sales guide martinique

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