Antilles : practical info > money tax tel : iles Guadeloupe, Sint Maarten, Northern Islands ...

Post Office. Letters or postcards must be stamped “Par avion”, and will take approximately three to five days to arrive. Stamps are hard to find elsewhere than at the post office, so be prepared to stand in line for quite a while. Mail is collected every day and leaves the island daily by plane. Postage dues are the same as on the mainland.

Telephone country code : 05 90

Telephone information : 12

Mobile phones in the West Indies . Cellphones work in most areas on the island[...]

The currency in use is the same as on the mainland: the Euro. U.S. Dollars are accepted everywhere, however, even on the French part of the island. Cheques from outside the island are often refused so be prepared to use your credit card or cash.

Ask your bank before you leave for agencies or correspondence on the island. Pay cards and credit cards are accepted everywhere, but cheques from outside the island are often refused.

Letters or postcards must be[...]

Dial 00 1264 497 + 4 numbers to reach Anguilla from France.
To call France from Anguilla, dial 011 33 + 9 numbers, or 6 numbers for Martinique and Guadeloupe.

Dial 001 869 + 7 numbers to reach St Kitts and Nevis from abroad. Phone cards can be purchased for the value of 5, 10 and 20 $, and phone booths are relatively easy to find.
The post office is open Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Thursday and Saturday from[...]

The official currency is the EAST CARRIBBEAN DOLLAR (pronounce as »EC ») ; 1 EC dollar equals 2.67 USD. The USD is of course accepted everywhere but not the euro. It is therefore advised that you change your currency when you go through the French islands.

Telephone From Metropolitan France, Martinique and Guadeloupe to Dominica: (00 1 767+ ( 44 + 5 digits) From Dominica to Metropolitan France: 011 + 33 + 9 digits From Dominica to Martinique: For fixed-line telephones: 011 596,596 + 6 digits From[...]

To call Saint Vincent from France, dial 001 784 + seven digits. The telephone country code is 784. Phone booths are easy to find in Kingstown, but considerably more difficult on the other islands. Pre-paid card phones are usually located inside the hotels, and the same cards can be used for phone calls on Saint Lucia. French mobile phones do not work on the Grenadines.

The official currency in use is the East Caribbean Dollar (pronounced “eecee”), 1 EC dollar is equivalent to 2.67 USD. US dollars are accepted[...]

The currency in use is the same as on the mainland: the Euro, however, U.S. Dollars are accepted everywhere. Cheques from outside the island are often refused so be prepared to use your credit card (Visa, MasterCard) or cash.

Banks are open from Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to noon and 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., with a couple of agencies also open on Saturday mornings.

Telephone code : 05 90

Telephone information Tel : 12

Landlines All landlines must be preceded by 05 90.

Mobile phones All mobile phone numbers begin by 06 90

To reach Marie Galante from overseas : For a landline dial +590 590 + 6 digits of your correspondent, for a mobile phone call +590 690 + 6 digits of your correspondent. To reach France from the Antilles, dial your corespondent’s 10-digit phone number. To reach another country, dial 00 + country[...]