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Guadeloupe Maps and Travel Guides
We suggest that everyone travelling to the Caribbean take a map and a guidebook. Whether it is for an all-inclusive one-week holiday or a three-month on-a-shoestring adventure, your trip planning will be successful using these valuable tools. Map Town carries an excellent selection of maps for the whole region and each individual country. A travel guide will help you understand the cultures and take advantage of the advice and experience acquired from other travelers who have been there before you. Guadeloupe MapsGuadeloupe Travel GuidesFacts and Online Map for GuadeloupeGuadeloupe is an archipelago of nine inhabited islands in the eastern Caribbean Sea, southeast of Puerto Rico. The names of each island are Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Desirade, Iles des Saintes (2), Saint-Barthelemy, Iles de la Petite Terre, and Saint-Martin (French part of the island of Saint Martin). Guadeloupe has been a French possession since 1635. The local culture is a blend of French and African influences, so you can imagine that the cuisine and the music are lively and exciting. The official language is French, and there is also a Creole patois spoken. With a subtropical climate tempered by trade winds, Guadeloupe is popular for swimming, snorkeling, diving, surfing and windsurfing. Heading inland on short or more lengthy hikes is also a possibility. One strenuous hike takes you to Chutes du Carbet, the eastern Caribbean's highest waterfall. Discover other amazing sights when you buy a Guadeloupe travel book and map to start dreaming of your visit. | Central America | Europe | Indian Ocean | Middle East | | North America | Pacific Ocean | South America | Southeast Asia| |