and […]


Guadeloupe’s Club Med La Caravelle Is Reopening

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The recently-transformed Club Med La Caravelle all-inclusive resort in Guadeloupe is reopening this month, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The property will be officially relaunching on Dec. 18, according to Club Med.  Last year, Club Med La Caravelle had unveiled the […]


Guadeloupe Has a New Boutique Hotel

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A new luxury hotel has officially debuted this week in the tony Le Francois area of Guadeloupe. It’s called Le Cocotel, and the four-star, boutique property has 10 rooms along with a standalone villa called La Villa. The latter has […]

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How to Make Codfish Fritters, Guadeloupe Style

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It’s one of the most delicious dishes in the Caribbean: Accras de Morue, the signature codfish fritters of the French West Indies.  The team at the Guadeloupe Islands Tourist Board has been kind enough to share their recipe with us […]


Rum Journal: Guadeloupe's Damoiseau Cuvée Spéciale

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While the bright yellow label of Rhum Bologne is in many ways synonymous with the ti’ punch (at least in Guadeloupe), when it comes to the archipelago’s aged rum, it’s Rhum Damoiseau that has the biggest presence.  The Le Moule […]


VIDEO: 10 Seconds on the Beach in Guadeloupe

We never get tired of Terre de Haut, the jewel of Les Saintes in the Guadeloupe archipelago. And there’s a simple reason: it’s a wonderful place, marked by white-sand beaches with calm, lapping waves. This is the beach in front […]

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A Great Idea in Terre de Haut

A great afternoon By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor It seemed like a good idea at the time. Our ship, Windstar Cruises’ Windsurf, had dropped anchor just offshore from Terre De Haut, one of the islands in Guadeloupe’s archipelago. Passengers […]


VIDEO: Your Own Little French Caribbean Beach

You may have heard of it: Terre de Haut, one of the tiny jewels of the French Caribbean, a little fishing village with its own island in the Guadeloupe archipelago. What you will find here, besides the Creole charm, the […]


Rum Journal: Tasting a Guadeloupe Rhum From 1991

Far on the eastern end of Guadeloupe’s butterflied island pair is Le Moule. It is a nondescript place of farms and palm trees, quiet and breezy. But it has a secret. In a lush hilltop next to an old mill […]