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THE SOUTH<br />
DUCOS<br />
Located in the interior of the island, this community’s<br />
vocation is agriculture, but it’s also home to many<br />
artisanal workshops. Attraction: The Château Aubéry,<br />
a neoclassical building that’s been classified as a<br />
historical monument. It’s well worth a visit.<br />
Eight miles from Fort-de-France.<br />
Office of Tourism/Tourist Information Bureau<br />
Tel. : 0596 70 05 20 or 0596 70 03 96<br />
Fax : 0596 70 44 71<br />
RIVIERE-SALEE<br />
This was the home of Joseph Zobel, author of the<br />
novel La Rue Case-Nègres (Sugar Cane Alley).<br />
Director Euzahn Palcy made a film version of the<br />
novel, earning a Silver Lion award at the Venice Film<br />
Festival in 1983 and the Cesar for Best First Film in<br />
1982. The many factory ruins testify to a prosperous<br />
past centered on the manufacture of rum and sugar.<br />
Today Rivière-Salée still has a thriving commercial<br />
and industrial sector. The town is surrounded by<br />
plains mostly devoted to the cultivation of sugarcane,<br />
and there is a mangrove swamp nearby.<br />
Twelve and a half miles from Fort-de-France.<br />
Cultural Service of the Town Hall<br />
Tel. : 0596 68 70 61<br />
Bout: 19 miles)<br />
Tourism Office<br />
Tel. : 0596 68 47 63 - Fax : 0596 68 32 33<br />
otitour.Trois-Ilets@wanadoo.fr<br />
www.trois-ilets.com<br />
ANSES D’ARLET<br />
Located to the south of Morne Champagne<br />
(Champagne Hill), Anses d’Arlet is a fishing<br />
community whose magnificent beach, Grande-Anse,<br />
makes it a much sought-after vacation destination,<br />
especially for sailing. Located between Les Trois-Ilets<br />
and Diamant, Grande-Anse is only one of the many<br />
inhabited coves that dent the coast.<br />
Twenty-four miles from Fort-de-France.<br />
Municipal Office<br />
Tel. : 0596 68 63 93 - Fax : 0596 68 68 35<br />
oma5@wanadoo.fr - www.oma-ansearlet.com<br />
DIAMANT<br />
This town faces the most beautiful « diamond » in<br />
the world. A veritable gem, the Rocher du Diamant<br />
(Diamond Rock) lies two and a half miles off the<br />
coast. There are vantage points from which you can<br />
admire this magnificent peak, a volcanic chimney<br />
that’s also a bird sanctuary designated as a natural<br />
preserve. This 575-foot-high rock is not only of<br />
interest to nature lovers. It is also historic, the object<br />
of many battles between the French and the British<br />
in the early 19th century. Also worthy of note is Dizac<br />
Beach, where there is a pre-Columbian archeological<br />
site. Other attractions: the memorial at Anse Cafard<br />
commemorating the lives lost in a wreckage of a<br />
slave ship on April 8, 1830; a 17th-century church;<br />
and the Maison du Bagnard (Convict’s House), which<br />
faces Diamond Rock and is located on the site of<br />
the Gaoulé Rebellion, a revolt of local planters in<br />
1717 against French efforts to end illegal sugar trade<br />
among the Caribbean islands.<br />
Eighteen and a half miles from Fort-de-France.<br />
Tourism Office<br />
Tel. : 0596 76 14 36<br />
Fax : 0596 66 16 83<br />
odiatours@wanadoo.fr<br />
LES TROIS-ILETS<br />
This brick-colored community has so much to offer.<br />
Within the town limits are: the Musée de la Pagerie<br />
(Pagerie Museum), located on the estate where the<br />
future Empress Josephine was born; the Vatable<br />
Forest, a place for family and friends to gather<br />
and stroll; the marvelous departmental golf course,<br />
designed by Robert Trent Jones; the village market;<br />
the church, classified as a historic site; Maison de la<br />
Canne (House of Cane), which shows the history of<br />
sugarcane cultivation in Martinique; Château Gaillard;<br />
the hospital; and the Pottery Village, with its many<br />
boutiques. There is also canoeing and kayaking<br />
among mangroves. Nearby is Pointe du Bout,<br />
Martinique’s historic seaside resort town that you<br />
can reach by car or by boat.<br />
Seventeen miles from Fort-de-France. (Pointe du<br />
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