The Canella Beach Hotel provides a well-located base to explore leisure activities at sea. Our town, Gosier, boasts a diving center and a base for outings in a catamaran. Other sea-based activities on hand include scuba diving, Jet Ski and wind surfing.
These spectacular falls are Guadeloupe’s most visited tourist site. They consist of three separate waterfalls on the slopes of the Soufriere volcano, where the Carbet River has its source. To access the lowest, third fall, take the Capesterre exit on Routhiers road and follow a track full of roots for about half an hour. The 20-meter (60-foot) waterfall is worth the trouble.
Carnival is a huge event in Guadeloupe. Rehearsals start in January, when you can already see costumed dancers on the streets. It starts in earnest on Shrove Sunday, then on Shrove Tuesday people don pajamas for the parades. The event culminates on Ash Wednesday, when revelers dress as wolves in black and white.
Christopher Columbus arrived here on November 4th, 1493, and is thought to have named the island for the monastery of Santa Maria de Guadalupe de Estremadura in Spain. It was originally called Karukera, the island with beautiful waters, by its first settlers, the Arawaks.