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THE ATLANTIC NORTH AJOUPA-BOUILLON This mountain community marks the beginning of the North Atlantic region, and it boasts some marvelous natural sites, especially the «Gorges de la Rivière Falaise » (Gorges of the Falaise River). A climb along the gorges will eventually take you to a very pretty waterfall. In the gardens of Ajoupa-Bouillon you can buy tropical flowers, which they will ship home for you. Other attractions: Saut Babin, a waterfall on the Capot River; Maison des Ananas (House of Pineapples); and the Les Ombrages botanical garden, with excellent displays of the local flora, including beautiful trees. This lovely village earned the label «Villes et Villages Fleuris » (Towns and Villages in Flower). Twenty-five miles from Fort-de-France. Office of Tourism Tel. : 0596 53 32 87 - Fax : 0596 53 35 91 BASSE-POINTE The birthplace of the great poet Aimé Césaire. Along the road to the town, you can admire the expansive banana and pineapple fields. Be sure to make a detour and visit the Leyritz Plantation, a colonial house built in 1700 and restored in 1970.Today it’s a hotel-restaurant where you can explore a museum of plant dolls. Basse-Pointe is a historic place situated near some venerable plantations: Pécoul, Chalvet, and Gradis. In the town itself, you will discover the 300-year-old bells of the local church, which were salvaged from the bottom of the Atlantic and recently restored. Basse-Pointe is also the birthplace (1869) of Doctor Hyppolite Morestin, renowned plastic surgeon at the famous Val-de-Grâce Hospital in Paris. Thirty miles from Fort-de-France. Office of Tourism Tel.: 0596 78 99 0l - Fax : 0596 78 96 29 Otsi.basse-pointe@wanadoo.fr GRAND-RIVIERE This is where you’ll find “the other Martinique.” Located on the northern-most point of the island, Grand-Rivière will seduce you with the incredible diversity of its terrain: forest, river, mountains. If you hike there, you will be able to appreciate the beauty and lushness of the vegetation. Grand-Rivière is also known for its gastronomy. On the coast you’ll see fishermen braving the waves. Along with the youths surfing on light-weight tree-trunks called bois flots, they wield perfect mastery over the Atlantic. Thirty-nine miles from Fort-de-France. Tourist Information Bureau Tel./Fax : 0596 55 72 74 grand.riviere@wanadoo.fr - www.grand-riviere.com LORRAIN Formerly called La Grande-Anse, this town is the location of an important pre-Columbian site (Vivé). Le Lorrain is embued with rich traditions and a grand history. It was the site of an early 19th-century revolt of slaves and free people of color, and you will find numerous memorials to commemorate the event. Attractions: factories making cassava flour, tank syrup (from cooked and concentrated sugarcane juice), and traditional clothes and headdresses. Twenty-nine miles from Fort-de-France. Office of Tourism Tel. : 0596 53 47 19 - Fax : 0596 53 47 29 Office-de-tourisme-du-lorrain@wanadoo.fr MARIGOT A community swathed in flowers, Marigot is built in the shape of an amphitheater facing the Atlantic Ocean. Attractions: Creole gardens, which are small plots growing fruits and vegetables; water pools used for aquaculture; and Habitation Lagrange, an old plantation. Don’t miss Marigot’s Festival of the Mountain Flute, in memory of singer and musician Eugène Mona. Twenty-six miles from Fort-de-France. Tourist Information Bureau Tel. : 0596 53 62 07 - Fax : 0596 53 65 10 (Town Hall) MACOUBA Perched at the top of a cliff overhanging the Atlantic Ocean, Macouba was known in the 17th century for its tobacco. Today it’s known for its gastronomy. The town’s church is beautiful and well worth a visit. Macouba is also home to the distillery that produces a famous rum, JM Crassous de Médeuil. Thirty-two miles from Fort-de-France. Tourist Information Bureau Tel./Fax : 0596 52 69 62 44
SAINTE-MARIE This is a community whose agricultural and cultural heritage remains vibrant, most notably through its traditional music, the cultural center at Habitation Fonds Saint-Jacques, the rum museum at the Saint-James Distillery, the banana museum, the House of Bèlè music center, and the workshop of Carib basketry. Sainte-Marie is a lively town, with a reputation for good food, and every year it’s the site of a culinary festival of international renown. Twenty-two miles from Fort-de-France. Office of Tourism Tel. :0596 69 13 83 Fax : 0596 69 40 62 osatour@wanadoo.fr www.ville-saintemarie.fr TRINITE The territory of Trinité runs from the coast to an inland region where banana and sugarcane fields thrive in fertile soil. The town is the seat of the subprefecture (district) for the northern Atlantic coast. Attraction: the Caravelle peninsula, which is classified as a National Grand Site, and is managed by the Natural Regional Park of Martinique. On the peninsula you’ll find the ruins of the Château Dubuc, a historical monument. There is also Tartane, a fishing village well-known for its good food, its tourist facilities and water sports. Also well worth a look are the nearby Galion factory, the last sugar refinery left in Martinique, and the Galion Hindu temple. Seventeen and a half miles from Fort-de-France. Office of Tourism Tel. :0596 58 69 98 - Fax : 0596 58 70 07 info@ot-trinite<strong>martinique</strong>.fr www.ot-trinite<strong>martinique</strong>.fr LE ROBERT This community is nestled in the innermost corner of a verdant bay. Here you can see fish farms or go boating among the many small islands sprinkled across the turquoise water. Regattas are held here. Twelve and a half miles from Fort-de-France. Office of Tourism Tel. : 0596 38 0142 - Fax : 0596 38 05 70 officedetourismedurobert@wanadoo.fr THE CENTER GROS-MORNE This is essentially a farming community. Its traditional agricultural products include sugarcane, pineapples and bananas, as well as produce from « Creole gardens, » small plots of land where fruit and vegetables are grown. It is in Gros-Morne that you’ll find a large part of Martinique’s flower production: anthuriums, alpinias, heliconias... Not to be missed: the orchards in Gros-Morne, and the plant and flower market. Fourteen miles from Fort-de-France. Office of Tourism Tel. : 0596 67 60 73 - Fax : 0596 67 94 87 mairie.gros-morne@wanadoo.fr SAINT-JOSEPH This town is located in the interior of the island not far from Fort-de-France. The soil and climate here are perfect for agriculture, and the well-developed forest called « Coeur Bouliki » is a great place for picnicking. Seven and a half miles from Fort-de-France. Office of Tourism Tel. : 0596 57 88 95 - Fax : 0596 57 91 18 Otsaint-joseph@wanadoo.fr FORT-DE-FRANCE The capital of Martinique, Fort-de-France has a lot of tourist and cultural amenities, including: The bay, one of the most beautiful in the world. The vegetable, fruit and spice market. The fish market. The Savane, the public garden, with magnificent tropical plants and trees. Saint Louis Fort, classified as a historical monument. Saint Louis Cathedral, built in 1895. Schoelcher Library: originally the Canadian pavilion in the 1898 Universal Exposition in Paris, built by architect Henri Picq a collaborator of Gustave Eiffel. The Atrium cultural center. Other attractions: the Martinique Departmental Museum, with its treasures of pre-Columbian archeology; the Regional Museum of History and Ethnography; and the Municipal Theater and other sites of historic or architectural interest, including many examples of colonial architecture. Office of Tourism Tel. : 0596 60 27 73 - Fax : 0596 60 27 95 info@tourismefdf.com - www.tourismefdf.com LE LAMENTIN Aimé Césaire Airport, the renovated and modernized horse-racing track, and the local industrial parks are the three poles of activity that define Le Lamentin. The surrounding plain of Lamentin is blanketed with sugarcane and banana fields. Attraction: The Perrine Farm, a park with farm animals, as well as wild animals native to the Antilles. Six miles from Fort-de-France. Office of Tourism (Town Hall) Tel. : 0596 42 35 87 - Fax : 0596 51 47 79 ot.l_lamentin@yahoo.fr DISCOVER 45
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