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 […]
Air France is making it easier to fly between Miami and Martinique, Caribbean Journal has learned. The French carrier is adapting the schedule of its Pointe-a-Pitre to accommodate customers between Miami and Martinique. Beginning March 30, there will be two […]
There’s no ferry here. Just a group of eager fishermen happy to take you on the minute-long journey to one of the greatest little beaches in Guadeloupe. This is Ilet du Gosier, a sandy islet off the coast of Guadeloupe’s […]
It’s that perfect confluence: breathtaking beaches, walkable streets, buzzing dining scenes, vibrant communities, all in one place. The Caribbean’s best beach towns are destinations in their own right, where you can come for a day or for a week and […]
Since the onset of the pandemic, driven by tremendous travel demand, hotels around the world have gotten far more expensive. Some, significantly more expensive. Even a Caribbean hotel whose rack rate might have started at $150 per night three years […]
Can you believe it has been nearly three years since the world changed? In that span, the destinations of the Caribbean have undergone a tumultuous, frantic, whirring upheaval, one that turned from total static to what is today an abundant, […]
They’re hard to get to and harder to leave, where you fall in love the moment you land (or step off the boat). We all dream about these tiny places scattered across the Caribbean, with few people, few hotels and […]
JetBlue has relaunched its service between New York City and the French Caribbean department of Guadeloupe. The fast-expanding carrier has resumed flights between New York’s John F Kennedy International Airport and Pointe a Pitre International Airport in Grand-Terre, Guadeloupe. The […]
They’re tucked away in tiny corners of the Caribbean, set off far in the middle of the sea, hidden beneath cliffs. They’re those rarefied beaches that are a bit harder to reach, the ones you can’t fly to, the ones […]
For years it was arguably the signature all-inclusive resort in The Bahamas: the Club Med Columbus, the beach resort on the remote island of San Salvador. And now, for the first time since the onset of the pandemic, the property […]
There is sugarcane growing right next door, waving in the French Caribbean breeze. And there was sugarcane along the highway on the way here. And there’s sugarcane in my glass. This is rhum country, the the island of Basse-Terre in […]
There’s nothing like a Caribbean hotel that’s right on the sand. There’s nothing standing between you and a blissful morning bobbing in the ocean, lazing at the edge of the waves, listening to the Caribbean’s original album. Sure, you can […]
JetBlue Airways is resuming its only nonstop service to the French Caribbean Nov. 5, Caribbean Journal has confirmed. The New York City-based carrier is restarting flights between New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport and Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe. Beginning Nov. […]
