Martinique - 39 Attractions You Must Visit

Îlet Sainte-Marie is an island located in the northeastern coast of the department of Martinique, a dependency of France in the Caribbean Sea. It is located right in front of the small town of Sainte-Marie, in the area called the North Atlantic. It is very popular with tourists since it represents a geological curiosity of nature, connected to the rest of the island by a tombolo.

L'Anse à l'Âne is a French hamlet in the commune of Trois-Îlets in Martinique, where it is approximately 4 kilometers away. The district is populated by approximately 2,500 inhabitants. Anse à l'Ane has a very busy beach with a very pleasant size and also its usually very calm body of water is perfect for swimming. The hiking trail to the right of the beach which leads to Anse Mitan offers some beautiful views over the Bay of Fort de France.

La Baignoire de Joséphine is the name given to a sandy shoal located near François in Martinique, between Oscar islet and Thierry islet. This place is more like a pool, with turquoise and crystal clear water than a tub. it is considered one of the most famous sites of the island of flowers not to be missed under any circumstances.

La Savane des Esclaves is a typical site created by Gilbert Larose, in 2000, in the town of Trois-Ilets, Martinique, with the declared objective " to preserve and make known the heritage of the island". Private initiative, open to the public since December 2004, the Slave Savannah welcomed in 2006 more than 10,000 visitors of all nationalities. It is an area of 2,5 acres, where you can find the reconstruction of the everyday life of people living on the island years ago.

La Table du Diable is a small uninhabited island on the Sainte-Anne peninsula in Martinique located 500 m east of Cabrits islet. It belongs administratively to Sainte-Anne . It is a small rectangular volcanic island with a plateau on steep cliffs.

Le Musée de la Mer has been installed since 1990 in a former cod drying room built around 1880, at the height of the fishing that the Paimpolais practiced in “Newfoundland” and “Iceland”. This museum retraces the great era of Terres Neuvas. Since 2005, the museum's fixed collection has dealt with the life of the “Icelanders”, with fishing “in Iceland”, then evokes some maritime aspects of which the Paimpolais were the actors-witnesses during the 19th and 20th centuries.

Maison de la Canne presents the history of sugar cane since its introduction in Martinique in the middle of the xvii th century. It is a regional museum visible from the road between Les Trois-Îlets and Rivière-Salée. The exhibition includes the history of the cane with temporary exhibitions in addition to the permanent exhibition "A land, a plant, a people". Also, there are explanations on how to make rum and so many other temporary exhibitions.

The Martinique Regional Natural Park is one of the 54 French regional natural parks. Covering an area of ​​approximately 63,000 ha, its territory encompasses 32 of the island's 34 municipalities and concerns approximately 100,000 inhabitants. The PNR preserves one of the 34 biodiversity hotspots on the planet, the Antilles archipelago, listed as such because of the high rate of endemism in the islands and the threats weighing on this treasure of biodiversity.

Cap 110 is a memorial dedicated to the slavery erected in Anse Caffard on the initiative of the city of Diamant during the 150th anniversary of the abolition of slavery, in 1998. Its designer, Laurent Valère, is a Martinican born in 1959. Self-taught artist, he evolves in painting and monumental sculpture. The whole work has a triangular shape of 15 busts. 2.50 m high. each statue represents the bust of a slightly bent man. The statues are in white reinforced concrete with sand and beige grave

Morne Larcher is a volcanic origin summit located in the municipalities of Diamant and Anses d'Arlet in Martinique. A hiking trail, connecting Petite-Anse to Anse Cafard, crosses the pass between the summit and the Croix Diamant. It provides access to a viewpoint at an altitude of 400 m. The site, for its volcanic geology and its flora, is part of the volcanic and forest areas of Martinique, proposed since 2014 in the world heritage classification . In addition, the southern slope is classified

Mont Pelee is an active volcano on the island of Martinique and erupted dramatically in 1902. Pelee means bald in French and this probably refers to the denuded volcanic landscape the first French settlers saw in 1635. This catastrophe has since lent its name to an unpredictable and violent type of volcanic eruption known as a Peléan eruption. The area is very greenish and it is also suitable for nice trekking and there are several routes of varying difficulty. It also offers a superb view of Ma

Plage de Pointe Marin is a beach located in the municipality of Sainte-Anne in Martinique. This beach unrolls its five-kilometer of fine sand facing the bay of Sainte-Anne and offers a panorama of beauty on the reliefs of southern Martinique. A family-friendly beach which offers all the needs for you.

La Plage des Salines, located on Grande Anse des Salines, is a beach in the town of Sainte-Anne, in Martinique. The Salines beach is very popular with locals and tourists. According to a road count, this site would receive nearly 2 million visitors per year. The beach is divided into three parts: the Grande Anse des Salines, the largest and best-known part, the Petite Anse des Salines to the west and finally the Grande Terre des Salines to the east. The wooded part of the site is part of the n

Pointe Faula beach is nearly 400 meters long. It is very popular with Martinicans and tourists for its white backgrounds and its nautical activities. It is characterized by a large swimming area, spared from mass tourism. The peculiarity of the beach of Pointe Faula and which makes it famous, are its white background: the bather can enter and walk in the sea for nearly 300 meters with water up to his knees. This feature is appreciated by families who come to bathe in peace with their children.

Presqu'île de la Caravelle is a peninsula in Martinique located on the Atlantic coast , in Tartane . 12 km long , its highest point is the Morne Pavillon, with a height of 189 m. This place was Characterized by sugar cane fields , it conceals at its end the National Nature Reserve of the Caravelle peninsula , with an area of 400 hectares. Its hiking trails lead to the edge of a mangrove swamp at the foot of the ruins of Château Dubuc , a former “home” of slave settlers.

The islet of Sainte-Marie is a Martinique islet located on the north-eastern coast of Martinique, just in front of the small town of Sainte-Marie. Very popular with tourists, it constitutes a geological curiosity of nature, since it is linked to the rest of the island by a tombolo. The islet has played a significant role in the history of the city. Indeed, due to its strategic position, it hosted, during the wars of possession of Martinique between France and the United Kingdom.

The petrification savannah is an almost desert arid zone located in the town of Sainte-Anne , in Martinique . The coastal path of the Trace des Caps crosses this place. We could observe petrified trees there , collectors and residents have collected all the rocks. It was one of the unique locations in this area and also Popular with walking fans, the path that goes through the Petrification Savannah is a small part of the famous Capes Trail hike.

The Schœlcher Library is the departmental public library of the city of Fort-de-France in Martinique, named after the French politician Victor Schœlcher. It is located at the corner of rue de la Liberté and Rue Victor Sévère, facing the north corner of Place de la Savane. It has a vast collection of 10,000 books and 250 musical scores and so more. The building is also so beautiful to see, which combines Byzantine influences, Art Nouveau, Egyptian art and Western classical architecture.

One of the most beautiful religious buildings of Martinique. Built-in 1891, and designed by the architect Pierre-Henri Picq. The church is situated in the downtown area of the capital Fort-de-France, at the intersection of rue Victor Schœlcher and rue Blénac. Its frame is entirely metal and designed to withstand fire, earthquakes, and cyclones. The interior stained glass windows tell the story of the city, or the life of St. Louis and evoke the Roman-Byzantine architecture. It was one of the ma