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Contrarily to prejudice, Guadeloupe displays a relatively rich cultural and historical background, which you can explore by visiting its numerous museums and discovering the history of coffee.

You will be surprised how many museums this little island has to offer, most of which exhibit the diversity of its cultural and historical heritage.

Martinique prides in a rich cultural and historic heritage. If the weather is bad or if you simply can’t stand the sunburn, you also have a great range of museums to visit to brush up on your general knowledge of the island’s past from prehistoric times to our days.

In Fort-de-France

In the south

Saint Barth’s Municipal Museum hosts an exhibition on the island’s history in all its contexts from geography to tourism, from the early days to today’s developed society. If you have the time, drop in to the International museum of shellfish, where more than 9,000 different species of this mollusc are displayed.

Located in Roseau, the small capital on the grid map has some beautiful Creole homes with coloured wood. Most of them have not been restored since the end of the colonial period, and are unfortunately in bad shape. These homes bear witness to the influence of the French on Dominica. They represent a curious mix between a simple yet solid structure, designed to withstand bad weather, and exaggeratingly complicated ornamentations (many louver boards, jalousie blinds pierced into the walls). Elsewhere on the islands, homes are generally made of sheet metal, which[...]