{"id":1306298,"date":"2026-10-08T10:53:59","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T10:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/?page_id=1306298"},"modified":"2026-10-12T13:56:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T13:56:26","slug":"guadeloupe","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/north-america\/guadeloupe\/","title":{"rendered":"Guadeloupe"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":0,"parent":1302043,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"hw-hub-country","meta":{"footnotes":"","hw_hub_hero_eyebrow":"","hw_hub_hero_h1":"","hw_hub_hero_intro":"","hw_hub_hero_image":"","hw_hub_hero_overlay":"","hw_hub_hero_cta":"","hw_hub_why_title":"","hw_hub_why_body":"","hw_hub_why_link_label":"","hw_hub_why_link_url":"","hw_hub_why_cards":"","hw_hub_stats":"","hw_hub_countries_title":"","hw_hub_countries_intro":"","hw_hub_featured":"","hw_hub_regions":"","hw_hub_hostels_title":"","hw_hub_hostels_intro":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_label":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_url":"","hw_hub_hostels_source":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_type":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_id":"","hw_hub_hostels_currency":"","hw_hub_hostels_count":"","hw_hub_hostels_cache":"","hw_hub_hostels":"","hw_hub_when_title":"","hw_hub_when_intro":"","hw_hub_seasons":"","hw_hub_costs_title":"","hw_hub_costs_body":"","hw_hub_cost_rows":"","hw_hub_cost_note":"","hw_hub_money_reads":"","hw_hub_rail_title":"","hw_hub_rail_body":"","hw_hub_rail_link_label":"","hw_hub_rail_link_url":"","hw_hub_rail_image":"","hw_hub_routes":"","hw_hub_events_title":"","hw_hub_events_intro":"","hw_hub_events_source":"","hw_hub_events_continent":"","hw_hub_events_count":"","hw_hub_events_cache":"","hw_hub_events_cta_label":"","hw_hub_events_cta_url":"","hw_hub_events":"","hw_hub_events_pills":"","hw_hub_reads_intro":"","hw_hub_article_rows":"","hw_hub_show_read_time":"","hw_hub_all_title":"","hw_hub_all_body":"","hw_hub_all_cta":"","hw_hub_trips_title":"","hw_hub_trips_note":"","hw_hub_trips":"","hw_hub_faq_title":"","hw_hub_faq_note":"","hw_hub_faqs":"","hw_hub_cta_title":"","hw_hub_cta_body":"","hw_hub_cta_buttons":"","hw_hub_newsletter_title":"","hw_hub_newsletter_body":"","hw_hub_newsletter_shortcode":"","hw_hub_hub_term":"","hw_hub_scope_rows":"","hw_hub_country_hero_eyebrow":"Guadeloupe travel guide","hw_hub_country_hero_h1":"Things to do in Guadeloupe","hw_hub_country_hero_intro":"A butterfly-shaped archipelago that is legally part of France: an active volcano, a rainforest national park, and euros in the Caribbean.","hw_hub_country_hero_image":"1308032","hw_hub_country_hero_overlay":"medium","hw_hub_country_hero_cta":"Pick a place | #cities\r\nWhat it costs | #money","hw_hub_country_stats":"\u20ac25 | A dorm bed, from\r\n1,467m | La Soufri\u00e8re volcano\r\n\u20ac | Euros, and Schengen rules\r\n5 | Islands in the archipelago","hw_hub_country_intro_title":"France, in the Caribbean","hw_hub_country_intro_body":"Guadeloupe is an overseas department of France, which means euros, French administration, EU healthcare arrangements and baguettes \u2014 alongside Creole culture, gwoka drumming and a Caribbean climate.\r\n\r\nThe main island is shaped like a butterfly. Basse-Terre, the western wing, is mountainous and green, with a national park covering much of it, the Carbet waterfalls, and La Soufri\u00e8re, an active volcano you can climb in a few hours. Grande-Terre, the eastern wing, is flat, drier, and has the beaches and most of the tourism.\r\n\r\nOffshore, Les Saintes is a small archipelago with one of the most beautiful bays in the world by common reckoning, and Marie-Galante is flat, rural and known for rum.\r\n\r\nTen days covers both wings and an island. French helps enormously \u2014 English is limited outside hotels.","hw_hub_country_facts":"Languages | French is official; Guadeloupean Creole is widely spoken. English is limited\r\nCurrency | Euro\r\nEmergency | 112\r\nTap water | Safe to drink\r\nTipping | Service is included, as in France\r\nStatus | An overseas department of France and part of the EU\r\nHow long to stay | Ten days\r\nBest months | December to April, the dry season","hw_hub_country_cities_title":"Where to go","hw_hub_country_cities_intro":"Ferries link the islands. A hire car is the practical way around the main one.","hw_hub_country_cities_live":"1","hw_hub_country_cities":"Pointe-\u00e0-Pitre | The main city and port, with a market, the ACTe memorial museum and ferry links. |  | 1308033 |  | \nBasse-Terre | The mountainous wing: national park, waterfalls and La Soufri\u00e8re volcano. |  | 1306844 |  | \nSainte-Anne | Grande-Terre's beach town, with calm lagoon water and a lively market. |  | 1306847 |  | \nDeshaies | A fishing village in the north-west, with beaches and a botanical garden. |  | 1306845 |  | \nLes Saintes | An archipelago offshore with a famous bay, Terre-de-Haut being the main island. |  | 1308034 |  | \nMarie-Galante | Flat, rural and quiet, with rum distilleries and empty beaches. |  | 1308035 |  | \nSaint-Fran\u00e7ois | The eastern tip of Grande-Terre: the cliffs of Pointe des Ch\u00e2teaux, white coves and boats to Petite-Terre. |  | 1306846 |  | ","hw_hub_country_trips_title":"What kind of trip is this?","hw_hub_country_trips_intro":"Guadeloupe is a hiking and beach trip with French food and Creole culture.","hw_hub_country_trip_types":"Adventure | green | backpack | A volcano, a rainforest park and waterfalls. | Climb La Soufri\u00e8re; The Carbet waterfalls; Dive the Cousteau reserve | La Soufri\u00e8re; Carbet Falls; Cousteau Reserve | Basse-Terre | adventure\nBeach | sunset | sunglasses | Calm lagoons on one wing, wild coast on the other. | Sainte-Anne's lagoon; Plage de Grande Anse at Deshaies; Pain de Sucre on Les Saintes | Sainte-Anne; Grande Anse; Les Saintes | Sainte-Anne; Deshaies | beach\nFood | sunset | local-markets | Creole cooking and French baking in the same place. | Accras and boudin cr\u00e9ole; A bokit sandwich; Rum from a distillery on Marie-Galante | Pointe-\u00e0-Pitre market; Sainte-Anne; Marie-Galante | Pointe-\u00e0-Pitre | food\nCulture | purple | culture | Gwoka drumming, Creole identity and a slavery memorial museum. | The M\u00e9morial ACTe; A gwoka performance; Rum distillery history on Marie-Galante | M\u00e9morial ACTe; Pointe-\u00e0-Pitre; Marie-Galante | Pointe-\u00e0-Pitre | culture\nBudget | teal | coin | Pricey, with supermarkets and bokits as the answer. | Bokits from a roadside van; Supermarket picnics; G\u00eetes over hotels | Sainte-Anne; Basse-Terre | Sainte-Anne; Pointe-\u00e0-Pitre | budget-travel\nCity break | blue | city | Pointe-\u00e0-Pitre for a day, mainly for the museum and market. | M\u00e9morial ACTe; The covered market; The waterfront | Pointe-\u00e0-Pitre | Pointe-\u00e0-Pitre | city-break","hw_hub_country_do_title":"Things to do in Guadeloupe","hw_hub_country_do_body":"La Soufri\u00e8re is the headline hike: an active volcano at 1,467 metres, climbed in about two hours from the car park at Savane \u00e0 Mulets, with sulphur vents and craters at the top and a view over the island when the cloud clears, which is not often. Check the volcano's alert status before going.\r\n\r\nThe Guadeloupe National Park covers much of Basse-Terre, with the Carbet waterfalls \u2014 three of them, the second the most accessible \u2014 and a network of trails through rainforest.\r\n\r\nThe Cousteau Reserve off Malendure is the diving and snorkelling site, named after Jacques Cousteau who called it one of the world's best, with turtles reliably present.\r\n\r\nThe M\u00e9morial ACTe in Pointe-\u00e0-Pitre is a serious museum on slavery and the Caribbean slave trade, built on a former sugar factory site, and it is among the most significant of its kind anywhere.","hw_hub_country_do_points":"La Soufri\u00e8re | Two hours up an active volcano. Check the alert status first\r\nCarbet waterfalls | Three falls in the national park, the second most accessible\r\nCousteau Reserve | Snorkelling and diving off Malendure, with turtles\r\nM\u00e9morial ACTe | A major museum on slavery, on a former sugar factory site","hw_hub_country_do_tag":"things-to-do","hw_hub_country_do_more":"All things to do in Guadeloupe","hw_hub_country_food_title":"Eating in Guadeloupe","hw_hub_country_food_body":"Creole cooking and French technique sit side by side. Accras de morue \u2014 salt cod fritters \u2014 and boudin cr\u00e9ole are the standard starters, colombo is the curry brought by Indian indentured labourers, and court-bouillon is fish in a tomato and lime sauce.\r\n\r\nThe bokit is the cheap street food: fried dough stuffed with chicken, saltfish or cheese, sold from roadside vans for \u20ac5 to \u20ac9, and it is the best value meal on the island.\r\n\r\nFrench bakeries are everywhere and prices are close to metropolitan France, which means a decent baguette and pastries for very little.\r\n\r\nRhum agricole, distilled from cane juice rather than molasses, is the regional product, and distilleries on Marie-Galante and Basse-Terre run tastings. Ti-punch \u2014 rum, lime and cane syrup \u2014 is the local drink.","hw_hub_country_food_points":"Bokit | \u20ac5\u20139 from a roadside van. The best value food here\r\nAccras | Salt cod fritters, the standard Creole starter\r\nRhum agricole | Distilled from cane juice. Tastings on Marie-Galante\r\nBakeries | French prices and quality, and everywhere","hw_hub_country_food_tag":"food","hw_hub_country_food_more":"All food guides for Guadeloupe","hw_hub_country_nightlife_title":"Going out in Guadeloupe","hw_hub_country_nightlife_body":"Nightlife is low-key and mostly around Le Gosier and Sainte-Anne on Grande-Terre, where beach bars and restaurants stay open into the evening, and in Pointe-\u00e0-Pitre at weekends.\r\n\r\nGwoka, the Guadeloupean drumming tradition, is UNESCO-listed and performances or informal l\u00e9w\u00f2z gatherings are the most distinctive night out available \u2014 ask locally, as they are not advertised for tourists.\r\n\r\nTi-punch is the drink, made at the table from rum, lime and cane syrup, and beer is around \u20ac3 to \u20ac5.\r\n\r\nCarnival runs from January to Ash Wednesday and is substantial here, with weekly parades building through the season and a strong emphasis on drumming rather than soca.","hw_hub_country_nightlife_points":"Le Gosier and Sainte-Anne | Beach bars and restaurants, the main evening options\r\nGwoka | UNESCO-listed drumming. L\u00e9w\u00f2z gatherings are the real thing\r\nTi-punch | Rum, lime and cane syrup, made at the table\r\nCarnival | January to Ash Wednesday, and drum-driven rather than soca","hw_hub_country_nightlife_tag":"nightlife","hw_hub_country_nightlife_more":"All nightlife guides for Guadeloupe","hw_hub_country_transport_title":"Getting around Guadeloupe","hw_hub_country_transport_body":"A hire car is close to essential. Buses exist and connect the main towns, but they run to their own schedule, stop early and do not reach most trailheads or beaches. Rental is \u20ac35 to \u20ac60 a day and the roads are good, French-standard and signed in French.\r\n\r\nFerries link Pointe-\u00e0-Pitre and Trois-Rivi\u00e8res with Les Saintes in 20 to 60 minutes, and Marie-Galante in about an hour, with several sailings daily.\r\n\r\nDriving is on the right, as in France, and an EU licence is valid without any additional permit.\r\n\r\nTraffic around Pointe-\u00e0-Pitre at rush hour is genuinely heavy for an island this size.","hw_hub_country_transport_points":"Hire car | Close to essential. \u20ac35\u201360 a day, and EU licences are valid\r\nFerries | Les Saintes in 20\u201360 minutes, Marie-Galante in about an hour\r\nBuses | Limited, early-finishing and not reaching trailheads\r\nDriving | On the right, as in France","hw_hub_country_transport_tag":"transport","hw_hub_country_transport_more":"All transport guides for Guadeloupe","hw_hub_country_money_title":"What Guadeloupe costs","hw_hub_country_money_body":"Guadeloupe is priced like France with import costs on top, which makes it expensive by Caribbean standards for food and accommodation alike.\r\n\r\nDorms and g\u00eetes start around \u20ac25 to \u20ac60, restaurant mains are \u20ac18 to \u20ac35, and a beer is \u20ac3 to \u20ac5.\r\n\r\nA day comes to \u20ac60 to \u20ac110.\r\n\r\nThe savings are French ones: supermarkets are well stocked and reasonable, bakeries are cheap, bokits from roadside vans cost \u20ac5 to \u20ac9, and g\u00eetes \u2014 self-catering cottages \u2014 are far better value than hotels for a few days.\r\n\r\nThe euro removes exchange questions for European visitors, cards work everywhere, and EU healthcare arrangements apply, which is a genuine advantage over the rest of the Caribbean.","hw_hub_country_money_points":"Dorm or g\u00eete | From \u20ac25\u201360\r\nA day, all in | \u20ac60\u2013110\r\nBokits and bakeries | The cheap options, at \u20ac5\u20139 and less\r\nEU rules | Euros, cards everywhere and EU healthcare arrangements","hw_hub_country_money_tag":"budget","hw_hub_country_money_more":"All budget guides for Guadeloupe","hw_hub_country_safety_title":"Staying safe in Guadeloupe","hw_hub_country_safety_body":"Guadeloupe is generally safe, with French policing and infrastructure. Theft from parked cars at trailheads and beaches is the most common problem reported, and it is common enough that leaving anything visible in a hire car is a mistake.\r\n\r\nPointe-\u00e0-Pitre has areas best avoided at night, as in any city.\r\n\r\nThe natural hazards matter more. La Soufri\u00e8re is an active volcano with a monitored alert level that does restrict access, and weather on the mountain changes fast. Currents on the Atlantic east coast of Grande-Terre are strong and several beaches there are not safe for swimming.\r\n\r\nHurricane season runs June to November and the island is exposed. Sargassum seaweed has affected some south and east coast beaches seasonally in recent years.","hw_hub_country_safety_points":"Car break-ins | The most common problem. Leave nothing visible at trailheads\r\nEmergency | 112\r\nLa Soufri\u00e8re | Active, with a monitored alert level that restricts access\r\nAtlantic coast | Strong currents. Several east coast beaches are unsafe for swimming","hw_hub_country_safety_tag":"safety","hw_hub_country_safety_more":"All safety guides for Guadeloupe","hw_hub_country_entry_title":"Entry and documents","hw_hub_country_entry_body":"Guadeloupe is an overseas department of France and part of the European Union, so EU and Schengen-area citizens can enter with an identity card or passport and stay without restriction.\r\n\r\nUK, US, Canadian and Australian citizens generally enter visa-free for up to 90 days, as they would for France, though Guadeloupe is not in the Schengen area itself \u2014 days spent here do not count against a Schengen allowance, and a Schengen visa is not automatically valid.\r\n\r\nCheck the current position for your nationality, as the distinction between French territory and the Schengen area catches people out.","hw_hub_country_entry_points":"EU citizens | Enter with an ID card or passport, with no restriction on stay\r\nNot Schengen | Days here do not count against a Schengen allowance\r\nVisa-free | Generally 90 days for UK, US, Canadian and Australian citizens\r\nCurrency | Euro, with EU healthcare arrangements applying","hw_hub_country_entry_tag":"travel-tips","hw_hub_country_entry_more":"All travel tips for Guadeloupe","hw_hub_country_season_title":"When to go","hw_hub_country_season_intro":"December to April is the dry season, known locally as car\u00eame. The wet season, hivernage, runs June to November with hurricane risk.","hw_hub_country_season_note":"Average highs for Pointe-\u00e0-Pitre. Basse-Terre is considerably wetter than Grande-Terre \u2014 the rainforest and volcano side gets several times the rainfall \u2014 which is worth knowing when planning hikes.","hw_hub_country_season_rows":"January | 29 | 5 | Dry season and peak, with carnival building\r\nFebruary | 29 | 5 | Excellent. Carnival peaks before Lent\r\nMarch | 29 | 5 | Dry and warm. One of the best months\r\nApril | 30 | 4 | Dry season ending. Still very good\r\nMay | 30 | 3 | Transitional. Green and quieter\r\nJune | 31 | 3 | Hivernage begins and hurricane season opens\r\nJuly | 31 | 3 | Hot and humid, with French school holidays arriving\r\nAugust | 31 | 2 | Peak heat and rising hurricane risk\r\nSeptember | 31 | 1 | Highest hurricane risk. Many businesses close\r\nOctober | 31 | 2 | Still wet and risky, easing at the end\r\nNovember | 30 | 3 | Rains ending. Good value\r\nDecember | 29 | 5 | Dry season returns with holiday prices","hw_hub_country_budget_title":"What your trip will cost","hw_hub_country_budget_intro":"Pick how you travel and how long for. Per night, for one person, in euros.","hw_hub_country_budget_note":"A hire car at \u20ac35\u201360 a day is close to essential here and sits inside the transport line. G\u00eetes and supermarkets are what bring a longer stay down.","hw_hub_country_budget_rows":"Shoestring | 25 | 15 | 12 | 8\r\nMiddle of the road | 55 | 40 | 25 | 30\r\nComfortable | 100 | 75 | 40 | 60","hw_hub_country_budget_currency":"\u20ac","hw_hub_country_events_title":"What is on while you are there","hw_hub_country_events_intro":"Carnival here runs for two months and is drum-driven rather than soca.","hw_hub_country_events_source":"api","hw_hub_country_events_country":"guadeloupe","hw_hub_country_events_count":"8","hw_hub_country_events_cache":"24","hw_hub_country_events_cta_label":"All events in Guadeloupe","hw_hub_country_events_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/events\/north-america\/guadeloupe\/","hw_hub_country_events":"Carnaval | January to Ash Wednesday | Nationwide | Weekly parades building for two months, driven by gwoka drumming rather than soca. |  | \nF\u00eate des Cuisini\u00e8res | August | Pointe-\u00e0-Pitre | A parade of women cooks in traditional dress, a Guadeloupean institution since the 19th century. |  | \nRoute du Rhum | November, every four years | Pointe-\u00e0-Pitre | The finish of the transatlantic solo yacht race from Saint-Malo. |  | \nGwoka festival | July | Sainte-Anne | The UNESCO-listed drumming tradition, celebrated over several days. |  | \nDry season | December to April | Nationwide | Car\u00eame, the best weather and the busiest months. |  | \nHurricane season | June to November | Nationwide | Hivernage, peaking September, with the island exposed. |  | ","hw_hub_country_hostels_title":"Where to stay in Guadeloupe","hw_hub_country_hostels_intro":"What is bookable here, live from Hostelworld. G\u00eetes and small guesthouses are the norm, concentrated around Sainte-Anne, Deshaies and Pointe-\u00e0-Pitre.","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_label":"All places to stay in Guadeloupe","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/north-america\/guadeloupe\/","hw_hub_country_hostels_source":"api","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_type":"country","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_id":"86","hw_hub_country_hostels_currency":"EUR","hw_hub_country_hostels_count":"12","hw_hub_country_hostels_cache":"12","hw_hub_country_hostels":"","hw_hub_country_team_title":"","hw_hub_country_team_intro":"","hw_hub_country_team":"","hw_hub_country_faq_title":"Guadeloupe travel questions","hw_hub_country_faq_note":"The ones we get asked most.","hw_hub_country_faqs":"Is Guadeloupe part of France? | Yes \u2014 an overseas department, which means euros, French administration, EU healthcare arrangements and French road rules. It is not in the Schengen area, though, so days spent here do not count against a Schengen allowance and a Schengen visa is not automatically valid.\r\nDo I need to speak French? | It helps a great deal. French is the official language, Guadeloupean Creole is what people speak among themselves, and English is limited outside hotels \u2014 noticeably more so than in the English-speaking Caribbean.\r\nBasse-Terre or Grande-Terre? | Basse-Terre, the western wing, is mountainous and green with the national park, waterfalls and the volcano. Grande-Terre is flat, drier and has the beaches. They are joined by bridges, so you can base on one and drive to the other.\r\nCan I climb La Soufri\u00e8re? | Yes, in about two hours from the car park at Savane \u00e0 Mulets. It is an active volcano with a monitored alert level that does restrict access, the summit is usually in cloud, and the weather changes fast \u2014 check conditions before setting out.\r\nIs Guadeloupe expensive? | Priced like France with import costs on top. Dorms and g\u00eetes from \u20ac25 to \u20ac60, restaurant mains \u20ac18 to \u20ac35, and a day around \u20ac60 to \u20ac110. Bokits from roadside vans at \u20ac5 to \u20ac9, bakeries and supermarkets are the savings.\r\nDo I need a car? | Close to it. Buses connect the main towns but run to their own schedule, stop early and do not reach trailheads or most beaches. Rental is \u20ac35 to \u20ac60 a day and EU licences are valid without any extra permit.\r\nWhen should I visit? | December to April, the dry car\u00eame season. Carnival runs from January to Ash Wednesday and is a two-month build-up. 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