VIDEO: A Room With a View in Guadeloupe

It’s straight out of a novel — or perhaps out of one you’ll be writing when you’re here.

This is the charming little LoBleu Hotel on the island of Terre de Haut in the Guadeloupe archipelago.

It’s a simple, affordable, well-run place with a party piece: a front-row seat on the island’s main beach. It’s the kind of place you can only still find in the French Caribbean.

Here’s what the view is like.