Useful information Guadeloupe

Guadeloupe and its islands are an invitation to travel. Indeed, it is an archipelago composed of Guadeloupe but also of the Désirade, the Saintes and Marie-Galante.

These islands, all different from each other, offer various opportunities to escape within the archipelago itself.

Avis Guadeloupe gives you some useful information to prepare your trip.

Being a French overseas department, your identity card will be enough to travel to Guadeloupe, plan your passport for a visit to the surrounding islands.

Concerning the time difference, Paris is 6 hours ahead of Pointe à Pitre in summer and 5 hours ahead in winter. This means that when it is 12 o'clock in Paris, it is only 6 o'clock in Pointe à Pitre (5 o'clock in winter).

As for the currency, it is similar to France, namely the euro; the official language is French, but it is not uncommon to hear Creole spoken throughout the islands of the archipelago.

The island enjoys a tropical climate with two distinct seasons known as "Carême" and "hivernage". Whatever the season you come to, the average temperature is 27°c ; Your choice will be according to the high season, synonymous with very touristic period and the low season, less frequented.

Guadeloupe has beautiful road infrastructures; you can enjoy them behind the wheel of your rental car. Moreover there are some traffic jams. To avoid them leave before or after office hours and you will be able to drive the roads.

Avis Guadeloupe wishes you good times on the beautiful roads of Guadeloupe.