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SAINTE-MARIE<br />
This is a community whose agricultural and cultural<br />
heritage remains vibrant, most notably through its<br />
traditional music, the cultural center at Habitation<br />
Fonds Saint-Jacques, the rum museum at the<br />
Saint-James Distillery, the banana museum, the<br />
House of Bèlè music center, and the workshop of<br />
Carib basketry. Sainte-Marie is a lively town, with a<br />
reputation for good food, and every year it’s the site<br />
of a culinary festival of international renown.<br />
Twenty-two miles from Fort-de-France.<br />
Office of Tourism<br />
Tel. :0596 69 13 83<br />
Fax : 0596 69 40 62<br />
osatour@wanadoo.fr<br />
www.ville-saintemarie.fr<br />
TRINITE<br />
The territory of Trinité runs from the coast to an inland<br />
region where banana and sugarcane fields thrive in<br />
fertile soil. The town is the seat of the subprefecture<br />
(district) for the northern Atlantic coast. Attraction: the<br />
Caravelle peninsula, which is classified as a National<br />
Grand Site, and is managed by the Natural Regional<br />
Park of Martinique. On the peninsula you’ll find the<br />
ruins of the Château Dubuc, a historical monument.<br />
There is also Tartane, a fishing village well-known for<br />
its good food, its tourist facilities and water sports.<br />
Also well worth a look are the nearby Galion factory,<br />
the last sugar refinery left in Martinique, and the<br />
Galion Hindu temple.<br />
Seventeen and a half miles from Fort-de-France.<br />
Office of Tourism<br />
Tel. :0596 58 69 98 - Fax : 0596 58 70 07<br />
info@ot-trinite<strong>martinique</strong>.fr<br />
www.ot-trinite<strong>martinique</strong>.fr<br />
LE ROBERT<br />
This community is nestled in the innermost corner<br />
of a verdant bay. Here you can see fish farms or go<br />
boating among the many small islands sprinkled<br />
across the turquoise water. Regattas are held here.<br />
Twelve and a half miles from Fort-de-France.<br />
Office of Tourism<br />
Tel. : 0596 38 0142 - Fax : 0596 38 05 70<br />
officedetourismedurobert@wanadoo.fr<br />
THE CENTER<br />
GROS-MORNE<br />
This is essentially a farming community. Its traditional<br />
agricultural products include sugarcane, pineapples<br />
and bananas, as well as produce from « Creole<br />
gardens, » small plots of land where fruit and<br />
vegetables are grown. It is in Gros-Morne that you’ll<br />
find a large part of Martinique’s flower production:<br />
anthuriums, alpinias, heliconias... Not to be missed:<br />
the orchards in Gros-Morne, and the plant and flower<br />
market.<br />
Fourteen miles from Fort-de-France.<br />
Office of Tourism<br />
Tel. : 0596 67 60 73 - Fax : 0596 67 94 87<br />
mairie.gros-morne@wanadoo.fr<br />
SAINT-JOSEPH<br />
This town is located in the interior of the island not<br />
far from Fort-de-France. The soil and climate here are<br />
perfect for agriculture, and the well-developed forest<br />
called « Coeur Bouliki » is a great place for picnicking.<br />
Seven and a half miles from Fort-de-France.<br />
Office of Tourism<br />
Tel. : 0596 57 88 95 - Fax : 0596 57 91 18<br />
Otsaint-joseph@wanadoo.fr<br />
FORT-DE-FRANCE<br />
The capital of Martinique, Fort-de-France has a lot of<br />
tourist and cultural amenities, including:<br />
The bay, one of the most beautiful in the world.<br />
The vegetable, fruit and spice market.<br />
The fish market.<br />
The Savane, the public garden, with magnificent<br />
tropical plants and trees.<br />
Saint Louis Fort, classified as a historical monument.<br />
Saint Louis Cathedral, built in 1895.<br />
Schoelcher Library: originally the Canadian pavilion<br />
in the 1898 Universal Exposition in Paris, built by<br />
architect Henri Picq a collaborator of Gustave Eiffel.<br />
The Atrium cultural center.<br />
Other attractions: the Martinique Departmental<br />
Museum, with its treasures of pre-Columbian<br />
archeology; the Regional Museum of History and<br />
Ethnography; and the Municipal Theater and other<br />
sites of historic or architectural interest, including<br />
many examples of colonial architecture.<br />
Office of Tourism<br />
Tel. : 0596 60 27 73 - Fax : 0596 60 27 95<br />
info@tourismefdf.com - www.tourismefdf.com<br />
LE LAMENTIN<br />
Aimé Césaire Airport, the renovated and modernized<br />
horse-racing track, and the local industrial parks are<br />
the three poles of activity that define Le Lamentin.<br />
The surrounding plain of Lamentin is blanketed with<br />
sugarcane and banana fields. Attraction: The Perrine<br />
Farm, a park with farm animals, as well as wild<br />
animals native to the Antilles.<br />
Six miles from Fort-de-France.<br />
Office of Tourism (Town Hall)<br />
Tel. : 0596 42 35 87 - Fax : 0596 51 47 79<br />
ot.l_lamentin@yahoo.fr<br />
DISCOVER<br />
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