Photo : Plantation Grand Café via Les îles de Guadeloupe
Plantation Grand Café
Early 19th-century former estate now devoted to bananas, covering over 30 hectares. The guided tour is by tractor-drawn cart and ends with a Creole cottage, a tropical garden and a local produce shop.
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Rum distilleryIndependent distillery founded in 1895 and run by the same family for four generations, fully self-sufficient in cane from over 120 hectares. The tour takes in the cane fields, distillation room and bottling, before the shop.
Rum distilleryRum house of the Marquisat de Sainte-Marie, ageing its rums exclusively in French oak casks. The cellars can be visited free of charge, with tasting and a shop on site.
WorkshopCassava workshop at Îlet Pérou where you can follow the processing of cassava, from cultivation to coconut-filled flatbread, on guided tours and educational workshops, with a Creole garden and tasting.
FestivalTwo-day music festival on Roseau beach in Capesterre-Belle-Eau. A festival village and water activities complement the concert line-up.
MuseumHome of writers André and Simone Schwarz-Bart in Goyave, which became a cultural venue in 2013 hosting readings, screenings, concerts, exhibitions and residencies; open mainly during events, and to school groups by reservation.
Horse ridingRiding centre in Goyave taking riders on hacks through the countryside and forest of Basse-Terre, with the chance to swim with the horses.