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10 All-Inclusive Resorts in the Caribbean Where Staying Active Is the Point

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The Caribbean was made for motion — water that begs for a paddle, trade winds that fill a sail, trails that pull you up to a lookout just in time for sunset. These all-inclusive resorts lean into that energy. They’re the places where your day is mapped by dives, hikes, matches, and miles — and […]

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The Caribbean’s Best Sandwich Is Made on This Island — Here’s Where to Find It 

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I remember the first time I visited Sainte Anne. The little beach town on the southern coast of Guadeloupe’s island of Grande Terre has some beautiful sand, but it’s really most famous for one thing: it’s food trucks. Head to the coastline on just about any day of the week and you’ll be met with […]

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I Love This Tiny Caribbean Fishing Village With Stunning Beaches and World-Class Food at the Edge of a Rainforest

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You may know the tiny fishing village of Deshaies in Guadeloupe for its alter ego: Saint Marie, the fictional island in the popular BBC series “Death in Paradise,” in which a series of UK-based detectives are sent to solve crimes in the heart of the Caribbean.  But the real Deshaies is one of my favorite […]

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Beaches, Seafood, and Rainforests: The Caribbean Island of Guadeloupe Is Getting New Air Canada Flights 

Main pool at Habitation Saint Louis resort in Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe

The rainforests of Basse-Terre. The sugarcane fields of Marie-Galante. The beaches of Grande-Terre. The seafood in Deshaies. Guadeloupe is a layered, fascinating Caribbean destination, and it’s about to hit the travel map in a new way.  Air Canada is kicking off new nonstop routes between Toronto and Guadeloupe’s Pointe-a-Pitre, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The new […]


I Love This Tiny Caribbean Fishing Village With Stunning Beaches and World-Class Food at the Edge of a Rainforest

Rainforests. Beaches. Island-hopping. Haute cuisine. Rum. It remains one of the best-kept secrets in the Caribbean: the French Caribbean archipelago of Guadeloupe, tucked in the heart of the Eastern Caribbean between Antigua and Dominica.  We’ve always loved visiting the destination, from the “main” islands of Basse-Terre (go for the volcanoes and the rum) to the […]

A New Name for Guadeloupe’s Airport, In Nod to Legendary Writer 

Guadeloupe’s airport in Pointe a Pitre now has a new name.  The French Caribbean regional air hub has been renamed for Maryse Condé, the late legendary Guadeloupean novelist and intellectual, who passed away earlier this year.  Condé’s career included the New Academy of Literature Prize, the Putterbaugh Prizeize and decades of work promoting arts and […]

Caribbean Airlines Just Started Flights to This Group of Islands Famous for Beaches, Food and Rum

Where can you find rainforests, volcanoes, rum distilleries, historic towns, picture-perfect beaches and island hopping? If it took you a moment, it’s because, well, it’s hard to find anywhere quite like the vastly underrated Caribbean archipelago of Guadeloupe.  The French Caribbean department has long been off the global travel map in large part because it’s, […]

JetBlue Is Its Cutting Flights to This Caribbean Island 

JetBlue has announced plans to cut its only flights to one island in the Caribbean, Caribbean Journal has learned.  JetBlue will no longer be operating service between New York and Poite-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe, in a significant blow to the destination’s efforts to attract tourism from the United States.  The carrier will not be resuming service to […]

Pullman’s First Caribbean Hotel Is Opening in Guadeloupe 

Pullman’s first Caribbean resort is slated to open its doors towards the end of the summer, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The 102-room, four-star Pullman Royal Key will be set on Moule Bay on Guadeloupe’s popular island of Grande Terre, with a major focus on wellness.  The colorful hotel is being designed by Studio C.A.I.D – […]

Pullman Is Opening Its First French Caribbean Hotel 

By Alexander Britell Accor’s Pullman brand is opening its first-ever hotel in the French Caribbean, Caribbean Journal Invest has learned.  The 102-room Pullman Royal Key Wellness Resort will be set on a peninsula on Moule Bay on the island of Grand-Terre.  The wellness-focused hotel will have 11 spa rooms, a gamma, a pool, a sensory […]

Air France Is Restarting This French Caribbean Route 

Air France is restarting another route to the French Caribbean this upcoming winter, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The French carrier is relaunching service between Montreal, Canada and Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe.  The route will resume on Dec. 2, 2023, according to Air France.  The airline will be operating two flights each week between Montreal and Guadeloupe, with […]

A New Way to Experience Martinique and Guadeloupe

They’re filled with charming fishing villages, historic towns, cultural capitals and rum distilleries: Martinique and Guadeloupe, that fascinating pair of French departments in the Eastern Caribbean.  And now there’s a new way to explore them: on the sea.  A new boutique luxury power catamaran company has debuted in the French West Indies: Sun Sea Antilles, […]