Holidays on the coast of Guadeloupe are most popular with local residents, but foreigners will also like this place. Numerous beaches are very diverse, there are coasts with pebbles and with clean sand. There are both uninhabited areas suitable for seclusion, and popular resorts where music does not subside even at night. The island is popular with surfers of all stripes. Our rating of the best beaches will help you choose the most suitable place for you to relax.
Grande-Anse Beach stretches for about a kilometer and a half along the west coast of Buster Island. Deep golden sand has either pink or reddish-brown hues, depending on the time of day and the position of the sun. You can admire the magnificent sunsets right on the shore or sit a little further under the crowns of coconut palms.
Many tourists find Bois Jolan Beach by driving just a few kilometers from St. Ann through sugarcane fields. On weekdays, there is complete peace, so you can enjoy solitude by hanging your hammock between coconut trees. There are a few more people only on weekends.
Vieux Fort Beach - a beach on the small island of Marie Galante. Here is a good rest for lovers of history, peace and quiet. There are no dangerous insects, animals, warm water, the same warm nights. You can see many mills that Napoleon built, a plant that produces excellent rum.
Raisins Clairs is located in the eastern part of Guadeloupe, on Grande Terre. The most picturesque part of the country, where there are many cities with well-developed resort infrastructure. These include Saint-Francois, which attracts many lovers of the classic beach lying on white sands under palm trees and grape trees, from which the name Raisins Clairs came.
La Gourde is a wonderful quiet beach, located about half an hour from St François if you drive from the casino past the golf course. The place is quite wild, but getting here is closer than to Pointe Chateau.
De la Datcha is a tiny beach located in the resort town of Le Gosier. It is covered with soft and snow-white sand. It has several bars, a Creole restaurant, parasols, toilets, and cabanas. There is a supermarket, currency exchange, a bank and several hotels next to it.
This Saint Anne public beach on Grand Terre Island has a lively atmosphere. It can be reached on foot or by city buses, which stop running at 4 p.m. Many owners who rent out apartments through Airbnb offer services to transport their guests around the island for an additional fee. You can also rent a car on the island.
This beach is located on the islands of the same name, and more specifically on Terre-de-Bass island. It is located southeast of Guadeloupe and is a reserve covered with dense thickets of palm trees and ferns, and inhabited with rare species of animals and insects. Moreover, if we talk about people, then no one inhabits it at all. It is a deserted wild island, which has no infrastructure, but there is virgin nature, which can hardly be found today on the globe.
The beach is located in the northwestern part of Grand Terre Island in Port Louis. It attracts mainly lovers of water sports, as constantly blowing winds on the coast create high waves. The water because of this "movement" is muddy and with algae, so couples with children prefer other beaches in the vicinity. Nevertheless, children's laughter is also heard here.
Those who prefer to lie in the sun and swim, are unlikely to like this beach. But avid surfers will like it because there are sufficiently strong and stable waves. There are algae in the water, so sometimes it can smell like fish. Those who do not pay attention to such trifles will like to watch iguanas, flocks of exotic birds and look for original shells near.
Plage Malendure - a public beach with unusual dark gray sand. It is located on the west coast of Basse-Terre, near Bouillante. The main attraction is the Jacques Cousteau Underwater Reserve. In addition, local waters are very popular with scuba diving enthusiasts.
As a rule, you will not get to the best beaches right by car, since they are reached by an inaccessible hiking trail. Well, Pain de Sucre Beach is not an exception! To get to the beach is possible only if you have comfortable sandals or sneakers. Do not go for such a walk in the midday heat, since the walk will take about 40 minutes from Terre-de-Haut. You can get here by water from the Trois-Rivieres, which is the starting point for boats that bring holidaymakers to the beach and back during the day.
Pointe des Chateaux is a Peninsula on Grande-Terre Island near Saint-Francois. There are several beaches on its territory, but Anse des Châteaux Beach is the most picturesque of them. However, despite its virgin beauty, it continues to remain deserted and sparsely populated. For a definite reason.
Plage de Pompierre is a sandy beach in the bay. It is surrounded by high mountains with lush greenery and rainforest. There are no large waves, strong winds and sudden drop of depths.
Plage de la Perle is a long (more than 1 km) beach in the northwestern part of Guadeloupe island, the TV series "Death in Paradise" was filmed there. It is popular among couples, lovers, youth. In summer, it is full of people already at 9-10 in the morning. On weekends - even earlier.